Croydon, High Street 1900

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Having recently decided to write my memoirs and having been born in South Croydon in 1947 I have been researching to check my memories are correct. I came upon this great website and have been intrigued to hear others memories of Croydon. I went to Heath Clark which was a secondary school when I joined in 1957 but for reasons I have never found an explanation for it became a Grammar School I think in ...see more

I was at Elmwood from 1957 to 1961 and at the Infants before that. I remember Miss Jobbins the head mistress who used to test our 'reading ages' every now and then. I had Miss Hill in the first year, then someone I can't remember except that she was young, then Mrs Jenkins and finally the terrifying Miss Peters. I can remember some of the girls in my class - Olga Ciuciura, Doreen O'Callaghan, Linda Ellis, Linda Castle, ...see more

as a child i always remember croydon high street to be very colourful and fashionable, i used to love going to allders bargain basement,there was something for everybody,che quevara,c&a`s,martin fords,kennards,there were so many shoe shops,stylo,ravels,freeman hardy willis,dolcis,russell and bromley,saxones,real happy shoppers those days...with all these new buildings and the pulling down of real historical places it doesn`t seem so bright again or so happy...

remembering elmwood school with the big mast in the field as a partition between the boys and girls...the dinner lady mrs.higgins(she made me eat egg not believing i was allergic to it!) the headmistress before miss french,miss jobbins...real old school...miss peters...strict,miss clark,mrs mullings,ms davies,miss pawsons....in my class there were about three or four carol`s...carol mahoney,carol farquharson,carol ...see more