Elmshott Lane School

A Memory of Cippenham.

I too remember Mr. Britnell and Mr. Kincaid, who initially lived in one of the workers cottages built for the local farm labourers in Dennis Way just round the corner from where I lived in St.Andrews Way. He took enormous strides and would walk in the road on the way to school because the kids would just get in his way. I think he came from Canada. Mr.R.B. Santa was the head,Miss W.E. Weeks the deputy, and over the years I had several visits to his office for a dose of the cane, the first being on my first day after moving up from the junior school ! Being " dared" to climb the the corner wall on the hall!! ( on left in picture ) It had those "staggered " bricks on the corners. There was a shop opposite on corner of Bower Way that sold big cream buns and some kids would nick over there and buy one at morning play time ! but Mr. Santa put a stop to that. I remember the annual sports day between the Greeks,Romans Spartans and ? I was actually champion boy in 1950 and went on to the All England championships at Southampton that year. The school still looks the same on Google but with a few more additions.