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1940s · Cranbourne Road School

Stuck in the shelters at home time

told by Ray Malvern

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I was at Cranbourne Rd. School from about 1940 to 1946. If I remember right kids could start before their fifth birthday at the time to allow mothers to go to work. For the first few months I was there we attended mornings only. After we started attending afternoons we seemed to get air raids on a regular basis just about finishing time so was stuck in the shelters instead of going home. I remember the head teacher in the infants was Miss Poole,the only other teacher I remember from the infants was Miss Lewis. From the juniors I remember the head teacher was Miss Pugh other teachers being Mr.Giles Miss Acton and Mr.Taylor who had been demobbed from the R A F.

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From Chris Hillcox’s Voices of Kingstanding (https://kingstanding.wordpress.com/memories/ammenaties/schools/kingsthorne-junior-school/), shared with his permission..

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