tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post8696125300107912165..comments2023-10-16T12:34:28.444+01:00Comments on Chronicle of a Croydon Boy: Watching the First Air Raid on Croydon AirportPhilipHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-1997030188742885772018-07-14T19:26:15.957+01:002018-07-14T19:26:15.957+01:00Elmwood school. As well as Thatcher and Pearson, a...Elmwood school. As well as Thatcher and Pearson, anyone remember Lloyd, Brown, Ryman or Ms Windess? Anyone go to St Michael,s Infants School under Miss Simpson?GB123https://www.blogger.com/profile/06785766802417222413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-71022684270246381972015-08-05T18:59:00.525+01:002015-08-05T18:59:00.525+01:00I didn’t realize that you had been blogging so lon...I didn’t realize that you had been blogging so long. I don’t even remember when I started, but it was quite some time ago.<br /><br />I guess you must have seen leaflets fall before, because when I was that age, I wouldn’t have had a clue what might be coming out the sky.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-47769355880037362172012-12-23T17:51:49.365+00:002012-12-23T17:51:49.365+00:00Hi Philip
Oh yes. I lived half way down Windmill R...Hi Philip<br />Oh yes. I lived half way down Windmill Rd and used to go to Elmwood Rd School with the bang'ole lads who passed my house along from Wilford and Forster Roads, they were a bit boisterous but good lads, Mr Thatcher kept order and the stick was never far away.Mr Pearson was science master and deputy head if I remember correctly.<br />Happy days and yes I think a tad more Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718162991216935311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-8808365924861538662012-12-23T17:28:52.652+00:002012-12-23T17:28:52.652+00:00Hi Terry, Nice to meet you, via the blogosphere.
D...Hi Terry, Nice to meet you, via the blogosphere.<br />Did you go to Elmwood Rd School by any chance? My Headmaster was Mr. Thatcher, a firm and very fair chap. Need more of his ilk today!PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-67668781798903094942012-12-23T15:04:15.771+00:002012-12-23T15:04:15.771+00:00Hi Philip
A very interesting article for me to rea...Hi Philip<br />A very interesting article for me to read. I'm an old Croydon hand, born Sept 1940, Windmill Rd. Just round the corner from Hathaway Rd. It's a small world.<br />Kind regards<br />Terry Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718162991216935311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-79764791585106441922009-07-26T21:02:37.275+01:002009-07-26T21:02:37.275+01:00Hi, nice to meet you (and your little grey moggie!...Hi, nice to meet you (and your little grey moggie!).<br />Regards, PhilPhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226701297922451272.post-88614641462778172482009-07-26T20:31:58.417+01:002009-07-26T20:31:58.417+01:00Hi Phillip, I have just started reading your blog ...Hi Phillip, I have just started reading your blog for the firt time and I have this feeling that I am going to spend many hours enjoying it. I still have a very great curiosity about Britain and all thing Brittish. We have shared such a long history and it seems that your blog will teach me a lot.A human kind of humanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944399986334367708noreply@blogger.com