School Days

A Memory of Ickenham.

I went to school in Swakeleys Road - Ickenham High School. It was in an old Queen Anne House at the end of a gravel drive next to the United Reformed Church. Rectory Close was built on the land when the house was demolished. Our school uniform was lilac and navy. We used to go to the Pelican Restaurant for lunch when we were seniors and had some spare lunch money.
Along the road, the other side of the Rectory from the old school, are the Alms Houses. My Grandmother lived here and I used to stay during the day in the school hols when my parents were at work.
I used to cycle to school along the track that went past Swakeleys House and come out at the Avenue opposte Wallasy Crescent.