She was also, unusually for the time, a keen photographer ( the camera was basically just a box with a pinhole in it) Jennifer 1939, after College in Swindon, my Mother, Francis Ashby, worked as a Horticulturalist at Tuckers Nursery, Faringdon before going on to Kew Gardens. My brother died this year aged 78 and was about 7 when he first attended the school. His name is Richard Lorch.ĭoes any one know whether there is any material on the school from that period and whether there is any one out there who attended the school then. I am researching my brother's life and I believe he attended Church Farm House School in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Lots of my family (Edgington) are still in Faringdon. Quite a few of us then donned caps and blazers and rode the daily bus to Wantage. I was there from 1955 until 1962, class sizes about 30-35. He once walked in, picked up a board rubber, held it aloft, dropped it and said “Why did it fall down?” My hand went up “Gravity!!!” I said. Mr Steven’s would occasionally drop in on classes. Miss Flippance “Draw what you see- not what you know” I recall her saying that her children’s pocket money was one (old) penny for every year old they were. She was a friend of Mrs Carter the school secretary (married to Bill, father of Paul) I remember sitting in her brand new Mini - one of the first in Faringdon. The lovely Miss Wickham in the front row. Mr Gregson “You are the most bumptious class I’ve ever taken!” He was widely respected but I found him a very unpleasant and vindictive man. Back row far left could possibly be a Mr Allen - Welsh teacher who was thrilled to be the first teacher there to use coloured chalk!! I'd love to know what their lives and those of family before them would've been like photo of the staff team at the Primary School in Canada Lane brings back many memories. I've googled and ancestried (not a word but.) and all roads lead nowhere □. I seem to have hit a wall at this point though as sadly I can't find anyone further back than Simon. Iv managed to get back to my 5 x great grandparents SIMON RICHENS (1735-1793) and his wife ELIZABETH (BETTY) WATERS (1735-1794) who married in 1758 and their children. I'm currently researching my family history and it seems many of my mums side came from Faringdon. Fondly remember Carol Kyme who was a wizard at there everyone She reported me for singing along to Paul Anka, put your head on my shoulder and I had to go to the Head Mistress' office. I remember Miss Baxendall as a positive and the nasty bus monitor who called us toads. Wendy Crawford was there (The Elms) 1960-1963 bussed in from RAF Abingdon. She visited my grandparents when they lived in Ferndale St flats. I think she drove a small car, so probably collected from Faringdon, Coleshill, Highworth area. I remember Mrs Angela is a long shot but I wonder if anyone remembers a lady called Rose, she was either an insurance person or she collected payments for a loan company maybe. that Maths Teacher was Mr Mclennon wasn´t it? Shame you didn`t have Mrs Wood or Mrs Davies for Maths - they were lovely. I wonder where they are and what they are doing now. Rosemary Knapp, Ian Thompson, Valerie Wheeler, Richard Cooper, to name but a few. Classmates at the time were Linda Mears, Bill Bunce, Judith Nichol, John Collis, Thank you in advance for any help you can bring attended Tollington School between 19. I would like if you have any information about that ? Maybe any pictures? The soldiers of this unit were stationed in Fairford and the officer in Faringdon on October 1942 to December 1942. I currently looking for a history of american cavalry unit: 102nd cavalry regiment. Pam S King My name is Jean-Marie Gillet, I'm french. I have been looking for Sylvia Hastings for years. I’m trying to locate her daughter Linda, who was one of my classmates at Tollington School between 19Įdward Hilton girls my age 16 in 1956 attended the Grammar School and lived at the Army camp. Does anyone remember the refreshment kiosk situated in the Radcot car park, run by Mrs.Mears of Marlborough Gardens Faringdon.
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