Clement Watts · 1950s · Dulwich Road School
Wagging it to go spud picking
I'm Clemmy Watts from 1950 till 1954. My last teacher was Mr Porter. What about his long legs.
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Dorothy Capewell · 1950s · Finchley Road park
The pancake and the witches hat
I still have flashbacks of playing on the pancake (witches hat ?) and rolling down the grassy hill.Percy the park keeper was a force to be reckoned with!
Read the full memory: The pancake and the witches hatDiane Stringer · 1950s · Sundridge Road School
Terrified on the escalator: the Festival of Britain
My name is Diane Stringer and I was part of the Queen Elizabeth the 1st group second from the right as you look at the picture.
Read the full memory: Terrified on the escalator: the Festival of BritainH.O. Swain · 1950s · King Charles pub dances
My boxer, Wally Yardley
Upon reading the Observer (April 13 and 20th) concerning Wally Yardley the Kingstanding boxer and champ.
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The Odeon club song
Did you ever sneak in the back door near the toilets? we used to put all our money together, one would pay to go in and then open the back door for the rest off us.
Read the full memory: The Odeon club songClement Watts · 1950s · Mayfair cinema, College Road
Too well known to sneak in
We didn’t sneak in, well only when we had no money. I couldn’t sneak in because the manager knew me and if he saw me he would have known.
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Miss Allen’s precious fabric
I lived in Hornsey Road (opposite the gates to the boys dept of the secondary school) I went to Peckham Rd Infants and juniors from 1951 until 1957.
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Camp beds in the nursery, 1951
I started Twickenham Road when I was 4yrs old in the nursery I loved it, we played in the mornings and had a sleep on camp beds in the afternoon for an hour, I suppose that gave our teachers a…
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Wagon wheels and a caretaker’s dulcimer
I cannot recall there being any competitions, but there may have been. We did however have a country dancing club which I think was on a Saturday afternoon and was held in Twickenham School.
Read the full memory: Wagon wheels and a caretaker’s dulcimerHazel Sherrard · 1950s · Kingsland Road School
Maypole ribbons at Kingsland Road
I started school in 1955 but I don’t remember much about May 1956 except making hats out of cheese boxes & tissue paper then having our pictures taken with the May Queen.
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Crowning the May Queen at Kingsland
The May Day celebrations took place every year at Kingsland Road Infant School in the early 1950s.
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Running Dad’s bets to the College Arms
The track was, of course, very narrow and not very long but ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’ I think that gambling or placing bets must have been illegal except for in the bookies office…
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