Tudor Grange Grammar School

Thank You
....to Holly Dennis for arranging Tudor Grange School 50th Anniversary celebrations on Saturday 8th July 2006. A great time was had by all.

The Photograph
These web pages are dedicated to the school photograph taken in July 1960 where all pupils and staff were arranged in the playground in a large semicircle and photographed with a camera that rotated on its tripod. If you were there then you are bound to remember! The printed photograph measures 40" by 8" while the scanned version is 7733 by 939 pixels. This is large (an understatement) but ensures that faces are in enough detail to recognise people. Note that the photograph scanned had been rolled for the past 4 decades and some creasing can be seen in the scanned image.

Who's Who?
That's where I hope that you can help! The web pages are constructed such that when you place your mouse cursor over a face then the name should pop up. This appears to work in most configurations - sorry if yours fails.

The copy scanned belongs to Stewart Neale - I didn't arrive myself until the September 1960 intake. Please email me with names of missing people - you will find that everyone is given a reference to help this. Rows are labelled I through Q (starting at the top) and people then numbered left to right.

If you can identify anyone then please email me at dave@tggs1960.free-online.co.uk quoting the reference number (please use the complete number - eg J036 - in that format, not J36, J 36, or any other variant, as I use this when searching across emails to research conflicting names). Similarly tell me if you can provide forenames rather than those shown with just initials, or confirm any shown with alternatives or question marks. If you can't remember a forename or initials, please tell me which year / form you think the person was in at the time of the photo. I have all the Chronicles from 1961 through 1967 so may be able to find them (and their initials) in the Valete section if I can work out which year they left.

Just to manage expectations, I may not manage a super-fast turnaround, but never fear, I will respond to you - eventually!

Inter-House Competition
In keeping with best Tudor Grange traditions, I am running a competition to see how much help is provided by each House. So, when you send me your nominations / confirmations (even if it is only for yourself) then please tell me the House to which you used to belong.

The current position is as follows. It should be noted that those who have not remembered or not notified their House hold a critical balance of points! Hopefully the following reflects the various House colours - please inform me if you disagree.

Progress

Avoiding Repeated Downloads of Photograph
Here is the theory:

You should first view the photograph at whatever resolution you wish. The highest quality will look best, while the medium quality is intended to allow you to fit everything onto a 1.44Mb diskette.

When the photograph is downloaded and completely visible in your browser, right-click on it and choose option "Save Picture As..." (that's what it is shown as within Internet Explorer). Save it with the name shown (tggs1960.jpg) within directory / folder C:\My Documents

Do keep the name and location exactly as stated above.

In the future, return to this page and select option "Photo Already Downloaded". This will retrieve the latest text for the page from the WWW server, but this version will load the photograph from your hard drive.

If you wish you can even configure Internet Explorer to make this page available offline, and to refresh the copy at whatever frequency you like. For example, you could request that it is refreshed every week - Internet Explorer would then retrieve the page automatically every week (assuming that you have been online), and you could then look at the photo and the updated names at you leisure offline. To do this, select option "Photo Already Downloaded" then select from the Internet Explorer menu "Favourites - Add to Favourites", check "Make available offline", then select Customize and define your requirements on the Schedule tab.

If All Else Fails

If the options to display the name when the mouse pointer is over someone's face doesn't work for you, or works only when you are online, then use the Numeric options. That is, view the Numbered Photo, and save this on your hard drive. This version of the photo has visible numbers every 10th person along each row. The intention was to place the number on the person's chest, but this sometimes has to be to one side when obstructed by the person in front. Then select the "Numeric List" option, which shows the identified people from left to right, along each row. You should be able to start two instances of your browser and view the numbered photo and the numeric list side by side. Not as elegant as the approach using the mouse, but better than nothing! You can return and retrieve the latest version of the Numeric List periodically, and either save it or print it as desired.

Related Web Site
There is a companion of the similar site created for the April 1967 version of the school photograph, which contains further photographs from the school. These can be found at: http://www.tggs1967.free-online.co.uk/

Thanks - Dave Mellor - TGGS 1960-1967 - Beaufort / Achaeans
dave@tggs1960.free-online.co.uk