Pupils destined for Monkwick School at Greyfriars School in Colchester. The new school was not ready, so the Greyfriars building was used. A number of the pupils are from West Mersea.
Photograph from Owen Hay. Writing a book on Greyfriars ?
Ron Harvey is the blond boy in the centre, near the front.
Among the other Mersea people in this photograph are Mrs Johnson who was a teacher at Mersea School (in 2nd row from back, extreme left), Ray Hempstead, Tony Smith, David Ills, Ian Proctor, Derek Wareing, Brian Dixon, David Garrard, Geoffrey Ponder (now deceased), Lynn French, 'Porky' Saye, Roger Cook.
Date: 1958