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  • Hatfield School New Entry Photos
    Hatfield School New Entry Photos
    The first three years of New Entries photos, mostly annotated with matched names. 1953, 1954 and 1955. Please help with subsequent years !
  • Learning from my Mistakes - Kenneth Hutton
    Learning from my Mistakes - Kenneth Hutton
    A frank and fairly short autobiographical/historical talk given in 1981 to the 6th Form by Kenneth Hutton, the first headmaster of Hatfield School, fifteen years after he left.
  • Allan - Troubadour from Hatfield
    Allan - Troubadour from Hatfield
    Allan Richardson has been writing and performing his idiosynchratic songs since the early 1960s
  • Hatfield School Current Events
    Hatfield School Current Events
    This is a new experimental page to gather new reader attention, and also provides a place for anyone who is planning a gathering or reunion, to publicise it.
  • Memories of Hatfield School  1971 to 1990
    Memories of Hatfield School 1971 to 1990
    Janice Herrington taught at Hatfield School from 1971-1990. Her descriptions and photos of HS field trips to Eskdale are impressive.
  • Hatfield School 6th form Photos
    Hatfield School 6th form Photos
    Hatfield School 6th form photos for 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 and 1975 are available.
  • Recollections of my time at Hatfield School  1953 -1960, Janet Wheeler.
    Recollections of my time at Hatfield School 1953 -1960, Janet Wheeler.
    Janet Wheeler, one of the first intake in 1953, shares recollections and photos, including sailing at Barton Turf.
  • Hatfield School  Panoramic photos and lists of Pupils and Staff. 1953-1978 v2.
    Hatfield School Panoramic photos and lists of Pupils and Staff. 1953-1978 v2.
    Request a copy of a Panoramic photo - New Entries or 6th Forms - for one or more years. Check the lists and then e-mail Chris Hepden.
  • Boy Interpreter in Moscow
    Boy Interpreter in Moscow
    Allan Richardson's adventure was a classic result of the implicit encouragement we were given at Hatfield School, to use initiative and try whatever we thought possible.
  • How learning languages at Hatfield School made me – by Lorna Bain 1963-70
    How learning languages at Hatfield School made me – by Lorna Bain 1963-70
    Lorna Bain, HS 1963-70, describes the outstanding Modern Language teaching offered to pupils in the 1960s, and how they shaped her life.
  • Names-to-Faces Matching Game v2
    Names-to-Faces Matching Game v2
    Do you have a copy of your year’s New Entries panoramic photo ? Are you still in touch with any fellow pupils from some 50++ years ago ? email me to get the photos and basic info you'll need.
  • Chris Hepden's Hatfield School Contacts
    Chris Hepden's Hatfield School Contacts
    A list of names of my HS contacts, which will be updated as new correspondents write to me. Please contact me if you wish to reach someone listed here, Chris Hepden. First posted 11/2/21
  • Owen Leaver's Ad hoc Memories of Hatfield School
    Owen Leaver's Ad hoc Memories of Hatfield School
    Owen Leaver's evocative recollections of Hatfield School life in the 1960s
  • Who were You in the War Game - Sarajevo 1914 - a call for witnesses
    Who were You in the War Game - Sarajevo 1914 - a call for witnesses
    Chris Swingler, HS 1960-67, recalls a special event in the Summer Term of 1966 and asks for anyone with further inputs to email them directly, or as a Comment, so we can update this Post.
  • Life at Hatfield School - by Mike Attfield
    Life at Hatfield School - by Mike Attfield
    Mike Attfield's recollections of Hatfield School
  • Recollections of Gwen Rees at Hatfield School
    Recollections of Gwen Rees at Hatfield School
    Memories of HS in the years of Gwen Rees - 1956-64 - originally written to give Gwen's later colleagues and friends a picture the environment she had enjoyed - shared at her memorial service in 2017.
  • Find Young Kenneth.......
    Find Young Kenneth.......
    How well do you remember Kenneth Hutton ?Can you find a .. year old Kenneth in this 1934 photo of the full complement of Winchester College ?
  • A Privilege to have attended Hatfield School - thoughts of long ago, from Peter Agate, 1963-67.
    A Privilege to have attended Hatfield School - thoughts of long ago, from Peter Agate, 1963-67.
    Peter's HS memories focus less on the academic, more on extra-curricular events, Staff foibles, and outright wind-ups, which will surely amuse his fellow ex-pupils.
  • Recollections of Hatfield School's first pupil - Lorna Barford
    Recollections of Hatfield School's first pupil - Lorna Barford
    In September 1953, Lorna Barford was one of some 120 eleven year olds who were the first intake to a new secondary school, soon to be known as simply Hatfield School. They didn't realise then how different their lives would soon become.
  • Hatfield School, a family tradition - recollections by Susan Hawkins.
    Hatfield School, a family tradition - recollections by Susan Hawkins.
    Susan Glands (nee Hawkins) attended Hatfield School from 1961-66, and both her children followed her example years later.
  • An old boy remembers Hatfield School in the 1960s - Dave Mobbs
    An old boy remembers Hatfield School in the 1960s - Dave Mobbs
    I started at HS in September 1959 in Form 1B with Miss Rees in charge. I’d always wanted to go there rather than stay in St.Albans, where I lived.
  • Formal Presentation of the 6th Form Common Room, July 1964
    Formal Presentation of the 6th Form Common Room, July 1964
    The 6th Form Common Room was formally handed over to Herts County Council in July 1964, having been complete and habitable earlier that year. The text is a brief history of the Common Room project from 1961-64, and the coincident project to 'Beautify the Quad'.
  • A Pioneering School for All -  by Ming Tam
    A Pioneering School for All - by Ming Tam
    Ming Tam attended Hatfield School for A-Level studies 1971-73. Ming is well and active, and has lived and worked in his home Hong Kong for many years. He would be pleased if anyone wishes to contact him; please email me at [chris@wolery-crh.co.uk] and I'll forward your message. This posting is submitted on Ming's behalf by Chris Hepden, HS 1957-64 [MT1 caption: Ming and Hatfield School colleagues]
  • Building the 6th Form Common Room in 1962-ish
    Building the 6th Form Common Room in 1962-ish
    If anyone can identify any of the workforce, please email me with details at [chris@wolery-crh.co.uk]
  • One Track Mac - Did you miss the original shown in 1962 ?
    One Track Mac - Did you miss the original shown in 1962 ?
    One Track Mac - Did you miss the original shown in 1962 ? It's still possible to see it - on your PC... The dastardly deeds of malignant Mac know no bounds as he plots the demise of his fellow staff members...
  • Early Years of Hatfield School
    Early Years of Hatfield School
    Memories of Daphne Skinner
  • Hatfield School Song.
    Hatfield School Song.
    Dear Lorna Searls, After such a long time, you may well have found the answer to your request posted 5/7/16. As I have ...
  • Photos of Hatfield School Pupils 1963 from Julie Bishop
    Photos of Hatfield School Pupils 1963 from Julie Bishop
    I was a pupil at Hatfield School from September 1958 until July 1963. After so many years I still have vivid and pleasant memories of my time there.
  • Remembering One Track Mac - Hatfield School Staff Film 1962
    Remembering One Track Mac - Hatfield School Staff Film 1962
    The vital questions are: Does anyone remember seeing the original film ? Does anyone recall anything at all about the music soundtrack ? Please rack your brains, and ask other HS alumni you may still know to do the same, and email any recollections - maybe with attached audio files, spoken, hummed, sung, to me at:
  • Chris Hepden's responses to earlier comments on Hatfield School.
    Chris Hepden's responses to earlier comments on Hatfield School.
    As only a recent contributor to these Hatfield School pages – this is my third message, the first was posted ...
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