Felt initials on white T-shirts: the first school team

I first went to Cranbourne Rd schools in September 1941, progressing from Infants to Juniors, Miss Pool was the Head of the Infants. Miss Pugh was the Junior Head, her staff were Mr Giles, Mr Jackson, Mrs Ellis, Mrs Freeman, Mrs Warwick, Miss L. Baker, Miss G. Baker, Miss Pittaway, Mr Giles had the top class, but retired, his place was taken by Miss Askew. When the war ended two more male teachers arrived, Mr Harvey and Mr Jones. Mr Jones used to bring his dog with him and it lay outside his classroom in the quadrangle, he lived somewhere up Kings Rd towards Sutton and I would walk home with him and his dog. Would never be allowed now. The school never had any sports teams until Mr Jones and Mr Harvey arrived, they organised a football team with practice after school, we didn’t have any school colours or jerseys so we played in white “T” shirts on which the girls from our class had had sewn the school initials in yellow on a green background all made from felt. Most of our matches were played at Holford drive playing fields which were behind Kynochs and ICI ( opposite Birchfield Harriers sports ground) Few if any of the teachers had cars but I do remember that Mrs Freeman bought a motorcycle, it was very small ex army paratroop machine which she would ride.