The Playing Fields: 'I have found an old map of the district, and there are two springs at the top of the slope, and there used to be a lane across the field called 'Mud Lane'. That map explained a lot!' Prefects: 'A resounding bellow, requesting me to walk on the right-hand side.' The Staff: 'A gown torn in many places, and treasured as a battle-scarred warrior treasures his tattered uniform.' The Head: 'He entered. and I took a liking to him (I did not know. then, that he was the Head).' 'A stern. terrible-looking man. 1 quaked at the knees.' IMAGE Old Scholars Association The inaugural General Meeting ot the Old Scholars' Association was held on the 20th October 1944. It was formed then because it was felt for the first time that there were enough Old Scholars to warrant their uniting as a body, to provide a means of contact with the school and with each other after leaving. From the very beginning of the Association, their activities were hampered and curtailed by the early call-up of the male members. This meant that they were unable to retain the active help of many Old Scholars and that the running of the Association was restricted to a small number of people. Because of this, activities such as men's sports and dramatic presentations were curtailed. . .With the return of the men from the services, it was hoped that it would be possible to widen their scope . .They secured a room at school for business purposes. 'Amongst our members we have a number who achieved places at University and Teacher Training Colleges. In the Forces we have members serving in Ireland, Germany, Salonica, Palestine, India and Singapore. Two people serving in the navy who have claims to distinction, are Philip Simons, who was the first person to put Greenford County School on the map in the field of university scholarships and the first to be awarded a state scholarship. (1945 Higher Schools Group III, Distinction in Pure and Applied Mathematics & Scholarship Exhibition in Engineering at Queen's College, Cambridge) and Gerald Eades, who besides having a very interesting job arranging musical entertainment for sick sailors, broadcast recently in the Quiz of Merry-go-round, and won his pound, answering questions on music without any help front the audience'. They Look Ahead The Summer of 1947 saw the production of Prospice No.1, The Greenford Chronicle, the school magazine which introduced itself with an explanation of its format: Shortage of paper supplies, which prevented publication during the war, still confines us to a small size and limits our number of pages. As further supplies are made available and costs of production fall, we hope that the size and scope of Prospice may be extended. In the second edition 'in answer to many requests we should like to indicate the correct pronunciation of our title (which means Look Ahead). If you are a Latin scholar, you will know already that 'Pross-pick-ay' will be most acceptable to your Latin master, provided that in using it you prove that 'you know your Grammar'. To those trained in ecclesiastical Latin 'Prose-pee-chay' will suggest itself. And if you have been taught no Latin at all, you may be tempted to submit paeans rhyming the word in question with mice, dice, or (if you are a Browning fan) 'promise'. The conclusion is that you can call it almost what you like; but we would advise those who even now are phonetically timid to try The Greenford Chronicle instead. (That 2nd edition, by the way. carries an article on Bacteria and Virus written by our distinguished Chair of Governors, 4th former M. Elliott.) The original Editorial Committee consisted of Roy Knight as Editor; Pamela Cobden, Ilse Stein, Enid Townsend, Sylvia Thom, Audrey Gill, W Lewis, J Ford, K Sandom, M Burke, Alan Rogers and J Townsley as Section Editors; Betty Barfield in charge of production and Miss Strickley, Miss McGregor, and Mr Gilbey the staff members. IMAGE page 44