Voices of Kingstanding

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2 published memories in Growing Up from the 1930s.

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Bernie Ryman · 1930s · Kingstanding Road at Harringay Road

Scott’s forge and the two-classroom school

That two class room school I went to when I was five years old. on the corner of Harringay and Kingstanding roads.

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Wally Beech · 1930s · Cooksey Lane and Esher Road

The night watchman’s fire, Cooksey Lane, 1938

I have very fond memories of Kingstanding, having moved there in 1938 from Vauxhall. I was 11yrs old. We lived on the corner of Esher Rd and we could look down Cooksey Lane from our window.

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