Cuckoo Estate
Has anyone got any photos of the prefabs on Cuckoo Estate? I would love to see them. I lived on the estate as a small child and my memories are vague, it would be nice to refresh them. Also just outside of the estate I seem to remember an avenue with trees either side, at the end of the avenue was an old building with what i can only presume had old dungeons or cells. My brothers and I used to play in this building, can anyone shed some light on what this building was?
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RE: RE: Cuckoo Estate
Hi Gillian The building was the Cuckoo Schools which date from around 1856 - once The Central London District Schools, it was for deprived boys from London. Charlie Chaplin was one of the pupils. I used to live at 67 Wescott Crescent up until I was 3 or 4 - around 1953. I remember going down the "dungeons" where we bought chicken food for the hens my grandmother kept in our back garden. The school became the Community Centre and is still there today.
Comment from Barry Perrott on Tuesday, 7th February 2012.