South Yorkshire Times,  March 3rd, 1951

Success – Admission to the Royal College of Art.

Mr. John Roy Laughton, of Pym Road, at present studying at the Sheffield College of Art has been notified that he has been successful in passing an examination recently held in London, for admission to the Royal College of Art.

This will entail a three-year – course of study at the Royal College, his ultimate aim being an Associateship (A R. C. A.)

Mr. Laughton is an old boy of Mexborough Grammar School and the West Leeds High School.