Each day two (a boy and a girl) would be on what was known as full duty. They had to be in the school by 8:30 to ensure that the chairs were set out in the hall for Assembly and to see that no one but the 5th Years were in the School. The boy had to write up the day's menu (a cooked dinner then not the cafeteria meals we have now). They had to take the names of anyone who was late. The boy on duty had to blow a whistle for Assembly (no pips!) and stand outside the hall with those who were late, keeping them quiet during the Assembly. The girl on duty also had to lock the cloakroom. At dinner time, both prefects had to patrol the dinner queue inside until 1 p.m. After school, they checked and cleared the school by 3:45. The girl had to unlock the cloakroom at 3:30. (The girls' cloakroom is now our Resources Room and the boys used what is now a storeroom. The pupils wore their blazers in school and kept their outside coats or jackets in the cloakroom.) Some prefects were on playground duty and had to patrol the school and playground at break and dinner time keeping the pupils outside the building (unless the weather was bad). They also patrolled the dinner queue which stretched outside the building. The girl on dinner duty was in charge of unlocking and locking the cloakroom at the beginning and end of the dinner break (from 12:30-1:45) though it was kept locked between 1:15 and 1:40. The boy on dinner duty locked the classrooms except 5th Year form rooms. South corridor entrances were locked and the building was cleared about 1:00. If the prefects were late unlocking the cloakrooms or classrooms this caused a bit of a commotion with both pupils and teachers standing around waiting for them. Two prefects were responsible for running a tuck shop and were excused from all other duties. They had to arrange for it to be set up in the entrance hall just before break and were responsible for clearing up afterwards. There was also a prefect on library duty everyday from 1:00 onwards to ensure that there was absolute silence in the library. There was at least one and sometimes two prefects attached to each of the lower forms. They took registration and helped the Form Teacher before Assembly and after dinner. They were to attend to their forms at all times unless they were not needed by the member of staff. The form prefects were also responsible for their forms in assembly and were to keep them quiet. Prefects were to regard themselves as on duty at all times and were to take appropriate action when a school rule was broken. One job they were expected to do at all times was to keep an eye out for litter louts perhaps we need a few prefects around just to do that job now?. A Head Boy's View of the School at 20 It was the custom for the Head Boy or Girl to give a report on the school to the Old Scholars' Association annually, Geoffrey Evans was Head Boy in 1959 and has retained his report and has entrusted it to me he assures me he typed it himself (with corrections in his own fair hand). After the conventional expressions of thanks he went on to give his view of the school at the time: No doubt many of you old scholars, if not all, are inclined to think that 'the old grey mare isn't what she used to be'. I refer of course to the school. Well, as yet, the old grey mare is far from dead, as those, if there are any present, who played in the School v Old Scholars cricket match will probably remember. Perhaps we had better not mention the footballers who for some reason, I hope it was not their senility, were unable to perform last season. IMAGE Last year was a particularly successful one as regards sport. In fact it would not he exaggerating to say the most successful ever. The school has never lacked enthusiasm for its sports teams. We were able to send three people to the All England Schools Athletics Championships with success. The school was also well represented in the Middlesex Schools Championships, while in the Grammar Schools Championships held at Chiswick we gained the highest number of placings out of all the grammar schools in this area. I am pleased to tell you that nearly all of the school are wearing complete school uniform. This year all the prefects are setting the fashion with their exceptionally smart appearance. As the school approaches its coming of age, tradition too is being formed, as can be seen from the fact that the school is more willing to wear school uniform and, more particularly, the request of the sixth form boys for a new style of cap, which they would he proud to wear. This request has been answered with a new cap for sixth form boys only. Those amongst us who have had the honour of presiding in the inner sanctum of the prefects' room will be interested to know that during the Easter holidays, last year's ambitious prefects obtained permission and the materials to paint our room in contemporary style. The school's interior is in the process of being painted and now it looks as if our hard labour was in vain, because the other day the foreman came up to me and told me that we page 58