Revived memories: A memory of East Ham

Revived Memories

A Memory of East Ham.

I too was born in East Ham in 1949 as was my mother and grandmother before her. All living in Telham road before later moving to Central Park road.. can remember my gran telling me that when she first moved to East Ham she could look out of her window in Telham Road and she could see the railway station with nothing in between but fields.
I went to Thomas Leathaby school and can remember Mr Lees as well as Mr Pilkington and Mr Hobbs. Getting the cane was a regular occurrence for me at least. It was a tough school and I learned very little. I was happy growing up in East Ham. But having visited it recently I am glad I don't live there now. I would be interested in other people's memories of East Ham.

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Added 30 July 2017

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Hi, just joined this group and read your memory. I also went to Thomas Lethaby from 61-66. Lees was the headmaster and constantly flying through the corridors in his black gown , our class always called him 'batman' and his favourite word when he took glass was " SO" in his broad Yorkshire accent. I can remember a few other teachers. Wernham, took tech drawing, stout was dep head and maths, cornish geography and R.I. funnily enough there was always a few teachers that took to teaching that subject along with pilkington, with his distinct forefinger digit bearing down on you like something from a Disney film. Then you had Greene who we called "peanut" Sowden upstairs took the art anx pottery

By William Butler on Sat Oct 19th 2024, at 3:38 pm

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