“Harry Banks” (on exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1936) by Dorothy Lawrenson – who was a teacher at Ayton. The Ayton cap badge can just be seen - pity we don’t have the original in colour.

Harry Banks was at School from 1932 to 1940 and is Mary Banks' (1932-38) younger brother. Dorothy Newby (Danby 1934-39) has written with this news - also that Harry Banks was not impressed with his portrait - which is now in the possession on Mary Banks.

Harry was given sixpence and a chocolate biscuit for each sitting - a lot of money then! One could buy a lot with sixpence.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF OLD SCHOLARS AND STAFF 1945

Thanks to a find in the 75th Annual Report of 1945 we now have, not only all the names in this photo but, the names of OS parents as well

(If you find yourself here and have yet made contact why not e-mail Gill Jackson 
Magazine Editor - with your news)

BACK ROW, reading from left to right: BARBARA STAPLETON; father, A. Leonard Stapleton, master 1906-20, Senior Master 1921-44; mother, Marjorie E. Hodges, Music Mistress 1909-12 and 1915-20; RUTH COATES; father, Bernard C. Coates, staff; mother, Millicent E. Flook, Music Mistress 1922-24. SHEILA CRUTE; mother, Marion Henderson, 1914-17. D. MARGARET SCOTT; father, J. Harry Scott, Rawdon, 1915-17; mother, Dorothy W. Harris, Rawdon, 1911-14. MARGARET WARD; father, Frank Ward, Master 1922-26; mother, M. Joyce Thorne, Domestic Science Mistress, 1921-26. FAY FAIRCLOUGH; father, Philip Fairclough, 1909-13; mother, Vera Calver, 1915-20. JOAN GATTY; mother, Eleanor Douglass, 1911-14. DOROTHY TINDALE; father, William Tindale, 1912-13. PEGGY STOTHARD; father, Arnold Stothard, 1906-09.

MIDDLE ROW, left to right: JOYCE STEELE; father, Henry J. Steele, 1909-12. IAN CROWDEN; father, George Crowden, 1910-15. EILEEN INNISS; father, John Wardle Inniss, 1911-12. KATHLEEN TINDALE; father, William Tindale, 1912-13. FRANK AMBLER; father, Ernest Ambler, Rawdon. ANNE WILKINSON; mother, Peggy Hodgson, 1919-20. DAVID PETCH; mother, Lydia Hall, 1912-14. ELLA WARDLE; mother, Annie E. Thompson, 1916-20. MARJORIE PEARSON; mother, Kathleen Cockerill, Rawdon. KATHLYN BEARBY; father, Jack Bearby, 1904-08. 'ROY TAYLOR; father, Arthur Taylor, 1915-17. JAN THOMPSON; father, James Thompson, Rawdon.

FRONT ROW, left to right: ANNE WALLACE; father, John Wallace, staff; mother, Betty Davidson, Lady Cook, 1931-32. W. FABIAN WILKINSON; mother, Peggy Hodgson, 1919-20. MYRTLE TULIP; father, Alfred W. P. Tulip, 1910-16. JOHN TULIP; father; Alfred W. P. Tulip, 1910-1916. MARY BENSON; father, F. William Benson, 1918-1920. TONY JEFFERIES ; father, Philip Jefferies, 1921-24: SYLVIA CLAYTON; father, J. R. Clayton, on the staff since 1908 then School Steward. MERVYN PETCH; mother, Lydia Hall, 1912-14. GILLIAN TULIP; father, Alfred W. P. Tulip. DICK DENNIS; father, Richard (Dick) Dennis, 1918-23. ROY TYERMAN; father, George Reginald Tyerman, 1913-17.

ON THE GRASS: BRIAN WINN; father, William Winn, 1908-16. SHEILA WALLACE; father, John Wallace, present staff; mother, Betty Davidson, Lady Cook, 1931-32. BILLY COATES; father, B: C. Coates, staff; mother, E. Millicent Flook, 1922-24. (HARRY COATES was absent owing to illness).