Pride of place must go to Lewis because he was the first to re-establish contact with me (through Friendsreunited), then to meet up and, finally, to make the comments which prompted me to revitalise my website with these pages about KEGS Aston. Lewis left for Canada within a week of leaving school in 1957, and made a career in that country's Foreign Service.

He is a regular visitor to these shores and usually we have managed to meet for a drink each time since 2003 - the first in 45 years!

The things I remember about Alfred were his sense of humour and his height!

He got a place at Keele University to read chemical engineering (I think) - provided he obtained an 'O' level in French. When I left he had just taken the exam for the seventh time!

Although not in 'my' year we became friends during a school exchange visit to Germany in 1956. Martin's sense of humour is what I remember, and the hours spent leaning on a windowsill that overlooked nowhere exchanging witticisms with him and 'Noel' (Malcolm) Carpenter.

Martin, who died in 2006, was vicar of Cheddleton in Staffordshire, and one of the first to contact me through Friendsreunited.

Tim and I seemed always to sit next to one another in the Sixth form. He went on to read mechanical engineering at Birmingham University.

Last time I saw him he was pushing a car down Broad Street one Saturday night!

I always remember the day Ian and I were the only prefects at school, and we had to get 600 pupils into Big School for assembly - and we did it!

My memories of John are at Longdon, and his playing the piano. I thought he was playing Sibelius but he tells me it was the Grieg piano concerto in A! Down the years, whenever I heard it, I would think of him.