daveowen

Your memories very much coincide with mine,Martin-Bailey, the drabness of the area, the exciting times with Mr Funnell in the science lab, the variable teaching with Miss Bromley and Mr Gore my only positive memories.The story about the wash-out of seeing the Queen driven at speed through the Village is probably my last memory of the place. I lived at the top of Crystal Palace Road, so the chippie and Noeth's bakers were part of my world too.In the main, not a bad start in life, given the times.

As an even-later-comer here, I left in '53 just before you, but I too remember Mr Funnel the science teacher with his Whimshurst machine and Leyden jars. The teacher who had the most impact on me was the excellent Miss Bromley as many others seem to have recalled here. Mr Noethe's bakers did good bread pudding which I enjoyed sat on the warm pavement outside above his ovens.