I started there in 1937/38 and remember Miss Ryder and Miss McGillicuddy (my great granddaughter loves to hear that name) Miss Wilson was head mistress. I so remember the cloakroom with the iron pegs and the little washbasins and at the top of the playground the tiny toilets. There was a lovely big picture of the Madonna high above Miss Wilsons desk and in the 1st class I used to play with a rubadub tub and a mangle which I loved. I moved with my gas mask to the juniors and remember Mr Hill Miss Masterson Miss Smith (she was in the huts) Miss McGowan was the headmistress. Miss Smith used to bring her two scottie dogs on Fridays for us all to see. Despite air raid shelters and war time I loved my school.
From Chris Hillcox’s Voices of Kingstanding (https://kingstanding.wordpress.com/memories/ammenaties/schools/twickenham-primary-school/), shared with his permission..
Filmed for Voices of Kingstanding in 2011, Barry Floyd recalls his family moving to the Kettlehouse Farm estate from central Birmingham in the 1930s, and where his parents came from.
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