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 was in same class as you Dave. And can remember walking to cheyne walk or shop at back gates for dinner. Also travelling to Barnes elms for sports. Often remember the good days at Kingsley.
Hi Martin remember working together at Abingdon Road depot in Kensington with your late cousin Peter Day, we had some good times there aswell.
Yes good old Abingdon road was lucky to be in best area and unbelievable location..hope your well Dave..still miss Peter now we were close..
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yeh they were good times, remember Mickey Lugard, Stevie Munn and Bobby Smart, which I met when I lived in Epsom.
I now live in North Lincolnshire after the separation from my wife.
Keep well mate. Dave
Yes certainly remember them stood at Fulham with Bob for many years..Now as many out of London live in Cheshire south of Manchester.. All the best to you great memories.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY>
LIVE WELL AND PROSPER>

David
Hi David, did you live in Tetcott Rd, was Frankie Atwell one of your neighbours and was your primary school Ashburnham,if so I think I remember you although I think you were in class 2, i was in class 1.
Hi Peter sorry to disappoint you but I went to Sherbrooke Road school in Fulham.
Yes I remember Frankie Attwell my brothers friend, we lived in Tetcott rd, I also went to Kingsley School remember Mrs Wagonmaker, we attended her class each week, Mr Ryan art teacher & PE ect, I started out with Mrs Brewer 1d, when I left it was 4a, Mr Allen was headmaster 1963
Hello all
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
hi my mum and her family lived no 8 tetcott road mums name doreen byatt then had brother david sisters jean and moria my nans name was dorothy mum was born 1937 and they lived to come live in stoke on trent in 1956 any one remember them
any one remember the byatts from 8 tetcott road in the late 30-upto late 50s

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