Childhood

I went to the Flamstead End School and then Riversmead School.
At Flamstead End, , circa 1960-1965, my form teacher was Mrs Sibley and I remember the headteacher was Mr Cave.
I walked from my home which was on the Whitefields Road council estate in Cheshunt, between Church Lane and Brookfield Lane.

Hi..I too went to Flamstead End junior school..and remember Mrs Sibley and Mr Cave...Mr Cave lived in Pottars Bar and drove what seemed a large car then - an Austin Cambridge I think....there was also a Miss/Mrs Butterfield who was related to Mrs Sibley..Do you remember Mrs Golding who used a tamborine to bring in the children after a break.. I too walked up Dig Dag Hill...and went through an alley to get to Hilltop Close....The "tuck shop" mentioned here was known as the Poplar Cafe..run by a lady called Mrs Harfield...it was previously a cafe for cyclists then became a sweet shop...she kept chickens and some ducks..had a wonderful Aga Range in the kitchen and a tenant called Mr Steele who worked as a cleaner in Enfield and used to call in nightly to collect a boiled egg..tea and a candle ( this was late 70s!)...he had no light...( my parents often made her a meal which I brought round and helped her)..strangely she died early 90s...and the day after so did her tenant...it took a while to redevelop the site as the owner was a minor member of the Polish aristocracy and tracing him difficult!!..I do have some wonderful pictures of Poplars...do you also remember a full size railway carriage come up Holbeck Lane to end up in a front garden of a Brian Juniper just down Appleby Street...my dad was a geologist and I've a sister Maria......David Hawkins