Lennard's
A Memory of South Ockendon.
Hi my name is Peter McGuire and i went to Lennard's from 1960 to 1965 My class was in upper 4A in the science lab at the back of the school. The teacher was Farrier (not sure of spelling) who left us in our year of GCE's . It may seem strange but he was always smoking during our science classes . We had 2 english teachers a MIss Smith and a Mrs . Smithh, completely different style of teaching. Mrs. Smlith more into school plays. I did Shakespeare's Henry V in my last year. I was a school prefect and had the job of checking late arrivals. Most of which came from the Aveley estate,. Dennis Gee was always late because of the bus he caught. As he was in my class we never booked him.. When school friends was up and running I was in touch with several old class mates, most of which like me had left the country. I now live on Phillip Island (the home of the little penguins) Victoria Australia.. John Babbage lives in West Australia, and Colin Blythe in New Zealand, I would be grateful if anybody can recall those bygone years.
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Sadly I never moved from UK although at one time I planned to go to South Africa as a voluntary worker.
I remember teachers you mentioned. Head Master was Mr Wilkins who had had Polio and walked with sticks.
I often wondered what happened to all my school mates. There was a Christine Horncastle who's family moved to Australia.And Valerie Vanner.
Would be great to communicate with you via email. My address is anthonymarriner1@gmail.com
I hope you have had a great life in Australia mate.
Best Regards
Tony Marriner