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Nairobi Primary, Nairobi (Kenya)

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1949


Photo taken in front of the Nairobi Primary school hall. Philippa is in the middle row, sitting on the right end of the bench. Photo: Philippa (Harverson) Elmhirst	Row 1: (front): Ian Tippett; ? Bowers; ? Pain; Richard Casparuthus; ? O'Mara Row 2: ? Horley; Langford; ? Smith; Peter Coleman; Quin Thomas; ? Fairy; ? Graff; Pat Connington; Sydney Dyer; Hopkins; ? Pullenbury Row 3: ? Shade; ? Epstein; Gary Boothway; ? Brierly; Tony Westbrook; Tom Ebblewhite; Christopher; ? Hamilton; ? Sands. Photo: Quintin 'Quin' Thomas

1956 – 1963

	This group of 5 photos were supplied by Jennifer (Muir) Ewen-Smith.

1959 Royal Visit

Left: Beatrice Mbaire, Bharti Ratanji and Avril Coutts presented a bouquet of flowers to Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) at Mitchell Park in 1959 (Photos: Avril Coutts)

1959 Class 6A

Back row: ??, ??, David Moffat; James Hale, Geoffrey Welford, Iain Mulligan, Christer Johannsen, Colin Crossley, Jeffrey Jacob Youtan, Robert Rutter, and Nicholas Campion
Middle Row: Andrew Barnett; Philip Long, David Cotton, Moira Rogers, Ruth Keast, Pamela Critch; Patricia Duplock; Lesley Ann Dent, ??, and Keith Eglen
Front Row: Carol Woolems, Fay Vaporides, Susan Bestwick (commended in one assembly for saving another child's life); Penelope Hacker, ??; Miss Meenahan (teacher), ??, Jill Brough, Catherine ?, and Sheila Campbell

Photo: Lesley (Dent) Finne - Names supplied by Lesley (Dent) Finne and Iain Mulligan

1959 Form 7B

Front Row: Teacher: John Layfield
Middle Row: Val Beekes (3rd from right)

Photo: Valerie (Beekes) Taylor

1959 Form ?

Photo supplied by Gordon Dyer

1960 Form 7A

Photo supplied by Rosemary (Gilliland) Barrett.
Rosemary is in the front row (first left). The teacher was Miss Green.
Other children in the photo are the Robert and Roberta (twins wearing glasses);
Peter Smith (left of teacher) and Robert Widley on the far right of the middle row
Back row: 3rd from left Nicholas Campion.

Central Block Prefects, 1962

Back row: Carla Schiavi, Jaqueline Poole, ??, ??
Front row: Bruce Edgar, John Szabanowicz, Jon Anderson, Michael Luke, Mr. Anderson.

Photo: John Szabanowicz

1960s

Richard Barker, John Szabanowicz, Peter Sutcliffe.

Photo: John Szabanowicz

1962

Mike Brown, in his Nairobi Primary School uniform

Photo: Mike Brown

1968

Back row (from left) :Angela Bell, Julie Andrews, Pamela Boit, Susan Beecher, Dorothy Ayany, Jane Mary Kamwana, ?, ?, Dorcas Kago, Margaret Ngodhe
Middle row, seated (from left): Flavio Sciavi, Bernard Kimondo, John Mark Moi, TEACHER Mr Smith, Daniel Ole Sani, John Shitemi, ?, ?.
Front row (seated): Ian Ngethe, ?, ?, Derek, Meschack Ogembo, Hugh Stewart

Photo: Margaret Ngodhe

1968–1969

Front Row: Teacher: John Layfield
Middle Row: Val Beekes (3rd from right)

Photo: Valerie (Beekes) Taylor

1969 Form 7B

Back row - ?, ?, ?, ?, Judi Burke, ?, Gillian Argile (not sure), ?, ?, ?
Middle row - ?, ?, ?, ?, Susan Beacher (not sure), ?, ?, ?, ?
Front (seated) - Tina Stevens, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Jean Curtis
Teacher (at very back) is Mrs Walter

Photo supplied by Judi (Burke) Roselli-Cecconi

1968–1969

Teacher: Mr. De Souza - Headmaster: Mr. Buckingham.

Photo: Malcolm Duff.

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