Nanpantan, The Priory Hotel c.1965
Photo ref: N342093
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A Selection of Memories from Nanpantan

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Nanpantan

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I can remember the dorms wit fold up canper beds and forsed to have a sleep in the a3ftfrnoons I didnt know what I was there for, my parents would not tell me. I was there for about 3 weeks and my sur name at the time was Phillips. I would like to know more, so any info about the early 60's at this horible place let me know. My number is 07871636099 . Thankyou for reading this.
My parents, brother and I moved to Nanpantan in 1949 and lived on Snells Nook Lane, we were there until 1954 and then moved down to Farningham in Kent for my Dad's new job. We hated to move as we all loved Nanpantan. I had 3 good friends there; Janet Smith, Josephine Illsley and my best friend, Diane Mathes. Diane lived in Snells Nook Lane in a house named 'Alton Lodge', which was fancy to me, they had a German ...see more
During the war years I lived at 280 Forest Road and each day had to catch an Allen's single decker bus for the journey up to the school, the driver of which would swerve his vehicle from side to side to amuse his infant passengers. The school housed two classes separated by a large wooden screen. Miss Cotton was the reception class teacher and Miss Barron the head mistress. Girls and boys were separated at play ...see more