Davidson Road

was born 1942 also and most of your story and names are familiar, I remember the fire well it started in the roof and lost my doll as it was toy afternoon, Croydon library gave me a report on the fire and were very helpful may be worth a visit (sorry I have mislaid mine) I lived in Morland Rd

Hello Gwen
Did you go to Woodside and/or Lady edridge? What was your maiden name? Would love to hear more from you. Renée

Hi all who went to Davidson Rd school 1953-1958/9 Colin Thorn Ricky Biddle Ray watley Mick Taylor Jean Beavers Pat Byfield Ieleen Slade Eileen Bone . I too havr very fond memories of my time at this school. Like Colin Thorn, I did not want to leave and face the real world. I agree with all the praise given to Charlie Chambers, wjat a wonderful man. But strangely, the one teacher not mentioned is Mr Loretto ( Aka larry) he was very old, even compared to Charlie Cchambers. He had a slight hunched back and was half Irish and half Italian, quite a volatile combination. He taught music. A lost cause as far as my class was concerned. I reememeber one lesson he gave up on the singing and told us a story of a tragic cave in ib a mine wwhere all the miners were trapped with little hope of rescue. He played all the charachters with different voices and manorisums and had us all (south london boys) spellbound and in the palm of his hand. We loved the Old Guy after that. Would love to hear from old schoolmates. Vic Woolgar