Clapham, Marianne Thornton School c.1970

Photo ref: C327056

Hello all, My name is Emily and I am currently writing up the memoirs of my grandmother, who would have been known as Cynthia Davies or Miss Davies at the time. She says she was a teacher for the first years, and taught a class of forty girls at the annexe in Balham, where the infants were in 1960-61. She also got married and then became Mrs Birkett. Any information or memories you have would be greatly ...see more

I went to Marianne Thornton School in 1961 until 1966 when I was 15. I went to work for the GPO as a Continental telephone operator and did 3 months training in Eagle House on Cannon Street and then to Wood Street exchange in the city. I lived in Tooting Bec so it was a long journey on the Northern line to work. My name then was Linda Stone and I lived in Langroyd Road. My friends at school were Brenda Wheeler ...see more

I went to Marianne Thornton school from the day it was built until I left in 1961. I used to be at Elmfield School in Balham but they had this new school built on the West Side of Clapham Common. I moved from Elmfield towards the end of my 3rd school year to the new school and it was really something compared to our very old school, it had so many new and modern features, I can remember it all so ...see more

Lived on Clapham Common Westside, just 3 minutes walk to work.