The picture above was sent in by Len James, who was at Bournemouth School between 1942 and 1947. Len moved to Australia in 1952. He emailed us, saying that he had recently discovered the Old Boys website and was fascinated with the memories of past teachers and fellow scholars.

Len played cricket in the Under 14’s in 1944 and has kept this photo ever since. While he says “the old memory is not so bright these days, and at 81 I am struggling to name all those in the photo” he has still made a sterling effort, below:

Front row (L-R)

• Len James
• Peter Close (?)
• Dougie Sherwood
• David Tomlinson
• Gordon Bartlett

Back row (L-R)

• ?
• ?
• ?
• Alan Melly
• Jim Rideout
• Stuart Chalk

Can anyone fill in the gaps?