Hobbayne School
A Memory of Hanwell.
I attended Hobbayne from 1957 -1963. Who remembers Mr Ridley? Unfortunately I found myself standing outside his office on a number of occasions waiting upon the Headmaster's wrath for some minor misdemeanour!
I spent a lot of my free time at Churchfields and the Bunny Park and "loitering" on the green in Cuckoo Lane. A wonderful carefree childhood.
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I was there just after you. Miss Morrell taught me for my first term as an infant. She was wonderful. We moved when she left. I hated my next school and came back to Hobbayne a few years later until I scraped past my 11 plus.
Mrs. Thomas was my music teacher. She actually taught me something - a love of music that has lasted all my life. I've just found out that the G.A. was Geoffry Arthur. I met Mr Ridley many years later at his home in Nottinghill Gate London. He was gardening and invited me in for a chat. He gave me a glass of sherry and asked me - as a test - to always genuflect as I passed. I think I my comment was that my knees bent as I walked anywhere - but I'm not sure if I thought of that at the time. I may write about my experiences - I've got a lot to say...