The website has been supplied with the following list from Peter Barton

After considerable head scratching I have come up with a list of 1951 BGS starters.

I surprised myself at being able to come up with so many names, but I am more confident
about the last names than about the first names in many cases. This is a reflection on the
customs of the time when we referred to each other as much or more by our last names than our
first. I hope people will add to my list, correct my mistakes and add to my occasional comments
as to what I remember about the guys. I would also like to hear from any of you.

My e-mail address is peter.leslie.barton@sympatico.ca

A list of 1951 starters of BGS

1. Abbott, Jeff Joined the police force. Believed to be still in the area
2. Alcock, Dougie
3. Ashcroft, D.
4. Atherton, A.W.
5. Barker, Roland
6. Barton Peter Retired recently, living in Toronto
7. Beaumont, Tony (grandson of "Monty" aka "Egghead", BGS history teacher)
8. Bilsborough, D.A. (Derek? Late arrival, came from Birmingham, complete with strong accent)
9. Booth, G,
10. Bowers, Johnny Consultant anaesthetist in Lincoln, died cancer of the kidney, 1989
11. Branch, Victor
12. Brooks, Roger (captained first XV, 58/9 season) -believed to be living near Garstang
13. Brown, Harry (lunchtime regular scuffed shoe soccer player in Lower Yard: older brother Roy)
14. Brunt, Tony
15. Buckley, Ken
16. Buckley, Neville
17. Cage, Michael
18. Carter, Harold
19. Clinning, Jimmy (who remembers Clinning & Sons, mineral waters?)
20. Conway, Alan
21. Cooke, Mike
22. Cousins, Harold
23. Cowling, Brian Known for some reason as Sep. Enthusiastic cyclist, philatelist and cartographer. Joined Bartholomew's Maps after school.
24. Crookall, Michael
25. Cutler, Brian
26. Davies, Robin (Played rugby for Lancashire Schoolboys, Head of Colgate Dental Research Unit in Manchester)
27. Dearden, Phillip
28. Denning, Malcolm
29. Drake, Dougie
30. Dyson, Peter (known as Dizzy) still living locally in Thornton
31. Eastwood, George
32. Etheridge,Ron
33. Farrer, Alfred Sutton
34. Farrow, Tony (place kicker for the Rugby team, also a good cricketer)
35. Fell, D.J. (Derek?)
36. Freedman, S.D. (Steve?)
37. Fretwell, Charles Albert
38. Gardiner, Frederick Roy
39. Goodwin, Ken
40. Gregory, Peter
41. Guest, R.G.
42. Hall, Brian John
43. Hall, Duke (another who made the 1st XV)
44. Hamp, Ian (another regular lunchtime soccer player)
45. Hankinson, David
46. Harkness (first name?)
47. Hatjoulis, Emilio (good swimmer)
48. Hobson, Brian
49. Holt, Phil - For some reason known to us as Tim
50. Hopley, Rod
51. Hopwood, Mike Retired banker, living in Southport
52. Hudson, Derek (good all round athlete, 1st XV Rugby, did architecture at Liverpool) now Project Director, New Hospital, I.O.M.
53. Hugill, Brian (yet another of the lunchtime scuffed shoe group)
54. Hull, Geoffrey
55. Ingham, D.P. (David)
56. Jacques, Anthony
57. Johnson, Brian
58. Johnston, Alan (good at both Rugby and Cricket)
59. Joyce, Peter
60. King, Richard Stephen
61. Lambert, Ian
62. Lambert, Max
63. Lawson, Malcolm (do I recall correctly, was a referee in local amateur soccer?)
64. Leak, Kenneth Terry
65. Lee, David (jazz clarinettist with local trad jazz bands) Had teaching career. Lives locally still, in Thornton
66. Lewis, Martin
67. Livingstone, Jamie (1st XV Rugby)
68. Lord, Thomas William
69. Mears, Phillip Retired recently as hospital chaplain in Warrington.
70. Mills, Brian Robert
71. Milner, J.A. (Jack?)
72. Moss, Pete
73. Nolan, Johnny
74. Norton, Stan
75. Oates, C. (I think he was a late arrival, left school to go into the RAF)
76. Osbaldeston, Malcolm
77. Oxley, George (played hooker for the 1st XV, now owns a guest house in St. Ives).
78. Parker, John Like Sep Cowling a keen cyclist
79. Pickford, Alan
80. Price, A.K.
81. Roberts, Mike (I think had a twin sister, Pat? Was she at the Collegiate?)
82. Rossall, N.M.
83. Rycroft, Frank (Played French Horn in the National Youth Orchestra) and now playing regularly with the London Philharmonic
84. Sharp, Michael
85. Smith, Eric (joined the Metropolitan Police Force)
86. Smith, G.R. (Graham?)
87. Smith, Selwyn Trevor (known as Trevor)
88. Stead, Harry
89. Stirling, Robert
90. Stowe, George
91. Sudlow, Michael (Deputy Head Boy, 58/9: did medicine maybe at St Thomas’ Hospital, London?)
92. Sykes, Stuart Known as Bill . Retired policeman in Blackpool. Founded the Windmill Group and awarded the MBE, January 2002
93. Talbot, Ian Head of the Pathology Department and consultant pathologist at St. Mark's Hospital in London
94. Taylor, David (youngest professional referee in England at one time). Joined the police force. Believed to be living locally still
95. Thompson, Tony
96. Tolley, Brian ( I remember him as a swimmer)
97. Tootle, Barry
98. Tracey, Brian
99. Tulitt, P.M. (Arrived when we were in the 4th or 5th form from Cyprus or Crete?)
100. Turnbull, Christopher Henry
101. Walker, Malcolm ("Johnny") Retired, living near Adelaide, Australia. Was a surveyor.
102. Walton, Angus (joined us in 2nd year. Scottish from Falkirk, a wicket keeper of note)
103. Watson, Alan ("Woggie")
104. Webster, Harold
105. Whalley, Frank
106. Whitehead, Robert
107. Wilbraham, Tony (very good gymnast, swimmer: married Maureen Hessey, Frank’s sister) Died of cancer in 1991, R.I.P.
108. Wild, Nigel
109. Wise, Alan
110. Wray, Ian
111. Youd, Harold (departed for Canada circa 1955)