Ely High School 1905-1972
School Photo, October 1971

With thanks to Tim Faulkner-Slater of Soham Roots for the loan of this photo in order to create this page.

Names on the photo are as when at school, identifier names are 'now (then)'.

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15/25 r4 #2 Amy Pond (that's a fictitious example inspired by Dr Who)
means on photo part 15 of 25, Amy Pond is in row 4, position 2. All positions are L-R.

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( ) = face partially shown in this section, shown in full in an adjacent section, where it may be named

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
1/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: 1 - Jayne Gibbs - June Bullock - Cathy Brierley - ( )

Row 4: ...... Naomi Smith - Joyce Cosgrove

Row 3: 1 - Deborah Peachey - Kim Grindley - Sandra Simpson - 5

Row 2: 1 - Rosemary Russell - Pauline Dorling - Judy Lemon - Frances Hatch

Front 1: Jackie Haden-Scott - Linda Papworth - Helen Pettit

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
2/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Lesley Humble - 2 - 3 - 4 - Linda Noble

Row 4: Wendy Peck - Julie Harrison - Joanna Knott - Janet Badcock - Deborah Hare - ( )

Row 3: Cherry Hotchkiss - Susan J Chapman - Barbara Coxhead - Beverley Audus) - Glenys Boxall

Row 2: Avril Holmes - Susan Beeby - Lesley Darlington - Elizabeth Clements

Front 1: Susan Blunt - Alison Phillips - Zoe Spinks? - Anne Clarke

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
3/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: ( ) - Karen Robbins - 2 - Anne Wadey - Jennifer Faux - Janice ?

Row 4: Lisa Turner - 2 - 3 - Rosalind Wenham - Philippa Murfitt - Eileen Beesley - Diane Wallis

Row 3: Julie Frost - Brenda Corn - Maureen Sulman (hockey captain?) - Hilary Turner - Joy Fisher/Tucker - ( )

Row 2: Marilyn Haggis - Dorothy Mann? - Lynne Whitwood - Janet Peacock - Catherine Suter

Front 1: ( ) - Sally Driver - Lynne Beeton - Beverley Kett

Joy Tucker's surname changed whilst at EHS

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
4/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Sally Meyer - Alison Hughes - 3 - Tamaris Askem - Jane Peck

Row 4: ( ) - 1 - Janet Braybrooke - Linda Newman - Claire
Pettit - Karen Shook - ( )

Row 3: Julie Driver - 2 - Susan M Chapman - Davina Hughes - Gwen Griffin - Jane Clark(e)

Row 2: ( ) - Christine Frost - Debbie Nicholls? - Ann Derby - Lesley Perkins - ( )

Front 1: Jean Sutton - Gillian Laws - Bev Starling - Karen Eden

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
5/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Jackie Hopper - Peta Hough - Shirley Steel or Steele - Theresa ? - Mavis House - Helen Sharp

Row 4: 1 - 2 - Marion Neale - 4 - Sally Norris - Daryl Mudd

Row 3: ( ) - Lorraine Bowcock - Shirley Bullman - Valerie Drake - Bridget Houghton - Penny Gower

Row 2: Gillian Fletcher - Caroline Sanders - Linda Barker - Juliet Price - Gaye Kerridge

Front 1: Nicola Tunnell - Wendy Osbourne - Denise Harrison - Beverley Thulbourne

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
6/15

Back 5: Anita Hemming - Diane Green - 3 - Colette Patman

Row 4 (some more forward): Donna West - Anne Jackson - 3 - 4 - Susan Gammon - Stephanie Price - Eileen Gilbert - Anthea Stevens - Susan Rump

Row 3: Catherine Stroud - Ann Weller - Valerie Muncey - Valerie Lavender - 5 - Lesley Gillam

Row 2: Mrs Elizabeth Foster (Music) - 2 - Miss Helen Stanyer (Careers Tutor/Geography) - Miss J Maguire (PE) - Mrs GE Hind (formerly Miss Shears, Physics & Maths)

Front 1: Elaine Gulliver - Denise Harrison - Judith Hardy - Mary Ann Hayward - ( )

The naming layout of this section was changed on 28 Oct 19.

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
7/15

Back 6: 1 - Karen Mitchell - Julie Moore - Julie Pope - Jo Seaman - 6 - 7

Row 5: (Colette Patman) - Shirley Wright - 3 - Gillian Griggs - Sandra Pooley - (Paula ?)

Row 4: ( ) - Lesley Briggs - Sarah Waller - Rosemary Askew - Christine Reed - Jane Brown

Row 3: ( ) - 1 - 2 - 3 - Judith Flack - Elaine Lawrence

Row 2: Mrs Alice Covey-Crump (Maths) - Mr Tazdek? Gregorek (History) - Mr GN Hukins (Maths?) - Mr Bill Morris (Biology) - Miss Pamela Blakeman* (Art)

Front 1: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
8/15

Back 6: ( ) - Miriam Gammon - 2 - Jane Alcock - Mandy Hagley - Morenike Bucnor - 6 - Jayne Partridge/Judith Parnell

Row 5: Paula ? - Linda ? - 3 - Barbara Mills - 5 - Hilary Cross - Lynn Reeder

Row 4: Debbie Brumby - Jayne Russell - Judith Carpenter - Cheryl Clements - Susan Mansfield - ( )

Row 3: Jacqueline Fletcher - Jean Harding - 3 - Catherine Martin - Patricia Clark - Madeleine Routledge - ( )

Row 2: ( ) - Miss Whitmee (Secretary) - Mrs Maud Jones (Deputy Head) - Miss Eileen Moody (Head Teacher) - Mrs Carpenter - Mr Carpenter (Caretaker)

Front 1: Michelle Greensmith - Anna Humphries - Chrisso Christou - Sarah Lake

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
9/15

Back 6: Jayne Partridge - Brenda Human - 3 - 4 - Linda Cross - Belinda Hobson? - Susan Gresham

Row 5: Lynn Reeder - 2 - Tina Bailey - Carol Lock - Janet Rumsey - Patricia ? - 7

Row 4: Jane Ambrose - Lindsay Rayner - Jane Crown - Elena Rice - Valerie Dummer - Patricia Gallagher - ( )

Row 3: Davina Argent - Angela Howe - Wendy Russell - Sally Hill - Ann Jansons - Joanna Norris

Row 2: ( ) - Mrs Carver - Mr Murphy (science technician) - Mrs JE Stevens (French) - Mrs Linda Palmer (Geography) - Miss Jean Seabrook (Science)

Front 1: Karen Coutts - Sacha Britten - Naomi Hillman - Linda Barnett - Karen Barnett

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
10/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: ( ) - Kathryn Bishop - Yvette ?Scott - Lindsay Driver - Rosemary Smith - 5 - 6

Row 4: Gail Cooper - Lesley Bullman - Selina Aves - Jane Rozier - Susan Glover - Julia Murkin

Row 3: Diane Savage - Elizabeth Street - Christine Pollard - Felicity Markham - Elizabeth Lockwood - ( )

Row 2: Mrs PJ Clarke (French) - Mr Virgo (English) - Miss Rosemary Margetson (Biology) - Dr Jane Williamson, taught Physics? - Mrs JMN Symons

Front 1: Georgina Hawkes - 2 - Jennifer Hard - Caroline Grange

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
11/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: ( ) - Linda Beeton - 2 - 3 - Julie Farthing - Alison Torpey

Row 4: ( ) - Tina Stevens - Carla Mason - Anne Mahoney - Janet Rich - 5 - Carol Paddon

Row 3: Wendy Riggall - Judy Thompson - Diane Manning - Susan Peacock - Denise Struggles - Jean Whitwood

Row 2: ( ) - Mrs Vivian Hawes (Convine*) (English) - Jennie Parsons - Lynette Woollard - Rosalyn Simpkin - ( )

Front 1: Ann Theobald - Sian Ratcliffe - Heidi Yeo - 4 - Kate Bird

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
12/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Alison Tebb - Christine Ashley - 3 - Vicky Slater - Amanda Harpley

Row 4: (Carol Paddon) - Penny Seaton - Deborah Warren - Ann Kesh - Hilary Maschke - Elaine Plumb

Row 3: (Jean Whitwood) - Gillian Murfitt - Elaine Staines - Edwina Lofts - Susan Newman - Elaine Chapman or Norman - ( )

Row 2: Julia Brown - Sharman Long - Lynne Whitwood? - Christine Fisher - Marilyn Davis

Front 1: ( ) - 1 - Susan Clarke - Jacqueline Olds - Linda Challis

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
13/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Rosalind Russell? - Jean Turner ... Julie Day - Susan Hughes - Jennifer Chapman - ( )

Row 4: ( ) - Alison Farrell - Dorothy Bryan - Susan Weaver - Zena Peacock - Louise Bird - Anna Macklin

Row 3: ( ) - Barbara ? - 2 - Andrea Hill - Jackie Ramsey - Susan Papworth - 6 - Lindsey ?

Row 2: Rina Wagner - Mandy Richardson - Christina Lewis - Mary Reed - Anne Russell - ( )

Front 1: ( ) - Kim Banyard - 2 - Julia James - Alison Savage - ( )

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
14/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: Alison Crofts - Jean Faux - Angela Dewey - Ann Martin - Linda Juby - Philippa Waddington

Row 4: ( ) - Sally Haigh - 2 - Frances King - Gillian Dyer - 5

Row 3: Jennifer Griffin - Angela Gustke - Dorinda Jeffries - Sandra Brown - Diana ? - ( )

Row 2: Glenys Crowe - Janice Ashman - Krystyna Wojcik - Irene Belsham - Carol Whitehand

Front 1: Stephanie Czarnobaj - Susan Crick - Susan Chipper - Kelly Howard

Ely High School
School Photo October 1971
15/15

Back 6: not present in this section

Row 5: ( ) - 1

Row 4: ... Jackie Scott - 2 - 3 - 4

Row 3: Carol Jordan - 2 - Janet Murfett - Julia Hartley-Hawes - Amanda Ford

Row 2: ( ) - Maureen Yarrow - Gillian Collins - Lynne Bidwell - Jacqueline Taylor

Front 1: ( ) - Catherine Lancaster - Christine Fenn - Anne Peacock - Jane O’Connor - Alison Stubbings

Photo by Buchanan, Portslade, Sussex: courtesy of Tim Faulkner-Slater of Soham Roots, whose sister Vicky Slater is on this page.
Identifiers: Anne Blake (Russell), Pamela Blakeman, Shaun Bokor, Jacqueline Burge (Taylor), Lisa Damms (Turner),  Martyn Davies, Christine Dawkins (Frost), Sally Dunlop (Meyer), Karen Eden, Christine Fuller (Bell), Penny Hacking (Gower), Rosemary Jennings (Askew), Ellie Gamble (Staines), Julie Hildyard (Moore), Patricia How (Gallagher), Julia Lowndes (Brown), Fiz (Felicity) Markham, Liz Martin (Stokes), Brenda May (Human), Julia Murkin, Anna Hacket Pain (Macklin), Jane Peck, Claire Pettit, Pauline Tambling (Dorling).

* former pupil

Staff listed in the last magazine but not yet identified above - can you spot them and recall which subject they taught?:

$ Mrs MD Bucher, BA (History)
Miss NE Gatland, BA
$ Miss M Haylock, Teachers' Diploma in Housecraft - see 1967 photo
Mr JD Hind, BA
$ Mr J Lacey, BA
Mrs AD Lewis, BA
Mrs P Lubienski, BSc
$ Mrs BJ Rice, BA (English)
Mademoiselle N Rideau
$ Mrs AC Sumner, BA
$ Mrs DM St Joseph, MA (French)^
Miss FK Woolstenholmes (Religious Studies)^

Karen Eden believes that those marked $ are not in this photo (see also Pauline Tambling's note below)

^ 16 Sep 11 Pauline Tambling (Dorling) writes: Mrs St Joseph taught French. She is not in this photo but is on the 1967 one (1967 8/12 row 2). Miss Woolstenholmes was a friend of Miss Moody from Ramsay, near Welney, and she came to the school part time in 1971(-73) to teach 'A' level Religious Studies.


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