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Story telling at Henley Fort - 1957
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Story telling at Henley Fort - 1957

Thanks largely to George Ford, the young geography teacher (see picture #537), and Ray Spencer, the sports teacher, boys at Picquets Way had many opportunities to go on educational and recreational cycle tours and outdoor camping holidays in the late 1950s and early '60s – in this case to Henley Fort, the Surrey County Council education centre near Guildford.

In this image, taken on a spring evening in 1957, Ray Spencer is in full story-telling mode with a group of boys at Henley Fort. The cruel sadness was that a few weeks later, this incredibly popular teacher was killed in a road accident... and every boy in the school, let alone his colleagues, felt bereft. He was just 33 years old.
Picture added on 22 January 2017 at 23:18
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I was a student at the school from 1957 to 1961 and particularly remember George Ford who influenced my cycling. I now live in Victoria B.C. Canada
Added by Peter Urwin on 18 February 2020
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