I Was Here In 1965
A Memory of Bexleyheath.
I remember the hut that was used as the changing rooms for all the outside sports, damn cold in the winter. Mr Lester was the Head at the time, mostly I remember the teachers Jim (Maths) and a tall teacher, very stern, chemistry, can't recall his name. Oh, and a Welsh teacher that taught English.
I learned a lot at this place, best time ever when I think back. The girls school was the other side of a fence at the other end of the playing field. The last 2 years of my time there, the two schools merged into one.
Shame there are not more photos of the old school. It's very clear in my mind but I would love to see some actual pictures.
2 of the kids in my class lived in one of the terrace houses in Gramham Road close to the TV factory at the end of that road. That burned down in 1966-1967 or so. Does anyone remember that?
Barry
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The change room cottage was a shocker in winter.
On the whole the school experience was great.
i used to love going to school here some of the best times in my life i remember frank Darnell Richard willmot
Yes, I remember he day that Denis Sale [Fred] joined the school and from the very 'easy' Mr Bottomley for Maths in walked Fred Sale in his RAF Great coat and the mood changed.
I still find it quite incredible some of the actions that Teachers took then, in the Chemistry Lab Fred would kick the stool from under you if you were rocking on two legs, blackboard rubber being thrown was another of his tricks and of course the sniffing of chemicals that would leave us with tears and a streaming nose! Health and Safety?
The 'Hut' of 'Cottage' you mention in my day was the Pavillion and as a Hockey player we changed there on a Saturday morning and with the brilliant Paddy Locke in charge we had two years undefeated as a team whopping all the other local schools including Woolwich Poly! I have a picture somewhere of the pavilion but cannot find it at present not sure how you post images on here but if anyone wants to e mail me it is leshoskins@gmail.com and I will forward some images.
Les
Blind Bob was a well known figure in Bexleyheath and he was a Piano Tuner and often came to my house in Barnehurst to tune our Piano.
I remember one lunch time I used to get the 486 to Barnehurst for lunch and the Bus Conductor tried to exclude Blind Bob from getting on the bus and even at that age I stood up to this aggressive person and he then let Bob get on the bus!