Just discovered the web page,been looking for one for years. I was at the Tech 1945 thru 1948 or thereabout not sure anymore in the art school dept, Only names that come to mind are are Fredericks Wainright and Jennifer Bennet who I believe passed away Henry Panter was a maths teacher and Glyn Davies was chemistry.I have been away from England since 1957 but usually got back maybe once a year.Glad to have found the site problem is most of my class is probably dead.

I said several years ago when strolling by the old Tech that anybody I knew had either emegrated or was dead,I dont think I was far from the truth. We left England just after we were married in 1957 and came to the shore of the Chessapeake Bay in Virginia which is abput 200 miles due south of Washington.I came to work for Dow Chemical Co, in textile chemistry,we were taken over by the German BASF Corp and still produced synthetic fibres.I took early retirement after 33 years.After so called retirement I had a specialised removal business,I had contracts with all local police departments and the State medical examiners and most funeral homes to pick ,remove and transport all deceased persons,not too many people wanted the job,but it was interesting but involved a lot of travel up and down the east coast of the USA.However after several years I found that people were either getting heavier or I was getting older I gave it up. We've always managed to get back to England pretty regularly although the past several years its been for funerals. A couple of years ago I did run into a girl who was in my class at the tech. Jennifer Bennet as was,her brother was a year ahead,she was working for some race relation board,she must have been effective because she was awarded some government honour but unfortunately she died a couple of years later.The only other ex pupil I ran into was in the Air Force during national service,that was a gentleman Named Saint who if I remember was once head boy.I don't have any photos of my time at the tech and Im sure with my grey haired visage no one would recognise me today,Ill check up in the attic to see if there are any old pictures around my old RAF days I still had a youthful look then.I saw pictures of some of the old teachers,even one of Henry Panter I still have some feeling for him..one of hatred. never was any good at maths,Im glad our granddaughters are smarter,we have one just starting her Masters degree at William and Mary in Williamsburg Va,I think it is the second oldest college in the USA.

Further comment from email dated 14/12/2019 :-

When I started in 1945 most of the teachers just been demobbed and a bit rough round the edges. I can only remember names of two, Panter and Bissett. I don't have any good memories from either of them. Panter for referring to me as bone idle , but I surprised him by having the highest marks in maths on the school certificate exams. Bisset who I suppose also thought I was idle, delighted in teaching us boxing - after I split his lip he gave me a right good hiding. I can just see him getting away with it these days.

Only three fellow pupils come to mind Brian Fredericks - current whereabouts unknown, Dennis Mason - I think he is in Canada somewhere, and Jennifer Bennet - the only one I have seen in seventy years and that was several years ago, but now I believe she is sadly deceased.

We happened to be in Wycombe a couple of weeks ago and saw the article in the Bucks Free Press. Being retired we usually take a trip every year and usually spend some time in Wycombe, to check on the latest damage that has been done to the old town. I usually bring terror to my wife by driving on the M40 from Beaconsfield to Loudwater. My wife absolutely refuses to travel on any motorway in Britain although, after being on some of them, I also long for the serenity of the Washington Beltway, all eight lanes.

I often wonder where my classmates are, most of them scattered around the world, and the rest just scattered on that hill near Amersham,