Post by Les on Dec 23, 2017 20:30:29 GMT
Yes I went to West Boro Secondary Modern . I arrived there from St Michael s Junior School in 1949 and left in 1953, we had a new Head master by the name of Diamond, trying to remember some of the teachers names, Miss Rawlings . Mr Phoebe, Mr Bailey, Miss Hunt, well that's a few, I see the school has gone just the woodwork/metal work building is left I lived in Hart Street in a railway house top end of the market, Foster Clarks building over looked our back garden, Yo have some Photos of the V1 damage to the west yard beside the signal box was a shunters hut, my father was caught in that although shook up he was injured his mate by the name of Edwards was badly inured they both has sheltered under a large table, our house had all the windows blown out as it backed on the the yard, so your picture brought back many memories,
I married and move to SE 19 then back to east Malling divorced, stayed in Maidstone married and moved to Snodland then in 1984 move to Queensland Australia. now 76 and well retired I run a little wood club for people with problems with life or want a hobby, its now built up with around 15 to twenty of us all retired helping where we can , we have a lot of kids who have slipped through the cracks, we call the group , "The Grumpygrandpa's,
Places I have worked in Maidstone, Hanwell Optical. British Rail. British Road Services and Terrain Plastics (Aylesford paper Mills)