Memories Of Childhood
A Memory of Woodmansterne.
I was born 1943 in Purley Cottage Hospital, lived at 2 The Mount, christened at St Peters and taught at Woodmansterne Primary for a while. Walked to school via Hatch Lane and Rectory Lane and where they joined is, I think, where the photo was taken. The walk, as an unaccompanied 6/7 year old was not considered to be safe and even though the London Borough of Sutton was my home I was transferred to Smitham Bottom Primary. The boundary madness returned in 1954 when I was required to travel to school in Beddington using a free pass on the nearest buses via Coulsdon and Purley.
The Mount was a lovely place to grow up. So rural I could watch the thrashing machine used by Mr Taylor and catch newts in the nearby pond within 1/2 mile of home.
Laurie Packer
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