Post by Les on Dec 5, 2017 5:58:59 GMT
Maidstone I remember it well:
I have vivid memories of Maidstone and a powerful memory on the years that I lived there between 1946-1965.
I went first to St Pauls Infants in 1951. The teacher of the "babies class" was Miss Yates. There was also a Mrs Sutton, Mrs Primovaisie, Miss Arlen, Miss Dove and the Headmistress was Mrs Marshall. The caretaker at the time was a Mr Axten. He used to fill the stoves with coke, splash Jeyes fluid around the toilets and generally clean up after everyone.
If you were good you went to the office and were given a sweet.
The year 1951 saw the first intake of the baby-boomers (the glut of children born in 1946) and classes were usually large.
I went on to North Borough Primary School in 1953 and my first teacher was Mrs Reeves. The headteacher was Wilf Hopkins who was passionate about Music, Dancing and Art.
Between 1953-57 I remember the following teachers: Mr Jones, Mr Smith, Miss Bonham, Mrs Dearlove, Miss Heron, Mrs Head, Mrs Fryer, Miss Rootes, Miss Norman,Mr Clay, Mrs Burton,Miss Sparrow,Mr Wraight, Mr Mac Farland. The school secretary was Mrs Palmer and the school caretaker was Mr Bricknall who lived in the house in the school grounds. Most of the children came from Ringlestone, Penenden Heath and the area between Peel Street, Gladstone Road, Boxley Road and Scott Street.
I went to Vinters Secondary from 1957-1961. The headteacher was Alf Read.
Some of the teachers I remember from those years are: Mr Johnson, Mr Kirby, Mr Picksten, "Pop" Graham (later mayor of Maidstone), Mr Barnes, Mr Jackson, Mr Huggins, Mr Mackay, "Bongo" Herbert, Mr Sheldon, Mr Hill, Mr Dearn, Mr Lewer, Mr Harvey, Mr Thomas, Mr Kirby, Mr Mayell,Mr McDowell, Mrs Woodford, Mr Edwards. They all had their nicknames