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• Re: Dulwich Hospital by Teo Brown (Member 10259094) on 12-Mar-2011
  Hi there. My father lives <1 mile away and we both remember the hospital very well. I will be visiting him over the coming 10days, so I will try to ask the hospital when passing & let you know. Take care, Len (Brown)

• Re: Dulwich Hospital by Peter Essex (Member 10259958) on 3-Apr-2011
  The nursing recollection is a blast from the past, as my grandfather, Edwin Ansley Catchpole, died at Dulwich Hospital in September 1953. He was the caretaker of the school in Grove Vale around World War 2 and just after, then retired to live in Oakhurst Grove.

• Re: PUMA, Adults, powered wheelchair for sale by Leslie Fowl (Member 10247415) on 25-Sep-2010
  NOW SOLD

• Re: Saint Johns and Saint Clements School, Archdale Road by vic (Member 10251750) on 9-Sep-2010
  Hi.Just come across this site looking for something else.
  I went to st. johns school from 1950 until 1956 and then wm.penn.
  I remember mr. jones also i think a mr.hughes
  english teacher.
  I lived in crawthew grove and use to walk to school with a boy call chris bosworth and john webber he lived in archdale rd.

• Re: Saint Johns and Saint Clements School, Archdale Road by Diane Maish nee Dowie (Member 10259939) on 8-Jun-2011
  Hi Chas - Although your name sounds familiar I'm sorry don't remember you, however, I was in Mr Jones's class and left after the 11 plus in 1957. I have a brother Keith who is 1 year younger than me. There are a group of old friends who meet up when we can. Have a look at Friends Reunited think we have some old photos posted.

• Re: Grove Vale School by Teo Brown (Member 10259094) on 12-Mar-2011
  The school is still there and seems to be functioning - although I never seem to get to pass by during school hours and now live far away. The cinema nearby has closed, though (it was where my sister and I used to go for the Saturday am shows). My sister and I went to GV just a few years before: my time there ended in 1962 and hers, I believe, in 1964. We've both tried to 'find' Ruby Wills on the
  Internet, as she made a huge impression on us: in our time, the headmistress was Mrs McGregor. I find it sad and a little bemusing that our schools don't commemorate our teachers on their websites. My old secondary school has a wonderful site commemorating its history back to 1615 and yet there is no real memory there of our teachers, even though they touched our lives so greatly. My sister sent me a newspaper cutting yesterday in which a Ms Wills was mentioned - it may be the same one. The person who wrote the article spoke of a lifelong memory of a Ms Wills and a visit she arranged to a rep theatre and we wondered if it was the same Ms Wills. I would send u a copy of the article if you like fm len.brown@virgin.net - just let me know. Kind regards, Teo Brown
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• Re: Grove Vale School by Peter Essex (Member 10259958) on 3-Apr-2011
  There's a blast from the past! My grandfather, Edwin Ansley Catchpole, was the caretaker of this school during World War 2 and just after, before retiring to live nearby in Oakhurst Grove. The mention of a Miss Wilkie has triggered a very vague and distant recollection of the name. Maybe the caretaker was terrified of her too :-). I was born nearby in February 1944. My mother told two stori
  es about my babyhood and this school. First, my grandfather nearly fell down the cellar stairs of the school house with me in my carrycot while dashing to take cover from an air raid. Second, my mother went out with me one evening and came back to find that shrapnel had come through the roof and burnt the quilt of the cot where I would have been sleeping. One of my earliest recollections is from the late 40s, peeping out in the dark by lifting a corner of the blackout curtains that were still used to keep us kids asleep, and seeing the flashes from the electrical connections under the trams passing in Grove Vale. I believe the 185 bus still follows much of the old tram route from Victoria. Also my grandmother's sister or sister-in-law - I forget which - known as "Aunt Sue" lived at 62 Grove Vale. There was a garage opposite which was hit by a bomb and some of her windows were blown out.
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• Re: East Dulwich Escort by MJ (Member 10233097) on 29-Oct-2008
  Contact?

• Re: Paintings and the name Tuckey by Brian Tuckey (Member 10235518) on 9-Mar-2009
  Hi Norma,
  
  I have only just joined the Forum and seen your message so I don't know if you are still monitoring the thread. My grandparents lived in Brixton most of their lives and I had an aunt who I believe lived in the Dulwich area. I was brought up in Wandsworth and Streatham. Our name is very rare, but there are ten pages of them in the Sydney phone book. I think my forefathers had a pro
  pensity for sheep!
  
  All the best,
  
  Brian Tuckey
  
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• Re: Saturday Morning Pictures. by sweeny (Member 10114347) on 21-Dec-2008
  I think I remember singing "there'll always be an England", and the cardboard tubs of ice cream.
  I also remember a boy offering a pocket watch to anyone who could open the fire exit door with a piece of wire to bunk in. That was in 1949 and the film was Cardboard Cavalier. I opened the door, got the watch and a slap round the ear when I told my mother how I'd come by it.