Never seen so much green

We moved to Hornsey road in 1964 from Milton street, Aston. I can remember looking out of the back of the removal van when it was driving up the hill on Kingstanding road. Which was then a single carriageway upto crossway lane and thinking! I’d never seen so much green. Then moving into the house in Hornsey road, which was directly opposite the main gate into Kings Rise school. I said to my mother, I’m not going to that school I want to go back to Cowper Street school. I did go back there a couple of times, but Mom talked me into going to Kings Rise. I liked it, “eventually” and did so up until I left in 1970. I enjoyed playing in the cricket team, and won a sew-on badge for my school blazer. I also swam for the school in a Gala, which was held near my old roots back in Aston, Victoria road Baths. came second in my first race, but didn’t bother swimming for the school again, when I was getting out of the pool after my race a teacher said to me “you were too slow Cookie” during Cricket practice in the tennis Courts, I was the only one to bowl out our cricket teacher. I can remember one coach’s name. Mr Lancaster!