1927 Leake outside his home in Westcliff
The photograph is dated from its similarity to that appearing on the 1927 election card.

1935c Leake laying a foundation stone at an unidentified building.
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake after whom Orlando, Soweto is named.

1935c Leake laying a foundation stone at an unidentified building.
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.

1935c Leake admires the Foundation Stone that he laid
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.

1935c Leake arrives at the completed church
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.

1935c Leake distributes to the children

1935c Leake inspects the girl-guide guard of honour

1939 Leake in his garden 001

1940c Leake family group in garden 001

1940c Leake in his garden 003

1945c Leake with his 1935 Chrysler Airstream Convertible.
The car was identified courtesy Courtney Watson (BC staff).
The Matoppo Inn is believed to be the one still in existence in Beaufort West. (Subject to verification).

Group photograph of Leake and his family on the Durban beachfront. The youth is dressed in a Hilton College uniform.
The date of 1946 was established courtesy of the Hilton College Archives. With their help, the young man was identified as Anthony Charles Turner who attended Hilton from 1946 - 1949. The Hilton archive was further able to establish that the others in the photograph included Anthony's father, Ernest James Turner, his mother Muriel (nee Leake) and his sisters.
It was from this information that the photograph of a youthful Anthony was dated to 1946.
The location of the Durban beachfront was identified from general knowledge and the lack of a lighthouse on the Bluff in the background confirms the date between 1941 and 1953.

Further clarification was received from Charles Bamford (Class of 1973 and great-grandson of Charles Leake):
"It is correct to say that the photograph shows, on the left, E.J. ("Pic") Turner with his wife Muriel and their two children, "Tony" and Gail. I am pretty certain that the girl with my great-grandfather is his granddaughter Hilary Morris, the daughter of Nellie Morris (née Leake) who had previously been married to Edgar Clapshaw, my maternal grandfather."

1947BC_0001: Formal portrait of co-founder, Albert Charles Collins

1947BC_0002: Formal portrait of co-founder, William Mountstephens

1947BC_0003: The board erected near the Corlett Gate advertising the opening of the College in 1953.

1950c Leake and Mrs Leake on the steps of their home in The Valley Road, Westcliff.

1950c Leake family group in garden 002

1950c Leake family group in garden 003

1950c Leake in a garden, presumed to be the garden of his home in The Valley Road, Westcliff.

Formal group photograph of the 1952 Grade 1 Class at an unidentified school that Norman Tickton attended before he joined the BP mid-year, 1953.

1953BC_0001: Photograph of the start of an athletics track event
TBI - names of individuals

1953BC_0015: View of Collins House from the east showing terraces

1953BC_0008: Collins House

1953BC_0017: BC View of the Dining Hall from the Chapel Drive area during construction of the Chapel

1953 BC Foundation scholars taken by Miss Doehring.
Legend contained as identified by Mrs Barcza in accompanying document.

1953 BC Foundation scholars, view looking across what was later to become the suburb of Parkmore, towards the ridge where Sandton City was built in 1973 on Zandfontein Farm.
This photograph illustrates the remoteness of the St Stithians property at the time the College was founded. The property, itself a portion of the original Driefontein Farm, was surrounded by farmland in 1953.

1953 BC Founders Plaque McLaren Collection

1953 BC Grade 8 class

1953BC_0003: Foundation class Std 6 (Grade 8)
Legend:

Back row: Endenburg, Cook, Neves, Aitken, Wilkinson, Lotter, Ashfield, Lewis, Reeves
Middle row: Kelly, McMillan, Woolley. Westhorpe, Wallis, Mair, Harvey, JF Vickers, Campbell
Front row: Coetsee, Hayes, Taylor, EM Harris, J de W Bennett, Johnson, DH Bennet

1953BC_0004: Foundation class Std 7 (Grade 9)
Legend:
Back row: Swan, Curtis, Craven, Borchers, Abraham, Driver, Rankine,
Front row: Buchan, Laing, EM Harris, Murrish, Cruddas

1953 BP Grade 1 and 2 first photo on wagon, believed to have been taken by Miss Doehring. Names of most of the children have been identified as follows:
In the group on the wagon: David Gass, Anthony Miller, Bruce Joscelyne, John Napier, Norman Tickton, Douglas MacGregor, Andrew Brown, John Aubrey, Kenneth Kay, (John?) Donaldson, Karl Schrader, Rodney Kable, Paul Arnold;
On the wagon bar (left to right): Graeme Thompson, John Angus, Roger King, Hugh Laburn, Nicholas Barcza, John Goode, Paul Nash
Three boys were not identified in the photograph.

1953BC_0005: BC D6 Classroom which served as the original Grade 1 classroom when the College opened.

Informal group photograph of the Grade 2 foundation class taken in September, 1953 just after Norman Tickton joined the school. The photograph was taken in the Chapel area and shows construction work and Collins House in the background.

Informal group photograph of the Grade 1 foundation class taken in July, 1953, just before Norman Tickton joined the school. The view is towards Zandfontein Farm, the site of the present day Sandton City.

1953BC_0006: Foundation class Grades 1 and 2
Legend (as identified by Rob McLaren):
Back row: John Goode, ... , Richard Read, Hamish Gordon, Hugh Laburn, ..., ...., Paul Nash, ..., John Napier, Paul Arnold, Kenny Kay;
Middle row: Norman Tickton, Karl Shrader, ..., David A (Ikey) Lewis, ..., Bruce Joscelyne, Richard Pryce, ..., ..., Rohan Lobb , ...;
Front row: John Lamont , ..., Ian Hampton, Rodney Kable, Andrew Brown, Anthony Miller, Nick Barcza, Graham Thompson, ..., ... .

1953BC_0018: BC Address by Mrs E Mountstephens at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.

1953BC_00019: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone (wide view)

1953BC_00021: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel: view from upper BC classroom block towards Dining Hall

1953 Chapel foundations after laying of Foundation Stone

1953 Chapel Leake lays Foundation Stone 001

1953BC_0007: BC Address by Rev Ambrose Reeves at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.

1953BC_0011: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor

1953BC_0022: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards Collins House

1953BC_00012: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - Charles H Leake lays the foundation stone

1953BC_0023: Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel - view of the congregation from BC upper floor corridor towards the Dining Hall

1953BC_0016: BC Address by Rev Dr Webb at the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Chapel.
legend:
Seated to the left are Mr and Mrs Mears and Rev Ambrose Reeves; to the righ: Mr Gilbert Tucker, Mr Leake, and Rev Arnold J Walker.

1953BC_0010: Foundation staff
Legend:
Mr EM (Monty) Harris, Miss A M Doehring, Miss EC Walmsley, Mr WGA Mears

1953BC_0009: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.

1953BC_00014: College Official Opening: Methodist ministers with BP foundation student
Legend:
Rev Ambrose Reeves , Rev Dr J B Webb, Karl Schrader (Class of 1963)

1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Congregation at entrance to BC Administration block

1953BC_0025: View to the north of the BC Classroom block from the foundations of the Chapel and showing the congregation present at the event.

1954 College official opening group 001

1953BC_00020: College Official Opening: Mrs Mountstephens unveils the Founders' plaque

1953 College Opening group

1953 College Opening group 002

1953 College Opening group 003

Noticeboard near the Corlett Gate entrance erected to advertise the opening of the College.

1953 Foundation staff photo
Legend:
Left to right: EM (Monty) Harris; Miss Doehring; Miss Walmsley; Mr Wally Mears

1953 HA 004a Founders formal portrait: William Mountstephens

1953 HA 004b Founders formal portrait: Albert Charles Collins

1953 HA 005 Collins House north west with car Feb 1953

1953 HA 007a Collins House north view 3

1953 HA 007b Collins House north

1953 HA 007c View of construction of BC classroom block from Dining Hall, Feb 1953

1953 HA 007d Collins House north view

1953 HA 007e Collins House north view

1953 HA 007f Collins House east

1953 HA 007g Collins House east

1953 HA 008 BP Grade 2 1953 informal. Group picture taken looking towards Zandfontein Farm where Sandton City was later built.

1953 HA 009 BC Std 7 (Grade 9)

1953 HA 010 BC Std 6 (Grade 8)

Portrait photograph of Rev Dr J R Webb who conducted the service of the laying of the College foundation stone. At the time he was the head of the Methodist Church in South Africa.

1953 HA 014a Leake lays Foundation Stone

1953 HA 014b Mrs Mountstephens unveils Founders plaque in the foyer of the Boys' College.

1953 HA 015a Chapel Foundation stone assembly

1953 HA 015b Chapel Foundation stone Rev Reeves addresses the assembly.

1953 HA 016a Chapel foundation stone assembly looking from the Dining Hall towards the BC buildings.

1953 HA 016b Chapel foundation stone laying: view across the Chapel foundations 19530811

1953 HA 017a Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address

1953 HA 017b Chapel foundation stone official party at plaque

Legend:
Left to right: Reeves, Webb, Tucker, Mountstephens, Leake

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone

1953 HA 018a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly.

1953 HA 018c Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019a Chapel Foundation Stone: view of the assembly towards Collins House.

1953 HA 019c Architects at Dining Hall 19530811
Legend:
Left to right: [unidentified but thought to include CM Paynter and possibly AJ Marshall who were appointed in 1944]

1953 HA 019e Chapel foundation stone assembly 006

1953 HA 019f BC Administration Building 19530811 viewed across the Chapel foundations

1953 HA 019g Chapel Foundation stone Mr & Mrs Tucker 19530811

1953 HA 020 Chapel foundation stone Rev Webb address 002

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction

1953 HA 021a Chapel construction 003 view from Collins House.

1953 HA 021d BC Classroom block construction: view from Chapel Quad.