And here's another. This time taken in 1963 in the week or so before my first school, Burgh Heath Methodists, was closed and demolished. The picture is taken in front of the outside toilets. The school consisted of three classrooms, and was mixed aged classes at that. No facilities such as a school hall, gym or library, other than the three classrooms, which was probably why it was closed. Even school dinners were served at the nearby War Memorial Hall. Most of the kids in the picture lived on the same council estate as me, constructed by various London boroughs, but for some reason we all initially went to one of the local village schools, rather than the shiny new Junior/Infant school they built on the estate!
Great picture, very much of its time I believe, that still brings back good memories of people and the area alike. I still know most of the people in the photo, and in some cases I am still in touch with them as friends, and indeed relatives. I know we did not have the consumables or indeed the wealth then that we have today, but I still look upon this period as a happy and peaceful time, that in retrospect probably was a 'golden age'.
Can you spot me in the picture?
