Becontree Secondary Modern

A Memory of Chadwell Heath.

In the early twilight of my Seventies, I remember attending Stevens Road - Becontree Secondary Modern School from about 1955 to 1959. Mr Pask was Headmaster, I remember School Assembly with Hymns and Prayers. Flogging with Canes, bats and “T” Squares, though I rarely was the subject myself. There I gained my love for History, and Politics with a kind disposition to the Christian life. There I learned how to avoid bullies, running faster than anyone else. Gained respect for strict discipline and law and order while others chose another path. We lived on Litchfield Road and moved away when I was 14 to Timperley, Cheshire. I self educated and late in life received a Doctorate in Theology. In my retirement ?have helped to build Orphanages in S.E. Asia. I have been exceptionally blessed with a life “well lived.”