Description:Pupils of Talbot Street Junior School for Girls are gathered together with their teacher Mrs Cannaway outside the school.
Amongst those in this photograph and in no particular order are: Susan Preston, Lynda Hall, Christine Broadley, Christine Rogalski, Judith Manton, Susan Constant (or Constance), Marion Wood, Pat Wiggington, Sandra McEwan, Janet Spencer, Susan Large, Jean Keeling, Janet Read, Annette Martin, Pamela Beresford, Frances Rowe, Valerie Carter, Jeanne Crutchley, Pat Threadgold, Diane Gould, Olga Sawczuk, Christine Winfindale, Margaret Degg, Sue Latham and several others unknown.
Mrs Canaway was married to local author W H 'Bill' Canaway, whose book ‘Sammy Going South’ was made into a film which was shown at the Royal Film Performance in 1963. It starred Edward G Robinson. W H Cannaway lived with his wife and young family for a time at Peakes Road, Etchinghill, Rugeley and he became Head of English at Stafford College of Further Education in the 1950s. He wrote the screenplay for the film ‘The Ipcress File’ featuring Michael Caine. He was a very keen angler basing several of his novels on the theme. The semi-autobiographical novel ‘A Creel of Willow’ includes a lightly fictionised map with place names with identifiable places and plot details between Rugeley and the River Blythe.
In the background is the embankment for the railway line running from Rugeley Trent Valley to Rugeley Town Stations.