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A Kingsland School class, 1955

1955 · Kingsland Road

A class of girls, some sitting cross-legged on the playground and others standing behind, in front of the school’s wooden classroom blocks; a flight of wooden steps with handrails leads up to a classroom door on the left. — Photo: Gwen Clifford. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Kingsland School, 1955. Note the steps up to the classroom.

Shared on Voices of Kingstanding by Gwen Clifford (née Hutt) with her memories of Kingsland Road Infant School in the early 1950s. The caption points out the steps up to the raised wooden classrooms.

About this place: Kingsland Road schools

Local memories

What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.

“I was at Kingsland Road School from 1946-1950, the boys classrooms were on one side of the playground and the girls were on the other side. Although we all shared the same playground the rules were that we ( boys) were not allowed to mix with the girls.”

— Roy Brookes ( Hall), 10 June 2015, Voices of Kingstanding

“… I had nightmares for years about running along the wooden corridors of that school, holes would appear, and I was afraid of falling through them.”

— Paula Ann Walker, 13 October 2012, Voices of Kingstanding

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