My Old School
A Memory of Chelsea.
I used to go to Kingsley School in Chelsea and I have a photograph of my class with Miss Wagonmaker, I think that was her name, happy days.
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I now live in North Lincolnshire after the separation from my wife.
Keep well mate. Dave
LIVE WELL AND PROSPER>
David
I’m Barry Gunstone, I attended Kinsley between 1962 and 1967, and I must say, when I idly typed-in, “Kingsley school” into the search-engine, I never actually imagined that I would find a few, can I say, “Friends-in-time”, that have shared the same experience of attending Kingsley school in Chelsea London”! Mr. Baker was the music teacher, by the time I arrived, he lived in or around Acton (He gave my brother and I, a lift in his green Morris split-screen minor car) with the family’s broken PYE 11U 19 inch black and white TV. He was into Radio and TV servicing, as I was! (As a 12 year old, me that is).
Mr. Williams, who, in my time, started out as the math’s teacher, eventually became Head teacher, was also into electronics, but more into the digital side. My favorite trick was, during a tedious math’s period was to engage him in electrical reckoning machines, we would then spend the rest of the hour, talking about whether it was best, to use Valves (American tubes) or the “New” transistors. In the circuits.
Mr. Burton was the art teacher, and Mr. Burdon was the Technical-Drawing master, in the nice “New” (Late 50s early 60s) building, combining Metal workshop (Mr. Pickering, a “Rugged” industrial sort of bloke, who I think, immigrated to the penal colonies) and the Technical drawing facility.
He’s partner in crime was the woodwork master Mr. Bratt
In 1962, 1A had a Mrs. Riches (looking back) a very attractive young blonde teacher, it must have been her first teaching assignment. The year after, it was either a Miss Gabriel or Miss Wagonmaker? My memory is getting a bit dim. Classmates included = Nickolas Elliott (Who’s family moved up to, I believe Warrington) Michal Kennedy, Barry Woodman, Melvin Mead, Alan Hudson, Thaddeus (I’m sorry but cannot recall his surname.
There used to be a sweet shop outside the rear gates, on the corner where I used to buy a packet of four “Cup-cakes” instead of lunch.
I had better “Stop-here” otherwise you suffer the risk of a 500 page book!
Thanks for reading.
Regards to all
Barry
Hörby Sweden