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My old school
Posted by Tonupdave on November 24, 2024, 9:09 am
Reply to Geoffs post my old school this is apic of the boys half the girls was identical behind toilets either end no roofs or doors in the pic you can see the two of four chimneys of the boiler room under the building.. I was school captain for two years this place was my only schooling my brother was there before the war..the art teacher taught him as well as me .. I stayed on an extra year to take the then new GCE exams before that I passed my RSA exams The boys and girls were completely separate.. They were happy days and I amstill in touch with some pupils throughF/B and my three school friends who formed our bike racing team Equipe' Ardup.. As Jerry says HappyDays.Tonupdave..T.U.D.
Re: My old school
Posted by geoff the bonnie on November 24, 2024, 9:49 am, in reply to "My old school "
I still see a lot of my Primary school friends around town and a few from the secondary. The Secondary did have separate School for boys and girls but Grammar was mixed. The advantage of the Secondary school was its very new buildings to learn in while the Grammar was Victorian. What is noticeable was that the Secondary boys leaving at aged 15, many became business owners by the age of about 22 and one in my class owned a huge company called Stovax. Another owned a large hotel and another was an International salesman owning spectacular cars while another became an owner of a 6 trawler fleet.One became Chef for the Queen Mother at her London house, Clarence. Our Grammar freinds mostly got good jobs but not many owning large businesses. One of my Grammar freinds died last year of motor neurone in Romania where he lived after early retirement from working in Saudi in Architecture and he did became a Millionaire early on. Lost a few of these school mates lately. One keep fit man out on a bicycle just dropped dead and fell off aged 57 and another had cancer. I suppose a few more died that i have not known about but the Primary school classes that left in 1965 seemed to do very well. The ones that went to work in banks, mostly got pensioned off as they reached 50 but they had good payouts. I liked my old Schools and the Primary was a Church school so singing and church were a weekly event. Of course, when i was 5, i was at Sunday school then onto being in a church choir but i was not very interested in religion all that time
Re: My old school
Posted by Andy C on November 24, 2024, 11:13 am, in reply to "My old school "
My primary school was closed in Dec 2011, it is now a private residence.
The school was first opened in 1862 so the Village had 149 years of service from it.
It closed simply because there were not enough kids to keep it going.Who needs a signature anyway......
Re: My old school
Posted by Tonupdave on November 24, 2024, 12:23 pm, in reply to "Re: My old school "
I went back years later and it had been flattened So pinched a complete brick for old times sake. Now huge expensive apartments a rather futuristic buildingTonupdave..T.U.D.
Re: My old school
Posted by JERRY on November 24, 2024, 12:39 pm, in reply to "Re: My old school "
All my schools have gone guess it's the joys of growing up in a very desirable part of London Barnes and Mortlake. I had to get out when I married the old mod due to spiralling house and flats costs but luckily we managed to buy a house 7 miles away so can still get back and enjoy good memories of the place.The oldest rocker in town!
on November 24, 2024, 9:09 am
