Past Pupils’ Newsletters: Contents pages

Past Pupils’ Newsletters: Contents pages (Searchable list)

Autumn 1999, Vol 1 No 1

Your Newsletter Kathleen Boot (nee Nash) 2 Photo c1953

How it all began Hilary Balm (nee Dye) 3 Photo c1952

Notes from the Head Teacher:

New School Year; School Project 4

Sixtieth Anniversary; Friends of Moulsham 5

Curriculum week May 1999, 2 photos 6

Teaching in 1938 Harold Picken 7

John Spooner remembers 1938 8 Moulsham Reunions Jennifer Bailey, 1943-47 9

School songs 10

A little girl from 1943 Daphne Stonely (nee Farrow) 11 Photo c1946

Photo of choir in 1960s with Mrs Greenwood 12

Moulsham Junior Girls 1943-47 Joan Atkins 13

The best days of my life Sue Bruns (nee Huscroft) 1965 15

Then and now: Science lessons 16

Obituary: Professor Ralph Charles Smith OBE , left 1942 17

Spring 2000 Vol 2 no 1

Not so ‘Old’ after all! Kathleen Boot (nee Nash) 1

Notes from the Head Teacher: 2

The Classroom in 1938 Harold Picken 5

Photographs from 1939 Selwyn Wheeler 6

Photos: Staff 1939, Mr Hymas’class 1939, indiv photo, Selwyn 1939

Across the fields to Moulsham, 1938 John Baker 1938-9 9

Odeon Memories Jennifer Bailey , 1943-47 10

A letter from the Double twins Jennifer and Ann , 1948-52 11

Photo of twins 1952; country dancing 1950

The Coronation Celebrations (Part I), KB/HB 13

Photo: pageant 1953

Marion Weston recalls the Fifties Marion Lodge (nee Weston) 15

1951-55. Individual photo 1954

Then and now: Sport and PE, photo 1954 17

Games 18 Life at and after Moulsham School Joy Bome (nee Sparrow) 47-51 19

News in brief: 21

Peter Gridley, 1943; Ken Andrews, 1945-49, Malcolm Robinson, 1939-43

Summer 2000 Vol 2 no 2

Open Afternoon 2

Notes from the Head Teacher 3

Dipping and skipping 5

News from Anne Holdsworth, nee Hammond (1943-7) 6

Do you remember Robert Wiffen? (1953) 7

Coronation celebrations (Part II) 8

Teachers at Moulsham Junior Girls 10

photos, Miss Rankin, Miss Barton Schooldays and Colonel Picken Barrie Stevens (1959) 11

(individual photo)

Photo of Friars Infants’ School 1888 during flood 12

Co-education at Moulsham Juniors (1969) 13

Junior boys’ Staff in 1965 (photo) 13

A hymn for the end of term 14

Pupils from 1938 to 1945 15

News in brief: Wheelers, Marion Weston, Joy Bome, Tracie Leslie,

Gillian Britton, Hugh Piper, John Barnard 17

Obituary: Miss G M Cook (1950 photo) 18

Autumn 2000 Vol 2 no 3

The snowball continues to roll 2


Photos from the Open Afternoon , 20 May 2000 (Jennifer Bailey (Rayner) and

friends, x 2) 4

Mr Stanley Petchey, Headmaster 1938-1956, photo at Buckingham Palace 5

Mrs Jean Roberts, School Manager, photo 1950s 6

Eileen Wheeler and friends, photo 1939 7

The first year at Moulsham Junior Girls Kathleen Duncombe (nee Thorp) 7

1938, photo 1940

From the 1939 Boys School Magazine 9

Wartime memories from Maureen Rignall (nee Bidwell), 1944-48 9-10

Brian Greatrex, 1943-7, Front Door Monitor 11

Happy schooldays, 1949-52 Darrel Reed 12

School photographs: can you help? 13 Commerce and contraband Barrie Stevens, 1959 14

Do you remember Heather Staines? Sue Davis, 1960-64 15

Pupils 1946-60 16

News in brief – Brian Emmett, Joan Atkins, Anne Hammond, Pam Thorp 17

Obituary, Janet Cable (nee Bidwell), 1951-55 18


Sad news (death of Mr Picken) 2

Other News 2

Notes from the Head Teacher, Mr L R Kemp 3

Mrs Poppy Donovan: 25 years at Moulsham Juniors, 1957-82 4

The first dinner ladies, Joan Tredgett (Ponsford) 1943-7 5

Wartime memories Brian Emmett 6

An Email from Norman Kerridge, 1946-49 7

Liberty bodices and the 11 plus Helen Roberts 1952-56 8

Favourite songs and skipping rhymes (Glad that I live am I) 9

Memories and news from Alan Twitchett, 1953-57 10

School pageant 1959 Barrie Stevens. Photo, Jackdaw of Rheims 11

An excellent start in life Sally Waller (Golding) 1960-64 13

From Pauline Digby’s autograph book, 1941-45 14

Where are they now? 15

News in brief 15/16


The Open Afternoon 2


Mr Harold Picken – obituary 4

Shirley Wood, nee Porter – obituary 5

Mr Gardiner’s class of 1939: Peter Smith remembers 6

The Mussell Family 8

Brian Emmett: an unexpected Coffee Morning 9

Pauline Digby: at Moulsham in the “old days” 1941-45 10

Skipping, dipping and playground rhymes, Diana Turbin 11

School magazines and an excursion in 1951 12

Raiding the attic: Pat Rushbrook 1951-55 13

Dragonflies and apple orchards: Barrie Stevens, 1959-63 13

News in brief 14


Autumn Term 2001 – a new school year begins 2


Changes to the school building 3

So who was Mr Turner, then? 4

John Spooner, “war guest” in Canada 6

Wartime in Chelmsford, by Brian Emmett 7

Adrian Smith 1948-52 8

Mr Gardiner’s Diamond Wedding 9

Stories and songs at the Junior Girls’ School 1951-55 10

Graham and June King: Moulsham in the 1950s 11

Class of 1964, by Anne Waters 12

Music, Archaeology and Science, by Barrie Stevens 14

News in brief 15


Join us at the Open Afternoon on 18th May 2

School report: International contacts 3

Peter Davidson: a happy teaching team 1969-85 4

Maureen Healy: “Hard work but happy times” 1973-86 5

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient (Wise Rubbish) 6

Peter Turrall MBE: From Widford to Moulsham in 1938 7

Margaret Haldane (nee Laurence) – memories of 1940-44 9

From the 1938-48 Souvenir issue of the Boys’ School Magazine 9

More about “Uncle T” 10

Red Cross parcels for POWs 10

News from Janet Crafer (nee Saltmarsh) 1941-45 11

On the school bus (Jennifer Bailey) 12

Cup winners 1946/47 13

Colour comes to Moulsham in 1954 13

Do you remember Basil Campen? 14

Memories from Jim Simpson, 1943-46 15

News in brief 16


More and more contacts Kathleen Boot 2


Mrs Judith Woricker (nee Flatt), pupil 1946-48 and teacher 1957-61 4

Mrs Mary Ubee, teacher from 1970-74 4

Snippets from the 2002 Past Pupils’ Open Afternoon 6

Peter Charles Smith, 1939-42 9

More Jottings from Peter Turrall 10

Jenny Canham (nee Eve) 1954-58: More news from the Fifties, please! 11

Coronation Year: The Great Standard IV Mystery 12

Caretakers and other Moulsham characters 13

Names you may remember 14

News in brief from other past pupils 15


Welcome to our tenth issue 2


Twenty-three years with Moulsham Juniors – Mrs Lorna Blowers 4

Congratulations to Kes Gray, children’s author 5

Class of 1943, Jennifer Bailey (Rayner) 5

Christmas then and now, photo from Mrs Woricker 6

School caretakers and the Attendance Officer, Mr Murphy 7

Sweetshops and Lifebuoy Soap – Derek Mussell, 1939 7

Baddow Meads and other memories, from Peter Charles Smith, 1938 8

Pictures, Mrs Donovan’s group 1960s, Jenny Eve Sword dance 1958 9

Memories from Don Smith , 1942-44 and 1946-48 10

From the 1947 Boys’ School Magazine 11

A letter from Betty Dowsett (nee Taylor), 1945-49 12

Obituary: Dan Biglin 12

More names from the past, contacts 1942-50 13

News in brief: Hilary Balm (Dye) 1951-55; Graham Evans, 1954-48 14


Keeping in touch with your school friends 2


Martyn Edwards: Three generations at Moulsham 4

Baddow Meads and other childhood haunts 6

A letter from Brian Judd, 1938-42 7

Chelmsford – a Stroll Through Time 7

Autumn 2002 reunion of the 1942-46 girls 8 Life at Moulsham School in the 1940s Arthur Humphrey 1942-46 10

The Meadowcroft family 11

Names from the mailing list – 1950s 13

News in Brief 14


More and more new contacts 2

Notes from the Head Teacher, Mr L Kemp 3

Jottings and photos from the Open Afternoon 4

Wartime recollections from Arthur Humphrey 10

Senior Girls’ Golden Jubilee reunion (class of 1953) 11

Home for dinner, by Don Smith, 1942-44 and 46-48 12

Do you remember the Corn Exchange? 12

Essex Regiment Museum questionnaire on National Service 12

Ted Caton’s eye-view of Moulsham Juniors and beyond 13

Friars School Anne Holdsworth, nee Hammond 15

A letter from Pauline Wilson, nee Gandy, 1947-51 16

Pictures and memories from Bill Bateman, 1950-54 17

From Australia to Medway United, by Peter Charles Smith, 1938 19

Data Protection Legislation 19

List of contacts from 1960s 20

Stop Press: School Fete 21st June 2003 20


Greetings again from Hilary and Kathleen 2


From the school archive: John Alan Roxby 1938 4

News and photos from Keith Baker, 1942-46 5

Don Smith, 1942-44 and 46-48: A poem recaptured

Dorothy Day (Spooner) 1945-49: Golden Jubilee Reunion 6

Melvyn (Harry) Shergold’s career in the Royal Navy, 1952-62 7

Jennifer Bailey (Rayner): 1946 Photo of Junior Girls’ Gymnastics 8

Uncle Enoch – Peter Charles Smith, 1938 (photos) 9

Brenda Haley (Everett) 1951-55: An email from America 10

1959 School trip to Somerset (3 photos) 11

Class of 1981: photo from Sarah Haynes (Gipson) 1977-81 13

News in brief 14

Spring 2004, Vol 6 no 1

Don’t forget the Open Afternoon on 15th May 2

Notes from the Head Teacher, Mr Les Kemp 3

Victor Barker, 1942-46: the wartime ‘school run’ and other memories 4

Alan John Roxby, 1939: wartime memories 5

Afternoon tea with the class of 1943 (Photo US airman, from J Tredgett) 6

Joan Atkins, 1943-47, Memories of Moulsham Street 7

A letter from Maureen Rignall (Bidwell), 1943-47 9

David Reade (David Tricker) 1947-51, writing from the ‘City of Angels’ 10

News from New Zealand: Roy Dale, 1955-59 11

Mr Giddy – memories from Martin Dobson, 1956-60 13

Violin lessons in 1956 (Photo, Tony Brown 1956) 13

From the Boys’ School Magazine, Summer 1957 14

Dave Sturgeon, 1958-62 15

Richard Geer, 1963-67 – a surprise meeting in France (photo) 16

Tree planting in 1977 17

A mystery photograph (Photo 1945, nurse) 18

More from the Class of 1981 19

Obituary, Roger Stevenson, 1944-48 19

News in brief: Kes Gray 1968-72; Joan Tredgett (Ponsford) 1943-47 20


Editorial 2


Open Afternoon 15th May 2004 4

Mrs Phyllis Chatelier (Little), 1938 7

Derek Murphy, 1942-26 9

Festival of Britain 1951 12

Jonathan Waring, 1954-58, photo of violin class 13

More from Dave Sturgeon, 1958-62, 14

Excursion to Stratford on Avon, 1964, Sue Davis (Hawkes) 1960-64 16

Obituary: My Best Friend Judith Dunmow, Elsie Hills (Braid) 1951-55 17

News in brief 18

Data protection legislation


From the Head Teacher Mr Kemp 2

The early days 1938-45 (photos of Boys’ School staff, 1939 classes of Mr Hymas,

Mr Gardiner, Mr Picken, and Girls’ scholarship group 1940 3

The girl in the Alice Blue Dress – Diane Berthelot, 1939-42 5

Letters, Maureen Biggins (Little), Adrian Smith, Brenda Haley (Everett),

Brian Judd 6

Mr W C C Turner, photo from Derek Weston 7

1953 Coronation photo 7

Bell and Board 1958, Graham King 8

1959 21st Anniversary pageant, with photo 8

1954 Girls’ gym display, photo 9

1960 Staff of Junior Girls’ School, photo 10

1964 trip to Stratford-upon-Avon 11

Football successes at Moulsham Juniors, photos 11

1965 Boys’ School staff 12

News of Mr Sturgeon 12

Decade by decade 13

1977 Silver Jubilee 13

Dancing at Moulsham Juniors 14

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient 14

1979-80 staff photo 14

1983 Mrs Cakebread’s class 14

The Bell 15

News in brief, 15

Obituary, Ruth Larratt 16


Update from Hilary and Kathleen 2


School motto and House names 3

Obituary, Mr Tom Sturgeon, Headmaster 1957-82 4

Obituary Mrs Margot Herries (Godfrey), Infants’ School 5

Your letters 5 - 6

More from Diane Berthelot, 1938 7

Pat Cox, 1942-46: Early days at Moulsham 8

Jennifer Bailey (Rayner), 1943 – Chelmsford Bus Station 10

John Daldry, 1947-51, The Newsletter, a source of happy memories 11

Obituary, Helen Green, 1949-51 12

Kes Gray, Moulsham Junior School Memories 1968-72 13

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient: school activities in 1977 16

News in brief 17

Obituary, Jim Simpson 18

Data Protection legislation


Summer Suns are Glowing 2


Bert Bearman 1938 4

Marcus Knight, 1938: The first School Magazine 5

Mrs Parker remembers Mrs Margot Herries (nee Godfrey) 5

Peter Turrall, Widford Remembered 6

List of photos 7

Photo pages 8,9

Myra Sankey (Shinkwin) 1945 10

Jim Whybrow, 1945-49: Where are they now? 11

The Open Afternoon, 14th May 2005 12,13

Bob Wiffen, Mr Petchey’s Retirement Pageant, 1956 14

School list at July 1956 15

Dave Sturgeon, 1958-62: The Chelmsford Project 16

News in brief 17



Editorial + date of 2006 Open Afternoon 1

From the Head Teacher, Mr Kemp 1

Photos of MJS 1938 and 2005 1

Pat Cox photo of VE Party 1945 2

Some of the same people 2005 2

Photos of Open Afternoon 2

School dinners + Rayner photo of canteen. Letters from Brian Emmett,

Maureen Rignall (Bidwell), Dave Sturgeon, David Turner 3

Your letters – Maureen Rignall, Doug Fawcett, Peter Moore, John Baker,

Sandra Thomas, David Turner, 4, 5

Tracking down the Brownies: Judy Pettitt, Brenda Haley, Elizabeth Poole

Photo from about 1952, plus more names and faces from 1951-55 6

Chronicle pictures from 1955, G King + short text 7

Infants School staff 1959, photo from Mrs Parker 7

1959 photos, Dave Sturgeon and Barry Prockter names 8

Richard Geer, Florida (1963) 8

Bob Willis, photo from 1960s + text 9

Bob Wiffen, Musical Memories of the early 1960s 9

Shirley Wiffen 1961 – photos of last day at Senior Girls 10

1982 Mrs Donovan’s 4th year class 10

P C Smith, football cup update + photos 11

News in brief 12

River Lady II 12


Editorial 2

From the Head Teacher, Mr L R Kemp 3

The Morella family and their friends: memories from the 1940s 4

Pat Durrant, 1946-50: getting to school 6

Photographs 7-10

Head Teachers at Moulsham (retirement celebrations) 10

A visit to the Museum of London, 1978 12

Mrs Alma Gallacher, Dinner Lady 13

Obituaries: Mrs Dawn Brooks, Don Meadowcroft 14

News in brief 15

Data protection legislation 16


So it’s farewell to Mr Kemp . . . 2

. . . And farewell from Mr Kemp 3

Mrs Sturgeon, nee Purdie, Headmistress of Moulsham Infants’ School 4

This year’s Open Afternoon 6

From Moulsham to Oz – Coleen Benham, 1950-55 9

More contacts from the 1950s 11

News in brief 12

Obituaries – Geoff Caton, Peter Galley, Ray Gozzett 13



From the new Head Teacher, Mrs Linda Hughes 2

Farewell Old Friend: Mr Kemp’s retirement celebrations 3

Requests, reminders, and thanks 5

Death of Anne Holdsworth (Hammond) 1943-37 5

1947 Photos from Ray Allen 6

News from Cynthia Sidney (Baines) 1952-56 7

Treasures from Great-grandfather’s memory box:

Mr Little’s 1963 retirement, pictures from Phyl Chatelier 8

Miss Pettet, Headmistress 1949-69 11

1955 Singing at St John’s Hospital fete 12

A letter from Jenny Pickles (Hann), 1951-55 14

1965-7 Football photographs from Richard Geer 16

Photo of a 1974 excursion 17

Photo of Mrs Foulger’s class 1982 17

1997 Staff photograph 18

News in brief 18



Greetings from Hilary and Kathleen 2

School News 3

Dates for your diary 3

Cllr Philip Firth, School Governor for 25 years 4

A lifelong friend: Pauline Digby’s tribute to Anne Holdsworth (Hammond) 6

Two schools of thought: Don Smith, 1942, remembers the war years 7

News from William (Bill) Brown 1954-55 9

Kes Gray 1968 – 72 10

Alison Barker’s schoolbooks, 1975-79 11

Currie’s Farm 12

Coconut slice recipe 12

Your letters 13

News from former Moulsham teachers 14

Tribute to Ray Bradshaw 1940 -2007 15



Welcome to our readers old and new 2

Head Teacher’s report and introduction to Deputy Head Mr Ceri Jones 3

Newsletter facts and figures 3

Open Afternoon 4

Hazel Derbyshire (Morella), 1938 6

Recollections from Dorothy Swinden (Armstrong), 1944-48 6

Questions from present-day pupils 7

Photo pages 8-9

Notes on the photographs 10

Adrian Smith, 1948-52: Music at Moulsham 11

Norman Kerridge, 1951-55: from sports addict to cruising 12

David Muir, 1952-56: In praise of Mrs French 13

Hilary Balm (Dye) 1951-55, Curries Farm 14

James Fish 1979-83: recollections 15

Obituaries:

John Barnard, Ken Andrews, Denzil Davies, Pauline Knight (Digby) 18

School website address 19



Welcome to the 25th issue of the Newsletter 2

News from the Head Teacher, Mrs Linda Hughes 3

A morning with Mrs Irene Tyson, Infants’ Head Teacher 1985-97 4

Adrian Smith, 1948-52, some answers to Year 3 questions 5

Geraldine Etherington (Butterworth) 1960-64: assorted memories 7

Photographs 8 – 11

Notes on the photographs 12

Melvyn Rawlingson, 1946-50, drops in from Australia 13

Recent Contacts at the 2007 Summer Fete 14

David Turner, 1971-75, more answers to the Year 3 questions 15

News in brief: Les Kemp, Brian Greatrex, 1947-51,

Vic King 1958, Sue Davis (Hawkes) 1960-64, Jim Whybrow 1944-48,

class reunion 1951-55 17

The first ten years of Moulsham Junior School: can you help? 18

Obituaries: John Spooner, 1938 19

Pauline Digby (Knight),

Kenneth Andrews,

Keith Pitts

Dilwyn Barnard

Creating an index for our Newsletters 21




Happy 70th anniversary, Moulsham Junior School 2

From the Head Teacher, Mrs Linda Hughes 3

Special reunion for past pupils on 26th September 2008 3

Suggested 70th Anniversary presents to the school from past pupils 3

August 1938: the first pupils arrive at Moulsham Junior School 4

Brian Emmett, first day pupil at Moulsham Junior Boys’ School 5

Maureen Biggins (Little), first day pupil at Moulsham Junior Girls’ School 6

More about the first day – snippets from earlier Newsletters 6

September 1938 – The Official Opening ceremony 7

1939-45: The war-time years 9

Some of your wartime memories 10

Notes on the photographs: Don Post, Sue Hunter (Rawlingson) 11

Photographs, 1938, 1941-2, 1939, 1960, 1988 12,13

Notes on the photographs (continued) 14

Margaret Smith (Tomalin), 1944-49 15

Peter Turrall, 1938: Were you a Marconi employee? 16

Averil Wilcox (Clarke) 1960-64 remembers all those school trips 17

More responses to Gerry Etherington’s Autumn 2007 article 18

News in brief: Wendy Mason (Shipman) 1948-52, Peter Linn 1952/3-55 19

Sue Kemp (Hayden) 1951-55, Juliet Jones (Lindars) 1951-55,

Suzanne Kettle (Bulbeck), 1949-53, Mrs B Baggs (Morella), 1940

Ian Marshall, 1946-51

Obituary: Vernon Makin 20




See you all again in September 2

School news 3

Tickets for the 70th Anniversary Reunion 3

Time line for Moulsham Junior School 4


Alderman Fox, 1938-43 7

Denis Wick, 1941-2 8

Notes on photographs: Christine Hammond (Knight) 1953-57, 9,12

Alan Twitchett 1953-57, Hugh Piper/Denis Wick,

Names from Julie Aves’ photo in Spring 2008 issue

Photographs 10,11

1953 – The Coronation Pageant and other celebrations 12

1959 Moulsham School’s 21st Anniversary celebrations 14

Other memories from the 1950s: Hazel Richards (Offord) Infants 1950-51; 14

Kenneth Brown 1952-56; the first School Song 15

Memories from the 1960s 16

Volunteers to speak to present pupils in anniversary week 22-26 September 17

1982 – “The Hamelin Incident” 18

Former Headteacher Les Kemp – the joys of ‘retirement’ 19

News in brief: Diane Berthelot (Lawson), 1938, Gordon Thorp 1941-45,

Bill Osborne, 1942-46 20



Autumn 2008 Vol 10 no 3 From Mrs Linda Hughes, Headteacher 2

Date of 2009 reunion 3

Notes from Kathleen and Hilary 3

70th anniversary celebrations, and pictures 4,5

List of staff and past pupils at the September reunion 6

Pictures 6,7

Jim Fleming, 1938 7

Joan Wade (Lamb), photo from the 1940s 8

Estelle Bausor (Wright), 1938 – 42 9

Gus Gowers , 1941-45 10

1946-50 Brian Wilder 12

Photos of Mel Rawlingson 13

Dr Carolyn Gibbs (Butterworth) 1956-60 13

Don Smith: Was this Mr Picken? 15

School trips to France in 1965 and 1971 15

Rounders and netball at Moulsham Junior School 16

Andrew Crowe, photo from 1979-80 17

1982-84, Sue Ellis in Mrs Healy’s 4th year class 17

Former Deputy Head Glen Denham: From Moulsham to Mayhem! 18

Pictures from the May 2008 Open Afternoon 19

Peter Smith and the Young Generation 20

News in brief: Kes Gray’s new book, Roy Hatherley, 1938,

Douglas Nice 1941, Julia Pearce, Anne Waters, Martin Robb,

Barrie Stevens 21

Diane Berthelot (Lawson), 1938, poem: Christmas 1944 22

Photo of 1974 Christmas decorations 23


Your Newsletter ten years on 2

From Head Teacher, Mrs Linda Hughes 3

Tokens and donations 3

Mr Gerald Hindes: Memories of 20 years teaching at Moulsham Juniors 4

Moulsham Juniors at the Essex Music Festival, 1949-61 5

David Tarbun, 1942-46, Music and monitors at Moulsham Junior Boys 6

Dudley Courtman, 1942-46, A tribute to Mr W C C Turner 8

Notes on the photographs 9, 12

Photographs: from Carolyn Gibbs (Butterworth) 1956-60; 10.11

Pageant, 1959; John Escott, school trip 1966;

Jan Hammond Robinson in 2008; Moulsham wartime staff;

Mrs Leverett’s 1974 class and dancing display;

Mr Davis’ class 1980-81 (photo from Andrew Crowe)

A First World War story from Headmaster Mr Petchey, 1938-56 13

Jan Hammond Robinson (Wright) 1956-60 14

Barrie Stevens, 1959-61 15

Old school magazines: can you help, please? 16

Martyn Robb, 1963-7 17

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient, 1970s: A visit to France, 1971 18

School songs from the 1970s and today 19

News in brief: Joan Wade (Lamb), 1938; Gus Gowers, 1941-45; 20

Jim Whybrow, 1944-48; Janet Crafer (Saltmarsh), 1940s;

Sue Kemp (Hayden), 1951-55; Christine Rogers (Gentry), 1952-56;

Betty Bilic; Kes Gray, 1968-72; Michael Ellis, 1978-9.

Obituaries: Joyce Porter, Arthur Cornell


From Head Teacher Mrs Linda Hughes 2


Date of 2010 Open Afternoon 2

Past Pupils’ Open Afternoon, May 16th 2009 3

List of past pupils at the Open Afternoon

Peter Charles Smith 1938 at the Open Afternoon

John Reed, 1938: Moulsham Hall

School Fete 4th July 2009

1951-55 reunions and photos

Christmas concert, 16 December 1953

Mick Polley: football trophy team 1952/3

Howard Norman, 1954-58

Barrie Stevens, school visit to ‘Chelmsford Castle’, 1960/61

Mrs Pam Greenwood, music teacher 1965-69

Sue Bruns (Huscroft) 1965-69

Debbie Robbins, 1966-70

The school building over the years: photos 1938 and 1977 and plans 1938 and 1998

1982 School visits to Canterbury – list of names and teachers

Names from photos in the Spring 2009 Newsletter : Pat MacClinton (Emms), Mrs

O’Riordan, Carolyn Gibbs (Butterworth), Jane Bird (Mussell), Gerry Etherington

(Butterworth),

Senior Girls, photos from Brenda Shirley (Sharpe) and Mollie Hermon (Bloomfield)

Photos from Mrs Janet Allan, teacher 1995-2009

News in brief: David Reade. Bob Wiffen, Keith Endersbee

Missing addresses and email contacts

Obituaries: Albert (Bert) Digby; Don Harris

School website



Hello again from Hilary and Kathleen 2

School News from Headteacher Mrs Linda Hughes 3

Peter Turrall, 1938: Moulsham pupils present and past 4

John Land, 1942-46: My journey to school 5

Mrs G L French (teacher), July 1946 Magazine article: Whipsnade 7

April 1946: Mr Picken’s letter from Palestine 8

Notes on the photographs 9, 12

Photographs: Std IV in 1946 (photo from John Land); 10, 11

Mr Petchey retirement photo;

Iris Hazell (Clark) the first dinner ladies;

Meeting with artist Les Bicknell;

1982 pictures from Micky (Michaela) Venton (Davis);

School interior May 2009;

Myra Sankey (Shinkwin) 1945-49

More from Sue Bruns (Huscroft) 1965-69 12

More from Debbie Robbins (Stone) 1966-70 14

A letter from Micky (Michaela) Venton, nee Davis, 1978-82 15

Moulsham Street redevelopment – discussions with artist Mr Les Bicknell 16

Mrs Michelle Orchard: Learning support at Moulsham Juniors 18

Playground games at the May reunion 19

News in brief: Gillian Holland (Spooner), 1952-56, Hazel Offord, 1951-55, 20

Dave Sturgeon, 1958-62 Myra Sankey (Shinkwin) 1945-49,

Iris Hazell (Clark) 1939

Obituaries: Geoff Boyce, Don Harris, Ken Turton 21

Footnote from 1963 22

School website

Data protection


Your Newsletter 2

Date of Open Afternoon 2011 3


Open Afternoon 2010, John Land 1942, David Tarbun 1942, 4-6

Mary Hills (Carver) 1945

List of those attending Open Afternoon 7

More photos from the Open Afternoon 8

Peter Turrall 1938, Sporting memories 9

Eric Hayward 1941-45, School memories 9

Edna Swayne (Mathers) 1943-47: Wartime and post-war memories 10

Yvonne Rush (Auston) 1943-47: Grandad’s shop 12

Hazel Richards (Offord), 1951-55: Moulsham Drive 13

Louise Daniels, 1968-72: Moulsham Memories 14-16

Photo of recorder group 1969 (from Louise Daniels) 17

Les Kemp: playground games 17,18

Karen Wright (Boutal) 1978-82 19

Photos from Senior Boys’, 1948 and Senior Girls’, 1956/7 20

School Fete and Fun Day 3rd July 2010 21

News in brief: Peter Davidson, Diane Berthelot (Lawson) 1938,

Wendy Bryant (Rousseau) 1939, Joan Wade (Lamb) 1939,

Ted Caton 1941-45, John Land, 1942-46, David Reade (Tricker) 1947,

Jan Robinson (Wright) 1956-60, Rebecca Henwood (Isom) 1979-83

Jenny Pickles (Hann) 1951-55

Requests: David Skeet 1963-65, Freda Rogers, 1950s, Ted Caton 1941-45 23

1959 Christmas Play photo (from Mrs Judith Woricker) 24

Obituaries: Ken Turton, 1942-46, Ellen Barnwell, aged 15 24

School website 25



From strength to strength 2


Past pupils bring history to life 3

Moulsham Street redevelopment 3

Peter Turrall, memories and appeal re St Mary’s 150th anniversary 4,5

1942: Moulsham Junior Boys’ School, the first School Song 5

Joan Wade (Lamb) 1939 6

John Land, Maths teaching, 1946 and 1980s/90s 7

An ‘open letter’ from Gus Gowers, 1941-45 8

Notes on the photographs 9,12

Photographs: 1940 Moulsham Drive (Marcus Knight); 1959 singing 10,11

and dancing groups from Mrs Woricker; 1938 Boys’ School staff;

Miss Rankin and Miss Wright; 1967 Boys’ School staff with

Headmaster Mr Sturgeon; 1945-46 Senior Boys’ football team

(from Gordon Evans, 1938);

Maureen Rignall (Bidwell) 1941-45 13

1949: So what exactly is a heaving frame? 14

1949: Retirement of Headmistress Miss Rankin and teacher Miss Wright 14

More from Moulsham Drive: 15

Dave Sturgeon, 1962, More memories of teachers, please! 16

1969: Creation of the combined Moulsham Junior School 17

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient – Louise Daniels’ magazine and others from the period 18

1972: Mr Harold Picken writes in the school magazine 19

News in brief: From 1938: Derek Smith, Ray Hatherley, Don Post, 20-22

Peter Smith, Reg Podd and Hazel Bailey (Hudson);

Wendy Bryant (Rousseau) 1939; Dorothy Benjamin (Holden) 1940;

Anne Cook (Marshall) 1941; Doug Barnard 1942; Diane Phillips (Barker) 1948

Rodger Bell 1948; Christine Goldstone (Steele) 1950; Juliet Jones (Lindars) 1951

Joan Gentle (Bullock) 1953; Ken Powell 1954; Ian Carpenter 1970-74

Clifford Griffin 22

School website 22

More pictures of Moulsham Junior Boys’ School staff, 1960s 23

More pictures of Moulsham Junior Girls’ School staff, 1960s 24-25

Music of the 1942 Boys School Song 25



Welcome to the Autumn 2012 Newsletter 2


From Headteacher Mrs Linda Hughes 3

History project, Wartime project 3

Open Afternoon 7th May 2011 4,5

Notes on the photographs 6, 7,12

Photographs: 2011 Open Afternoon; pictures from Linda Collins; 8-11

Quintin Greatrex, group photos from 1948; 1959 Boys’ School photo for the

school magazine; 1957 Sports Day, Chris Conway-Cook; Recorder group from

Alan Twitchett, 1953-57; 1959 and 1962 pictures from Mr Sturgeon’s

archive; Jenny Canham (Eve)’s home in Moulsham Drive;

Mrs Pat Edmonds, Deputy Head 1985 – 96 12

Mrs Val Fox, 1965 teacher 14

Peter Turrall: School events 1938-42 14

Peter Turrall’s talk at Widford Church, March 2012 15

Brian Judd 15

John Land, 1942-46 and Reg Podd, 1938, cricket enthusiasts 16

Chris Conway-Cook 1953-57 17

Peter Woodhouse, 1944-48, More about Moulsham Drive 18

Jenny Canham (Eve) 1954-58 Memories of Moulsham Drive 18

Jane Scrivener (Hammond): 125 Moulsham Drive 19

Louise Daniels, 1968-72: 1971 information leaflet to Moulsham parents 20

News in brief: John Reading 1952-6; Gordon Thorp, 1941; 22

Sandra Ellis (Flexman), 1950; Mrs Alma Gallacher; Geoff Barnard, 1945;

Ms Dot Bedenham

School website 22

Obituaries: Wesley Holden; Clifford Francis Griffin; Martin Lee; 23

Phyllis Chatelier (Little); Derek Mussell; Anne Cook (Marshall);

Betty Clapham (Snelgrove) ; Pat Lumley (Holden)


Spring is here again 2

From the Headteacher Mrs Linda Hughes 3

New: annual autumn lecture and get-together 3

Diamond Jubilee year 3

Mr Petchey at Trinity Road School 4

More from Mrs Pat Edmonds, teacher from 1985-96 5

Peter Moore, 1938: A trip to Afghanistan in 1973 6

Hugh Piper, 1939: Helping at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

in Manchester 9

Dina Smith (Fallows), 1951-55: my time at Moulsham 10

Elizabeth Clarke, 1951-55: names from 1953 12

Stephen Jeffers, 1953-58: news from California 12

1963 school leavers, Moulsham Junior Boys’ 13

Update on school benefactor Mr W C C Turner 14

Past Pupils’ Award 2011: Rachel Broome 15

1979 visit to Mole Hall and Thaxted Church 15

Moulsham Drive again 16

Peter Turrall’s talk at Widford on 23rd March 2012 16

News in brief: Sheila Wrenn (McPherson) 1941-45,

Brian Wilder mid-1940s, Norman Kerridge 1946-50 17

Obituaries: Bill Harris 1938, Walter Whybrow 1940s,

Janet Gowers (Rawlinson) 1954-58, Vic King 1958-62,

Raymond Brame 1948-52 17

School website 18





Open Afternoon May 2012 4

List of past pupils at the Open Afternoon 5

Peter Turrall 1938: Life in Widford village in the 1930s 6

More pictures of Widford 9

Marcus Knight, 1938, 10

Val Corby (Rudland) 1952-3 photograph 10

Jeff Ingall, 1958 photo of building work 11

John Taylor, 1954 11

Roy Dale, 1955-59 12

From the 1961 School Magazine: Mrs Roberts is made Mayor 12

David Gout, 1959-63 13

1963 Boys’ School Choir, photo 14

The Misses Skilton 15

News in brief: Margaret Martindale-Jones (White) 1938, 16

Doug Fawcett 1938, Brian Judd, 1938, Valerie Spooner (Bruce) 1945-49,

Margaret Atkinson (Eves), 1947, David Reade (Tricker) 1947,

Sandra Ellis (Flexman) early 1950s, Wendy Beasley (Morgan) 1958-60,

Ann Weathersby (Twitchett), 1955, Barrie Stevens 1959

Obituaries: William Harris 1938, Peter Stanley Smith 1938, 18

James Kerr Adam 1939, Michael Wilkinson 1945,

Jennifer Perry (Leeks) 1945-47

School website 20



Moulsham Junior School’s 75th anniversary 2

Dates to remember in 2013 2


Request for volunteers at the Open Afternoon 3

Tickets for the Anniversary reunion on 4th October 2013 4

Suggested Anniversary gifts from past pupils 4

Financial support for the Newsletter 4

A great day in 1938 (anon) 5

Selwyn Wheeler, 1938: A varied and enjoyable career 6

Notes on the photographs 9 and 14

Photographs: 10 – 13

1938 pupils; Pauline Digby (Knight)’s 1945 autographs and CCHS pictures;

Friars School; Photos from Lisa and Emma Balaam, 1978,’79 and ’82;

photos of David Bell’s 2002 visit to MJS; London Gateway proposals;

MJS medals commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Moulsham Junior School buildings in 1938 15

Wit and wisdom in Hilary Balm (Dye)’s autograph book 16

Steve Bewers: Tales from the river side 17

Les Kemp: Sir David Bell opens the new computer suite in 2002 19

‘Up the Houses’ and other memories of the Junior Girls: 20

Gerry Etherington (Butterworth), 1960-64,

Daphne Stonely (Farrow), 1944-48, Sandy Ellis (Flexman), 1950,

and Hazel Richards (Offord) 1951-55

Peter Turrall: Widford characters 21

News in brief: Gus Gowers, 1941-45, Valerie Spooner (Bruce) 1945-49, 23

David Reade 1947, Marion Lodge (Weston) 1951-55,

Barrie Stevens, 1959

Obituary: Cynthia Mary Bendall (Carter), 1938 24

School website; Data protection legislation 25


From Mrs Linda Hughes, Headteacher 2

Anniversary notes from Hilary and Kathleen 3

Keep in touch 5

The first day at Moulsham Juniors 6

The Official Opening of the Moulsham Schools in 1938 8

May 4th 2013 Open Afternoon 10

List of those attending Open Afternoon 2013 12

Les Kemp: Dr B E Lawrence, Chief Education Officer for Essex 1938-65 13

June 7th 2013 evening talks 15

Brian Emmett, 1938, The impact of Chelmsford on the world. 16

David Simmonds 1942-46 17

Monica Panks (Allen), Memories of 1953-57 18

The 1958 flood in Chelmsford 19

Teaching staff at the Moulsham Junior Schools 1938-69 20

News in brief: Brian Emmett, 1938, Peter ‘Charlie’ Smith, 1938, 25

Brian Judd, 1938, Joan Wade (Lamb) 1938, Doug Fawcett, 1938,

Selwyn Wheeler, 1938, Maureen Rignall (Bidwell), 1941, Gus Gowers, 1941,

Valerie Spooner (Bruce), 1946, Hazel Derbyshire (Morella), 1946,

David Reade (Tricker), 1947, Jenny Pickles (Hann) 1951,

Brenda Haley (Everett) 1951, Christine King (Pattinson),

Barrie Stevens, 1959.


Can you help? 27

Obituaries: John Bowerman, 1942-46, Evelyn Baker (Cox), 1945, 28

Ralph Turbin, 1938, former teacher Mr Peter Davidson, Elsie Hills (Braid),

Marlene Beckett (Snowball), 1941-45, Norman Kerridge, 1946-1950.


Spring 2014 Vol 16 no 1 Farewell from Mrs Linda Hughes, Headteacher 2

A tribute from Mrs Moores, Deputy Head 3


Donations 4

Appeal for help with Newsletter deliveries 5

Open Afternoon 2014 5

Advance notice of Peter Turrall’s talk, June 2015 5

Date of school fete 2014 5

Two pictures of MoulshamJunior School today 6

Floods in Chelmsford 1958, email from Tony Barker, 1939 6

Jennifer Read (Olley) 1955 7

Mumbo Jumbo Sapient, 1970s school magazine 9

A challenge to all our readers! 11

Les Kemp: Chalk-pencil-nib pen-fountain pen 11

Moving on from the Juniors 12

News in brief: Mike Bell, 1953-57; Gerry Etherington (Butterworth), 1960-64

Angela Charlton (Emery), 1952-56 12

List of staff, 1969-82 13-15

Staff photograph 1979/80 15

Mrs Bragg’s class 1979-80, with photograph and names 16

Mrs Gough’s class 1982, photograph with names 17

More photographs from our archive: 1984 class, verandahs, Gosling Shield 18

Hilary Balm (Dye), 1951-55: Blue plaques in Chelmsford 19

Obituary: Brian Kemp 20

School website



Greetings once again 2

Date of 2015 Past Pupils’ Open Afternoon 2

From Head Teacher, Mrs Marie Staley 3


More pictures from the Open Afternoon 8

The 50 word memories challenge: Lucy Carter, Howard Norman, Pat Cox, 9

Ted Caton, Brian Emmett, Joan Keyes (Porter), Marcus Knight,

Pauline Evans (Thorne), Gordon Evans, Sandra Carter, Richard Wilson,

Laura Mansfield, Jenna Day

Some longer recollections from Dave Sturgeon, 1958-62 11

More recollections from classmates Sue Simpson (Holden) and

Angela Wren (Stiles), both 1954 12

Ted Caton’s 1945 photo of Std IV with Mrs Skipsey; 12

Mike Bell’s photos from 1955 13

1960 football team photo 14

1959 music festival photos, Ann Weathersby (Twitchett) 15

Pictures from Marcus Knight 16 School Milk 16

Maureen Rignall, 1941-45, Pen and ink and other memories 17

David Turner, 1971-75, Handwriting with a fountain pen 17

Les Kemp, former Head: Spam fritters 18

Gerry Etherington (Butterworth), 1960 and Ted Caton, 1941:

More memories of Moulsham Drive 19

Hilary Heath (Simmons) 1954-57, Musical Memories 21

Winning 50 word memories from present MJS pupils 22

Peter Turrall, 1938, Life after school Pt I: Chelmsford Borough Council 24

Notes from the school log books 25

News in brief: Brian Judd 1938, Peter Cobbold 1952, Geoff Hoare 1965,

Jennifer Read (Olley) 1955, family of Richard White, 1980s 26

Obituaries: Fred Skipsey 1943, Richard Lodge, 1954 27

School website 28

Data protection

Special supplement: More 50 word memories from current Moulsham Junior pupils,

29-32

Spring 2015 Vol 17 No 1

Join us at the Open Afternoon, Saturday 16th May 2

From Head Teacher Mrs Marie Staley 3

Dates for your diary, addresses, donations, local delivery rounds 3

Doug Fawcett, 1939: Childhood memories 4

Kevin Bowen, 1965: Calling all 1960s pupils 8 Sue Jarvis, mid-1960s: Looking forward to the 2015 Open Afternoon 8

Memories from 1960s pupils in earlier Newsletters 9

Where are they now? Steve Bewers, 1954-56, with photos 12

Do you remember? Steve Bewers, 1954-58 13

Other ideas for future issues 14

Ray Young, photo of Mr Lyons’ class 1957-58, with some names 14

Ann Weathersby (Twitchett), Moulsham Junior Girls’ 1955-59 15

Peter Turrall, Life after School Pt II, Marconi’s 16

Hilary Balm (Dye): More from the School Log Books, 1940-41 18

News in brief: Howard Norman, Paul Andrews, Brian Wilder, 20

Jenny Pickles (Hann), Mel Rawlingson, David Reade (Tricker),

Brian Judd, Monica Panks (Allen), Richard Geer, Clive Evans,

Dave Sturgeon, Alex Hassell

Obituaries: Olive Hepple; Tony Woollett; Reg Baldwin; 22

Mary Allen (Calvert)

School website 23


Documents

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