My first school, Primary, which had a separate Hall next door. On one side it had a veranda, which the kids loved playing in. Looking on Google Street View it is still intact, amazing after all this time.
In the next drawing of the school itself, the building on the left has been extended towards the road over the years and
an extra building added on the right. I don't really remember going into
the church for services, but I guess we must have as it is so close to the
school.
'Tin Church' has thankfully been well maintained and although it has had
a fancy porch added on the front is pretty much how it was when I was growing
up.
I used to
go to Sunday School there, which I hated. The Sunday services were run by two
spinster sister. I think Spielberg would have used them had he been around
then. Both sisters wore loads of make up, but one in particular always wore
bright red nail polish. The thing is she didn't take the old polish off
and just added to it. As I usually had the misfortune of sitting at the
front near the organ (which this particular sister played), I was faced with
these terrible nails! Yikes...to this day I don't like red nail polish (I
wonder why)!!
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From Google Street View it looks like it has been split up into separate properties and now called Bartley Grange. It used to be called Eaden's House, as the family were called Eaden. Plus, and just to make sure nobody was mistaken back then, the lane it is in was, and is still called, Eaden's Lane! Talk about making sure people know you aye!
Overlooking the green in Minstead is The Trusty Servant Inn. I remember visiting here with my family.
Nowadays it is very popular for functions and the meals are very good.
Here's an explanation about the
I've drawn a picture of this mythical creature...
(loaded
my brush with paint and went straight in,
waited for the first layer to dry and then added deeper colour.
When that had dried I then added the darkest detail)
waited for the first layer to dry and then added deeper colour.
When that had dried I then added the darkest detail)
Looking back to the days of my
first school, Netley Marsh, has brought back memories that's for sure.
I was always scared of going up eventually to a class run by the Headmaster (let me call him Mr. E). Well, little did I know I had no need to worry, as my Gran held a trump card on him! You see, the school Office in those days was a small hut, shed basically, back in those days. On one occasion, I was due to go off in the afternoon for a dental appointment, so my Gran came to collect me. Quite rightly she checked in with the Office first, but opened the door of the office to find Mr. E and his Secretary in a compromising situation!!! From there on he was always very nice to me and my family. It was years later that my Gran told me what had happened....wish I had known that before, I wouldn't have spent so much time worrying about going to his class, {laugh}.
I was always scared of going up eventually to a class run by the Headmaster (let me call him Mr. E). Well, little did I know I had no need to worry, as my Gran held a trump card on him! You see, the school Office in those days was a small hut, shed basically, back in those days. On one occasion, I was due to go off in the afternoon for a dental appointment, so my Gran came to collect me. Quite rightly she checked in with the Office first, but opened the door of the office to find Mr. E and his Secretary in a compromising situation!!! From there on he was always very nice to me and my family. It was years later that my Gran told me what had happened....wish I had known that before, I wouldn't have spent so much time worrying about going to his class, {laugh}.