Between 1952 and 1957

Factotum Kenneth Smailes in the Chantry Garden

The one and only KENNETH SMAILES - a Jack-of-all-trades if there ever was one! He was apparently an orphan taken on and helped by the Treneers. He continued to live and work in the Treneer household after their retirement. A fine (if slightly scary) fast bowler when he joined in the summer playground game of Tip-and-bunk (Hit-and-run cricket) during breaks in the Chantry.

Photograph and text supplied by Richard Salter (treble 1952-57; died February 2009)