In November 2021, Bernard Hall shared his memories of attending Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS) - click here to read. Towards the end of the article he posted a 1957 school photograph and wrote: "Some years ago I found the image below and accompanying text by ‘SmugMug’ on the internet. I would love to have discovered the person who put it there, if only to acknowledge the source. The only clue is the attached phrase ‘cjmh family’:"
We are happy to report that 'CJMH' wrote in saying: "It was indeed me who posted the photo on the site - 'cjmh' refers to my full name Charles Jonathan McNeill Hayes."
The 1957 School Photo (Jon Hayes)
Jon also shared some memories of his time at PTPS which can be enjoyed below.
My brother and I were 'day boys' at PTPS. In our time there (my time 1954-57) I doubt if the number of pupils at the school exceeded 100. I cannot recall the number of boarders but it would have been a few dozen at most. If there was such a thing as a 'class system' amongst pupils at the school, I remember the boarders rather looking down their noses upon us day boys! By the time the school closed in 1957, the pupil numbers had dwindled to less than eighty as the 1957 school photo above attests.
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