Schooldays

A Memory of Chelsea.

I attended Chelsea Central from 1955 to 60. I remember Mr Parry-Jones was PT master at the time and had scars on his back supposedly from Japanese prisoner of war camps. He was keen to start up boxing at school and I remember he put me, little skinny white guy, against a muscley African guy 3 years older. I got a hiding. Woodwork master, Mr Thorneycroft, was called ‘the whistling woodworm’ as he was permanently whistling. Tough times but had some fun.

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