Dummysock 1 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I look about 9 or 10 years old, so 1960 to 61. I started Berridge in 1956 and left 1963. I have the originals of these school photos and send them to Alan Randal who was a friend in those bygone days Back row, Mrs Williams, ?, Russell ?, Charles Flowers, Pete Chetwin,?, Robert Tarrant, Stephen Howard, Peter Meakin, Andrew Kersey, Stephen Garner 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Thanks for clarifying that, Dummysock. She's not the person I thought. She was around much later. You would have overlapped to a large extent with my sister who was there from 1955 to 1961. We love these photos and thanks for making them available. I hope to find lots more to fill the gaps! Do you remember Mrs Platt, very scary infant teacher? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I find after all those years, that it is easier to put names to the photograph, rather than recalling teachers so No, I don't recall her. In my final year at Berridge, I used to visit the headmaster every Friday afternoon to get the daily attendance figure to put onto a graph that I had created. However, I can not remember his name Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 In 1963, that would be Jack Baugh. Lovely man but a hard number with the badly behaved contingent. There's a photo of him on this thread somewhere. Others would have gone to him on Friday afternoons for the cane! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I must have been lucky then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 J W Baugh replaced D A Griffiths in September 1961. Baugh had high standards and was intent on making a good name for the school. Many parents disliked him but he and I got on like a house on fire. Sadly, he died not long after his retirement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 764 Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 From Jill. Mr Kemp who scared the life out of me. Thankfully I dodged him as a teacher. Miss Sparrow is pictured centre stage. This is the first time I’ve ever seen Kempy with a smile on his face. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Perhaps he was glad to be going! He seemed absolutely ancient to me but he was younger than I am now! He retired early. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 764 Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 I’m sure every child at the school were pretty happy he was leaving too Jill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 The girls liked him. He seems to have been fine with them but then he did have daughters of his own. I never had any contact with him other than presenting him with his leaving gift and once being sent into his classroom to borrow some chalk. I was very nervous about going in but he just beamed at me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 764 Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 I can still hear in shouting ‘waken up boy’ at some poor youth who’d caught his attention. I always though at the time ‘waken up’ was a strange phrase which is why I recall it. I have a feeling it was him who presided over the room when I took my 11 plus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 8/26/2020 at 8:09 AM, letsavagoo said: Alan Randall and Andrew Kersey, with backs to wall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 8/26/2020 at 9:55 AM, letsavagoo said: Jill and I have agreed a system. I’m uploading the images and Jill is providing what information there is below them. Sorry if this has caused some confusion. I should have explained. Here’s another Berridge group. Jill will comment with her research on it. Teacher is Mrs Williams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 8/25/2020 at 8:19 AM, letsavagoo said: Another. Teacher is Mrs Clarke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 @Dummysock Are you on any of the photos? We like to put names to faces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 On 3/8/2022 at 4:29 PM, Dummysock said: Teacher is Mrs Clarke Back row, left to right :- ?, Andrew Kersey, Steven Garner, ?, Peter Chetwin, Robert Tarrant, ?, Charles Flowers, Peter Meakin, Alan Upton, Russell ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
titchybee 0 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Good evening all - newbie here! I've tracked an ancestor to 69 Bateman Street. His name was Raymond Fenn, who found his way from Tunbridge Wells, via Wiltshire, to Ida Eversley (living at the above address in 1939 with her mother, Annie Eversley). They married in 1941, remaining at the above address. They had a son, Richard, in 1944 who sadly passed away in 1956. Looking at old maps, I believe the nearest school would be Berridge and he would be there from '48/9 until '56. Am I right in my assumptions? Thanks in advance Lisa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Welcome, titchybee. There are a few around who were at Berridge during that time and you may find his name on one of the photos on this thread. He's slightly older than my sister who was there from 1955 to 1961 but someone may remember him. However, it's worth remembering that not everyone who lived so close to the school actually went to Berridge. Some attended Scotholme. Scotholme was on Fisher Street which ran between Berridge Road and Beaconsfield Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dummysock 1 Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 On 11/29/2018 at 6:35 PM, Jill Sparrow said: Caption refers to Mrs Williams. Year unknown. 1959 -60 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Yesterday was our latest Berridge visit. A hot day and glorious weather to boot. Sadly, some were not able to join us but it was wonderful to see Letsavagoo, Mrs Letsavagoo, Jane Humphreys, John Heawood, Geoffrey Hollington, Colin Richardson, Debbie Noon, Martyn Jewers, Noel James and John Preston. A brilliant day full of memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,775 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Pardon my ignorance Jill, but when you organise these school visits for old scholars, is the school open and obviously you have to arrange it with staff/head. Are the children aware of visitors? B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 It's done in conjunction with their Berridge history project, Beekay. Ticks a number of boxes on their National curriculum requirements. They can ask questions of us who were pupils over fifty years ago and compare/contrast our experience with their own in the present day. It's a valuable resource for the school and a trip down memory lane for us! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,775 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Thank you. I often wish Radford Boulevard school did the same sort of thing. Perhaps it's because I left in 1958, that for me, it's just a pipe dream. Many thanks Jill. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,314 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 I don't know whether Radford Boulevard school is still in existence, Beekay, but if it is, all you have to do is ask. They are normally very keen to show former pupils around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,775 Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Jill, the building itself is still there but looks likes it's been unused for ages. The structure has been discussed before on this forum. I've seen pictures of inside on here. I have asked Mr.Google before, as to whether there is anything about the school. There did used to be a 'Radford Old Scholars Association ', but I think this may have fizzled out. In the few years I've been on here, I've never found anyone who went there. However, I do remember quite a few names. So if any of you out there remember "Kingy ". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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