HARDYE'S SCHOOL
(For the GREEN SCHOOL please see below)
Welcome to this site, which has been set up to help complete the identification of all those pupils who appear in the Panorama photograph which was taken at the school in April 1957. This has been linked to the School List for the year September 1956 to July 1957 which was produced in the summer of 1956. The two records do not match exactly as during the course of the school year new boys arrived and others left.
For ease of loading, the photograph has been split into six sections and each face has been numbered. Click on any Panorama below and you will be taken to that section of the photograph. Follow the instructions at the top of each page. To make transcription easier Roman numerals, for Form names, have been dispensed with as has the word Alpha. So III Alpha 1 has become 3B
The School List has been split into seven sections. Click on any class below and you will be taken to the list where, in some cases, a modern photograph has been reproduced together with an autobiography. Most of these appear in the Upper and Lower V's years.
You will find a question mark against some of the names indicating that the identity is not 100% certain. In December 2010 there was only one unidentified face.
113 (Panorama 4) is standing with boys from both Lower V C and 4C. The only boy in the whole of the Lower V's who is unaccounted for is G.B. Crew and from the Fourth year - T.I. Allen, C.R. Osborn and D.M.J. Turner.
If you think any of the information recorded is incorrect or you can confirm a doubtful identity or add new details, including a modern photograph of yourself and autobiography, please Email me.
Contact Nigel Newbery: nigelandann@blueyonder.co.uk
Information will be added only when provided and authorised by the individual.
The Class of 53
I have undertaken a lot of research to find many old friends who joined Hardye's with me in 1953 (the Lower V's in the School list). To date 66 of the 78 on the list have been traced. Please Email me at the address above if you would like details.
The Class of 52
Rodney (Ernie) Middle has researched his year and has tracked down 48 of the 92 who joined the school in 1952. Please Email me or him at the following address if you would like details: rodney.middle@btinternet.com
Other Years
Other years have not been specifically researched but many old friendships, across the school entry years, have been maintained and as a result I hold contact details for around 30 others.
Reunions and Website
Each May, for the last ten years, a reunion has been arranged at Dorchester Rugby Club. Photographs of these together with a host of interesting pictures plus a video taken at the school in the 1940's, can be found at Graham Allen's excellent website.
DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
(THE GREEN SCHOOL)
This part of the site has been set up to complete identification of all those pupils who appeared in the Panorama photograph taken at the school in 1956. Unlike the Hardye's photograph there is no link to a class list or a modern photograph / biography. For ease of loading the photograph has been split into four sections.
To access the photograph please click on the link below and follow the instructions.