Hardingstone School

A Memory of Hardingstone.

I went to the old school now the village hall in 1969. I was there for 3 years as an infant before going to the new school on Martins Lane in 1972. The new school was opened in 1971 I believe as my sister was the first intake and I can just about remember it. It was definately not built in 1955 as the photo indicates.

I lived at 4 Ansell Way from 1965 until 1977 and had the most fantastic childhood there. I can remember joining the local Cubs & scouts which was based to the right of the old school down a pathway that now leads to Delepre golf course.

The school buried a time capsule in 1976 in the school grounds which contained objects of the day and letters from us kids. Not sure if it has since been found?

Mr Joe Deer was the Headteacher at the time along with teachers such as David Blake, Mrs Page, Mrs Sue Robjohns, Miss Beech, Mrs Bush & others. A great school all in all.

Steve Howell


Added 05 July 2011

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Very happy memories of Hardingstone, loving local history, I dropped in on the site and saw my brother had left a comment.
I was a Brownie, a Sixer of the Pixies, and Wendy Lloyd was our Brown Owl. Mr and Mrs Popp ran the local newsagents, and the Thorntons ran the Spar, I seem to recall that when it first opened, some chimps cut a ribbon, and I remember the alley way that used to run between the High St, Ansell Way, and Massey Close, and when Hardingstone Lane was still there, there was a big pond at the bottom of it near Queen Eleanor Cross that we used to call "The Green End" does anyone else remember it?

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