Lime Tree Walk

A Memory of Croydon.

Boys were not allowed to cycle on the school premises so I had to walk this leafy lane twice daily. I was scooting my bike homeward towards the Wellesley Road entrance one afternoon, expecting to hear a prefectorial shout ordering me to walk, when an air gun pellet struck me painfully between the shoulders. Looking round I saw a group of embarrassed sixth-formers seeking to dissociate themselves from a red-capped prefect holding an awkward bundle. In my anger I mounted my bike and rode the remaining 50 yards to the exit without further penalty.

I sometimes settled in the shade of these trees with my chums when swotting for finals or watching cricket on a Saturday afternoon.

The destruction of the avenue was, in my mind, a great loss to Croydon when the school site was re-developed in 1966

Leslie King (grandpa-leslie.com)