been produced back in 1960 by Mr Ted Field and one the Prospect Players put on back in 1948: Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man (1972), produced by Mr Truman and Miss Loosley with the main parts played by Phil Grace (the head Boy that year), Andrew Glenister, Geoff 0'Donoghue, Terry Cross, Tim Lott, Mary Woodhouse, Pat Bell and Moya McLoughlin. In 1973 there was no school play but in December there was an Entertainment with musical and dramatic items. From 1967 most of the plays were produced by Mr Truman, Miss Newton was responsible for set and costume designs for a number of years. Construction of sets were under the supervision of Mr Sutcliffe, Mr Holbrook or Mr Cheshire. Most of the lighting was delivered by Mr Thornton, David Grubb or Mr Gosling. Mr Goodhew seemed always involved looking after Properties or helping to produce; Mrs Trounce usually looked after the make-up or programmes and for the later plays Mr Fuller did the House Manager's job. Many other staff, too numerous to mention were involved in the productions while a great number of the pupils helped in countless ways. Several of the pupils also went on to join the Prospect Players. Programmes for the plays were printed in the School by The Pilgrim Press. IMAGE Earnest Discussion The interests of the pupils ranged over many areas and continued to inspire many clubs and societies. While the Geographical Club were enjoying films and talks by their members on such places as Crete or Canada, the Vitalis Society was considering papers on such varied topics as Graffiti, Existentialism, Melodrama, Vietnam, Medicine, Plato's Republic and Censorship. Miss Strickley and Mr Goodhew were highly involved with the Vitalis Society but that did not stop them from launching the Historical and Current Affairs Society in 1968 at the inaugural meeting of which two films on Rome and Roman Britain were discussed. Like the Vitalis Society they too were concerned about Vietnam and joined with the Debating Society to debate the motion: That this House supports American policy in Vietnam which was carried after much heated discussion. The Student Christian Movement was not to be left out of the discussions but they were interested in topics on a spiritual plane: Church Unity, Courtship and Marriage, Hell, Spiritual Peace, Doctrines of the Gospel, Spiritualism and the difficult question, Why does God allow suffering? Z Club for Africa Some simply wanted a demanding form of amusement with chess or Mah Jong as organised by Mr Keenan, but one club with an intriguing name formed about this time, the Z Club, under the tutelage of Miss Newton, was dedicated to doing good for others: 'We make scrap-books, picture books, we knit and sew and some of us are going to make calendars for 1969. Others are going to make picture books about the school. We are also knitting squares with oddments of wool which we sew together to make blankets and sewing material together to make eiderdowns. Miss Newton sends everything we make to the Charles Johnson Hospital in Zululand. This hospital is run by her brother-in-law, Dr Barker who visited the school at the beginning of the summer term. The eiderdowns and blankets are put on the hospital beds and the picture books are given or read to the younger patients. We all enjoy making these things for these people in Africa.' Besides the work of the Z Club other charitable work continued with members of the school supporting Task Force, organising collections for charity form by form, or collecting used stamps for the S.O.S. Society. Weil am Rhein or St Mary's Bay? Trips abroad were undertaken such as that of the 19 boys and girls who one year spent their Easter break in Weil am Rhein in Germany near where the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland meet in the middle of the Rhine; or that of the party of pupils at Easter 1972 who were the first from the school to go on an educational Mediterranean cruise; or the skiing party to Einsiedeln in Switzerland during the following Christmas holidays. Summer terms usually drew to a close with day trips undertaken by groups of pupils. For instance one year a party of 1st formers visited the Science Museum, and some 2nd formers spent an enjoyable day at St Mary's Bay in Kent. The 4th formers went to Hatfield House for the day and the lower 6th visited Watney's Brewery. There were also visits to Wimbledon. The Best Ever Season The School continued to excel in their sports: The 1967-68 season 'has been the 1st Xl Football Team's best ever in which they won all but 4 of their 27 inter-school matches and extended their unbeaten home record to over 2 years. The team's greatest achievement however, was that they reached the final of the Middlesex Senior Schools' Cup in which they were narrowly beaten by Ambrose Fleming School despite the vocal support of over 300 Greenford supporters!' The Team: C. Bell, T. King, D. Nelson (captain), B. Steele, G. Hensman, R. Doyle, J. Vale, C. Pegram, J. Evans, D. Clemenson, R. Parry-Jones with occasional help from D. Hayward, S. Warren, and I. Caterer, R. Doyle played for the Middlesex County Youth Team and D. Nelson played for the Middlesex Senior schools. The 2nd XI also had a successful season and managed to score well over 100 goals in 25 matches played, while the under 16's reached the semi-finals of the Middlesex Cup. It should be noted here that many of the pupils after they left the school continued to play for the Old Greenfordians who had three teams playing League and Cup matches. There was so much competition for the school pitches at the weekends that the Old Greenfordians were forced to start using those at Spikes Bridge. The Old Greenfordians, by the way, are still going strong! Basketball: The School's Senior Basketball Team have had their best ever season and have won all 18 inter-school matches, including the final of the Middlesex Senior Schools Basketball Cup. This final, played at Stanmore, saw Greenford beat Harrow Weald 38-32 in a very exciting game cheered on by 250 fervent supporters. Senior Team: D. Nelson capt, G. Hensman, R. Doyle, C. Bell, B. Steele, J. Vale, D. Hayward and D. Dennis. D. Nelson and 0. Hensman played for Middlesex Senior Basketball team throughout the season. The U15 Hockey Team did well the same season. 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