Did you study or teach at Wandsworth School, in Sutherland Grove, Southfields, London?
Wandsworth School had originally been a Grammar School but was merged with the Wandsworth Technical College Boys School to become one of the first Comprehensive Schools in London. It was a boys-only school but fortunately our sister school, Mayfields School, was only a short distance away. I was a pupil at Wandsworth School from 1960 until 1967. At that time there were about 2000 pupils. I was a keen (though untalented) member of the fencing club for much of my time at Wandsworth. This picture shows some members of the fencing club while on a trip to Northumberland to make a film. If pressed, I would admit to being one of the smaller people in the picture. A few years ago I was stunned to discover that Wandsworth School had closed. Apparently with the baby-boom over, Wandsworth had more schools than it needed. The “new” buildings were still standing but plans existed to pull them down and build a smaller school on part of the site. As you will see from the other pages on this site, the
