Belmont School
We lived in Earlswood Avenue, Thornton Heath from 1949-52 and used to walk or sometimes catch a 16/18 tram to Galpins Road, on the border of Th Heath and Norbury, where my brother and I attended Belmont School. It was run by a lady called Miss Jeffrey, and has long since closed. It was based in two houses in Galpins Road, both of which have now presumably reverted to residential status.
I remember the last trams, and the subsequent demolition of Thornton Heath tram depot and the building of the new bus depot.
We used to go fishing in Thornton Heath pond - sticklebacks, carefully taken home in jam jars, to survive usually but a few days.
Croydon itself - magical Surrey Street, wonderful Kennards arcade, and that SUPER toy shop in George Street.
Good days. We were poor (so was everyone) but we were extremely happy.
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RE: RE: Belmont School
One of my earliest memories is of playing in the sandpit in the back garden of the Belmont Nursery School. The nursery took pupils from the age of three, which is when I went there, and was linked to a Preparatory School which went through to age eleven. Every pupil had to wear a school uniform, even the nursery class. There is a formal photograph of me at the age of three or four, wearing my Belmont blazer and school cap, taken by a professional photographer. I remember the singing lessons, gathered around a piano in a room at the back of the house, overlooking the garden. And there was the sandpit...
Comment from Peter Saunders on Sunday, 12th February 2012.