Sundridge Road School playground, 1944
1944 · Sundridge Road
Sundridge School Playground in the 1940s
Walter Boyle writes on Voices of Kingstanding: “Reworked picture of 1944. Gas mask boxes carried by children. Air raid shelters on the right. I am standing at the classroom entrance left. I do not recall the air raid shelters being used.”
He adds: “The school opened in 1940 and I was there until 1945 when I started at Handsworth Grammar School. Sundridge Road School became the source of many good memories.”
Notes
Walter Boyle describes this as a “reworked” picture, so the image has been retouched or assembled. Voices of Kingstanding does not state who took it.
About this place: Sundridge Road School
In Voices: “Gas masks at Sundridge Road, 1944” (Walter Boyle)
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“As a pupil from 1941 I remember it with much nostalgia. Living through a war and rationing was a trial, and those short trousers in the winter was appalling! However, there were happy times. I remember playing the part of “Toad of Toad Hall”!”
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