Sanderstead, Shops On Station Approach c.1965
Photo ref: S612071M
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Photo of Sanderstead, Shops On Station Approach c.1965

A Selection of Memories from Sanderstead

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 Sanderstead

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St. Anne's took boys until age ten or so, and in the mid 1940s I was one of those. My mother had been a teacher at the local school where we lived but was not impressed with the school and considered the headmaster a bad character, so she sent me to St. Anne's. Then toward the end of my second year, the teacher told my mother that she thought I was advanced enough to prepare for my first communion, to ...see more
I remember. ... long bending corridors. Miss Skinner, the best teacher I ever had. I became an English teacher and taught Shakespeare as drama: the way she had inspired me. Mrs Pudney putting two red lines through my English holiday work, tearing the paper... Miss Queen telling me I was too stupid to take optional Greek... but Miss Durante and the choirs, the plays, debates, festivals, discussing politics with ...see more
I remember playing at the swings as pictured before they were recited in a position on the recreation ground. Peter
I attended St Anne's from 1960 right up until I left in 1974. I moved from Coulsdon to West Hill, Sanderstead with my family the year I passed my 11+ exam, 1967. My favourite subjects were PE, Cookery and Speech and Drama. Anyone remember Sister Mary Dorothy, Sister Mary Jude and Miss Doherty? I loved gymnastics, swimming and diving and remember going to the Swimming Baths in Croydon on a regular ...see more