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Past Pupils & Staff of St. Edward's School, Romford
Past Pupils & Staff of St. Edward's School, Romford
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So at the beginning of September of 1963 with my new blazer, the sleeves turned up four inches, immaculately pleated skirt, short white socks and sensible shoes, I was ready for St Ed’s.
We laboured away copying verses from Hiawatha and I remember well writing the word Nokomis, and Mini ha ha, with a nib pen dipped in a well with my fingers black with ink........
Our time was immediately after the war and most of the staff were either returning servicemen or older teachers who had been brought back for the duration of hostilities. Everything was in short supply......
Praise is due to many people for the success of the School - the teachers, the children, and those parents who believed in what we were doing.......
My grandfather Clifford George Smith (1880-1952) attended the school in the 1890s. I became a first year pupil in 1958, the same year Harry Thomas joined the school as headmaster.........
I loved my time at St. Edwards and the education I received stood me in good stead, because I always had jobs where I worked alongside Grammar School people and never felt inadequate.......
Across the road was Laurie Square and the access to the Town Hall. Also across the road to the right was a fabulous smelling baker’s shop which I think was called, The Triste?........
I sometimes walked part or all the way home in order to save the fare and to spend it on sweets. Back then, a penny could buy you a bar of chocolate and although it was small I could make one last the whole half mile walk.......
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