Mitcham, Fair Green c.1955
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Memories of Mitcham, Fair Green c1955

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During most of the Second World War I lived in Meopham Road, Mitcham. Before the war I had attended the Primary and Infants School at Grove Road, Lonesome. I have so far managed to trace only one person who might have been at those schools in the 1940s. Do the names Norman, Nicoli, Hook, Ling mean anything to anyone out there? They all lived in the Meopham Road flats and I wonder where they are now. Douglas Tunbridge
I was evacuated to Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire to be with my aunt. Whilst there I sat an exam called "the 11 plus" which I passed and on the basis of which I was awarded a scholarship to Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys. But in 1941 that school was evacuated to Weston-super-Mare so I spent my first secondary school year at Wallington County Grammar School for Boys. I can see a road running ...see more