The John Ruskin Central School First XI football team from 1943/4. The sports master was Mr. C. E. Smith and the headmaster Mr. McLeod.
As Peter Oxlade writes: "I am unable to remember why there were only 10 of us in this picture! Can anybody name any of those pictured - where are they now?"
Upper row (left-to-right): Bill Petty,
unknown, Stevens,
unknown, unknown.
Bottom row: D. Hambridge, Brown, unknown,
Peter Oxlade, Tyler.
"If my memory is correct, the photo was taken in 1943 in the main playground that fronted onto Tamworth Road."