Crowland Road School

A Memory of Tottenham.

I too went to Crowland road school . My sister went there and every day I cried when I had to go home after taking her there. I believe I could kick up quite a fuss because the teacher eventually let me stay . I was three and a half and the war was on maybe everyone felt generous. I remember those early years so well. We lived with my grandparents over the cafe in Stonebridge Rd. We backed onto the railway and we would play on the slope up to the line. We never went right up to the top but I did get stuck once behind one of the hoardings to the side of the road. I remember Boonins the bakers on the high road . He gave me tiny doughnuts . There were several bombed out houses in our road but we were very lucky . The only damage we suffered was from a barrage ballon getting caught on our roof. As we had the cafe we had a large Morrison shelter in the kitchen, this was so that the customers could get to safety during a raid. I also had the job of getting the next door neighbour Mrs Wolfe when the siren went as she was blind and slightly deaf. What a crush it was . I also remember going to the Saturday cinema at the top of Stamford Hill and racing back with my friends to play the film out again . I remember life as being fun ,we had little money and hardly any toys , but we were never bored . My family moved from Stonebridge Rd in 1947 to live in Edmonton.Thank you for reminding me of Tottenham.

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