Carisbrooke, Carisbrooke Grammar School c.1960
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Photo of Carisbrooke, Carisbrooke Grammar School c.1960

Memories of Carisbrooke, Carisbrooke Grammar School c1960

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Priory pond, also known as Fletcher pond, was so called because the lane that ran up to the school was Fletcher Lane.
I first used to cycle to this school - which was split between Newport Priory Boys' Secondary Modern School and Carisbrooke Grammar School - in 1961. The long, low building to the left of the picture was the Priory Boys' School, the taller building to the right was the Grammar. Every day I cycled from my home in Clatterford Road, round the back of St Mary's Church, past Fletcher's Pond, and then down the track you ...see more