Having looked, with great interest, through every photo on this site I see that several include David Kayler. David and I lived a couple of doors away from each other in Brian Road, Chadwell Heath and became inseparable friends as we grew up together. David was sent to board at Chigwell school and at the age of 17 became a trainee surveyor with Quirk & Ptnrs in Billericay, whilst still living in Brian Road. Tragically, whilst we were out together one evening in 1965, David was killed in a car accident in Chigwell. It gave me great pleasure to find his photo's on this web site. I would also love to make contact with some of my old friends from those days including: Mavis Rampling, John Stone, Roderick Sewell, Anthony Ely, Derek Bird, Christina Fraser, Trevor Hill, Roger Krout, Derek Wheddon and any more of my old classmates.
I have some class photos which I will be submitting in due course together with the programme from the 1958 school play. Incidentally, I am 6th. from Left in pic. ref. 55002 submitted by Sandra Blackmun. If anyone remembers my sister Carole (she was 4 years ahead of me) or my brother Barry (2 years ahead of me) I would be pleased to put you in touch. Carole went on to Wanstead County High and is married to an Italian and now lives in Italy (Carole Cattelino)She has 4 grown up sons. Barry is also very happily married and lives in Lymm in Cheshire and has 2 lovely grown up daughters and 2 grand children.

No. 9 is Steven Bloomfield and No.33 is his twin sister Julie( she sadly passed away in 1987). I am their elder sister Christine and it was great coming across their picture.

re message 71 fro nick: nick thanks for that info its nice to know that at least one person is there that i knew from 5 years ago and that is mrs martin. oh and Nick what year did you leave WT?

I have phoned Miss Billington and she said she remembered me but I rather suspect she was being polite!. She said she will be 91 in July and is fairly disabled following a car accident about 6 years ago (she was driving!). Incidentally, Miss Billington told me that Miss Peacock is now in a residential home at Box near Bath and they phone each other every week. I also remember Miss Ball - just by walking into the room she could have the whole class quivering wrecks. Apparently she moved to the West country with Miss Billington but died about 8 years after they moved following a fall.

Re Message 69 from Paul Keily: The headteacher is Mrs June Hill. She has been there for a few years now. Also the school is now William Torbitt Primary School, as the infant school and the junior school merged a couple fo years ago. Previous head of infants school was Mrs Richards, and the last head of the junior school was Mrs Sears before it disbanded. The longest serving teachers are Mrs Julie Kay (now teaching Year 3) and Mrs Teresa Stevens (who has been deputy head teacher for a long time), and probably Mrs Jo Dignon as she was there when I was in the infants. Also the long-serving head of the nursery dept left last year (Mrs Jackie Sterling) after a long time at the school, having also been one of my teachers when I was just 4 years old. Erm... the other deputy head teacher is Mrs Martin. That's about all I can think of in terms of teachers.

just wanted someone to tell me who the current head teacher is of WT also i was wondering what teachers teach there now because i want to know if any of mine are still there

Photo 62003, Mr Chivers class of 1962. I am number 11 at the end of the middle row, opposite end to Mr Chivers.

Re message 65 from Gerald Risby, thanks Gerald for the memory of 1d Arrowroot Biscuits, sold from a jar on the counter. My Parents, Jack and Bess Graisgour moved into the Aldborough Stores Off Licence in 1955 and were there until 1965. The off licence was part of the 'Tollymarche Cobbold' brewery organisation but neither my Parents nor I can remember the name 'Alsop'. Perhaps this was there before we arrived? The Aldborough Stores was always an off licence in those days, although in recent times it has become a general store and is not under the brewery umbrella. The windows, which used to be professionally dressed, are now part of the shop and it all looks very different! Although it might seem from the memories that only items costing a penny (crisps & arrowroot biscuits) were sold, I hasten to say that the drinks cost a lot more!

I have read with much interest the stories about the famous 1penny crisps at the Aldborough stores and liked the picture from the sixties. However from my memory in the fifties it was an Off Licence where we used to purchase the famous 1penny "arrowroot biscuits" from a large jar on the counter. Does anyone remember the window display showing a very large glass jar with the name "Tolly Cobold and Alsop" as the brewers. We used to change when repeating the name Alsop to "Allslop".

I would love to hear from anybody who remembers me. I still keep in contact with Frank Mooney. Although I have lived in Australia for more than 55 years I still remember everyones name on my old class photo. Things must be very different over there now. I remember my class having to carry gas masks at all times. My teacher was Miss Honey and the Principle was Mr Train. Our class was 3C. Is there anyone who remembers me?