Schooldays.

A Memory of Luton.

I started school at Oakley Road School which was near Leagrave High Street.I don't remember much about it except for the long walk to and from from Locarno Avenue where my family lived.Moving to Selbourne Road later, I attended Maidenhall Road infants school.My teacher was Miss Miles and the headmistress was Miss Tennant.There were boys and girls in the class and 3 girls whose names I remember were Marie Bird,Vera Elkerton and Betty Fensome.The junior school was at the same location and at 7 years of age I started there.The headmaster was Mr. Oddie who was a golfer and practiced his shots at a nearby field.Now we had segregation,the classes were boys only and girls only and that's how it was for the remainder of my school days.Now it was only 5 minutes to school, up the alley and crossing Sherwood Road and Newark Road.Going into the juniors was always known as going into the "big boys".Yes I was a big boy,I was 7.At age eleven I went on to Beech Hill school where the headmaster was Mr. Mander later to be succeeded by Mr.Porter.I spent 3 years there and was in classes 1A,2A and 3A the teachers being Mr.Ayres,Mr.Childs and Mr.Newman.After leaving school at age 14 I went to work at Commer Cars in Biscot Road.

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