Lime Tree Walk
A Memory of Croydon.
Boys were not allowed to cycle on the school premises so I had to walk this leafy lane twice daily. I was scooting my bike homeward towards the Wellesley Road entrance one afternoon, expecting to hear a prefectorial shout ordering me to walk, when an air gun pellet struck me painfully between the shoulders. Looking round I saw a group of embarrassed sixth-formers seeking to dissociate themselves from a red-capped prefect holding an awkward bundle. In my anger I mounted my bike and rode the remaining 50 yards to the exit without further penalty.
I sometimes settled in the shade of these trees with my chums when swotting for finals or watching cricket on a Saturday afternoon.
The destruction of the avenue was, in my mind, a great loss to Croydon when the school site was re-developed in 1966
Leslie King (grandpa-leslie.com)
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