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I spent the first 10 years of my life in Cambridge Road, Me, my younger sister, Janet and Brother Gary, My father was Gerald Thompson, there was an outside toilet and no bathroom. I remember Snaith's ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1964 by June Thompson

I spent 3 years at st johns 1957 to 1960 it was a tough place in them days we wore army boots with the studs short pants and bright red army jackets the boys are tough and the staff were mean you had to toe the line the cane was the norm and ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1957 by Robert (B0b) Ward

Wow! No more canings from the towering Sister Lawrence? And in my day it was California Syrup of Figs we were forced to take to keep us regular (we held it in the mouth and spat it out in the playground). There was a middle dorm ...Read more

A memory of Monks Kirby by Patricia Mc Loughlin

I went to Bisley Boys School in 1948 after my mother passed away. I found it very hard and would run away. It was a horrible place and I do not have a good thing to say about it. Was given the cane more times than I can remember and was ...Read more

A memory of Bisley in 1948 by Richard Rowe

Came across this picture of the Franscican convent. I went there as a boarder as a 4 year old and still shudder at the awful memories I had. Brutal nuns, punishments with a bamboo cane. Hanging out wet sheets on cold mornings. Forced fed ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne by walkerpalace

RECOLLECTIONS OF ASH VALE By Lt Col Taylor Ash Vale, viewed from the main route through it the Frimley and Ash Vale roads would not have appeared to alter a lot during the last 100 years. Houses do now ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by nemeton2

My name is Arhur Brown and I moved to Potters Bar from Tottenham when i was about eight years old along with Mum Doris Dad Arthur and sisters Sylvia and Jeanette and two years later my brother Stephen arrived on the scene.I ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar by Arthur David Brown

I was raised in Kenton from 1954 until I left home in 1971. My visits to Kenton up until 2013 were to visit my elderly Dad, who still resided in Woodcock Hill until his death. The changes over the years have been enormous. Mum and Dad ...Read more

A memory of Kenton

My name is James Cracknell and I went to Ashford Middlesex school from 1949 to 1951. I was caned on the first day of school aged 7 (six of the best on the behind) for writing on the blackboard after having been told not to. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by James Cracknell

I also went to West Hill School in 1940 to 1945 and remember Mrs Fidgen, Miss Adams and Mr Ward the head master who would cane a naughty child in front of the whole school. The air raid shelters were found again a few years ago when ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by johnrank