Downhall School
A Memory of Seven Kings.
I arrived at the Infants School aged 6, fresh from a tiny village school in rural Somerset. My abiding memory was of the outside communal toilets with a trough at the base of a wall which used to back on to the pavement of Aldborough Rd. We would compete to see who could reach the highest up the wall (if you know what I mean) and attempt to score a bullseye by actually aiming right over the wall onto the pavement.
A more respectable past-time was playing with our Dinky racing cars in the playground, I recall they always went faster backwards! As I write this I'm looking at my No.6 racing car, a Cooper-Bristol, on the dresser; it has weathered the 55 years since then a bit better than I have.
Add your comment
You must be signed-in to your Frith account to post a comment.
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign inSparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
Comments & Feedback
Robertson in Cambridge Rd) and a dozen good friends. I was not held back
and went on to have a very interesting and fulfilling life. Seven Kings has changed beyond recognition and I havent been back for over thirty years.
I’d rather remember it as it was. I played all the games others mentioned and went to the parks. I tried to find friends, in particular Elizabeth Davies or Davis who lived At 203 Cambridge Road. Rita Avery