Riley Road School

Rod

Thanks for the note about the photos but when you go to the libary would you please get a copy of the Old Haddon Hall Baptist church that stood in Tower Bridge Road as I understand they have a picture of that building in the archieve.  Can you remember It?

Thanks again for helping me out

Joe Foster

Hi Tingle,

Tower Bridge Class of .57

I like the pix of the old School,you mention that you have copies of the school magazine. It would be great to see some pages, any chance of you posting a few.

I have uploaded a photograph of my class,I think it's November 57. I'm in the back row 3rd from left, Brian Page is in the next row 2nd from left, Les Crew is 7th ,Albert Halem is 2nd from left bottom row, Mr Jones is the Teacher. There are a few others I think I can identify but I'm not sure about, it would be good to here from any of you.

Roderick.

Hi Rodebdon
Albert Hallam is my brother, i haven't got a scanner, but will try to take some pics of magazines

 tingle

Do a right click on the picture and save to your computer and then copy to a memory stick and get the picture printed ......Problem Solved

Hope that helps you out

Joe Foster

Hi Tingle

I took Albert and Christins Wedding photographs, I must have seen you there. I met up with Albert a few times before he moved to Spain, we sometimes talk on the phone.

If  it is possible to see a few  pages of the old school mag that would be really good. It's great to have contact with you.

Rod.

Hi Rod

yes he has mentioned you - did you take pictures for TV times?
enc some pics of mag covers & a few inside pages

Ed

Hi Ed,

Thanks very much indeed for these extracts of the school magazine. It's strange but i'm not sure if we had a mag when I was at Tower Bridge.
  We had a little Adana printing press when I was there. Mr Grifiths taught us to use it, we printed things in the woodworking shop. At that time if we had a mag we would have printed it ( I think). Brian Page, myself and maybe your brother worked on the press.
 It's interesting to read of the changes at that time, Miss Hanmer, a women in that school I bet she did'nt use the cane.
 Yes I did work as a Photographer on T V Times.We had a photographic club at the school at that time, this helped me a great deal with my interest in photography. Thank you for that and much more Tower Bridge Secondary Modern School.

 Rod.

All those Lino cuts used for the covers et'c bring back memories.
I must read your piece just enlarged it.

Riley Road School 1950

Hi tingle

I liked your story, a feather in your cap being publised in the school mag. Is that you holding the trophy.
 As I look at the mag a few more times, the cover drawings and lino cuts begin to look familiar.Perhaps we did have the mag when I was there but sometimes it takes a while for the memories to come back.

Thanks again for the pages. Rod.

Hi Rod
no that's not me in the pic - do you remember the tower shown in the 1950 photo?
i think it's mentioned being demolished in one of the mags (i don't remember it myself)
Ed

Hi Ed

I feel sure the tower was still there in my time. The school looks much the same, those wood and wire structures filling in the archways were there,( allways seemed a bit crude for such a grand old building).

Rod

 

I also attended the school on the introduction of Secondary Modern before that I was at Monnow Road when it was a mixed school I left  Riley Road in 1950

-fosney

Fosney

I wonder of you knew my dad - Fred Saunders.  He was at Riley Road at about the same time.  He lived in Arnolds Estate from about 1945 to 1953 until he did his National Service.

Chris

Pic of same view of school as the 1950 photo from Google streetview - and how the workshops look now (i wonder if the people living there can still smell the forge)

Tingle - Nice before/after  pictures - I wonder how long the low rise victorian buildings will last, looking at how dense and high the new buildings going up in Bermondsey are these days.Where is the little block in the bottom picture?

Crosby, these are the buildings that were originally the woodwork & metalwork shops for Riley Rd school - the only parts left standing

Tingle - thanks for that. I didn't realise part of the school was still left. I'll look out for it on the train tommorow

Hi Tingle

I was at Tower Bridge School the same years as you, my form teacher for the first year was Mr Clark.  Miss Hanmer joined in my last year (i think).
Unfortunately my memory is not that good so i can't remember a lot of my class mates.
Eric Judge , Ivor Cummings ,John Pitman come to mind, but bloody hell , there was 25 of us, there may have been a Ron Powell and a Rob Walker , but as i say , crap memory. HaHa!!
I do remember Mr Chapman , Mr Jones and Mr Austin.
I actually went on a school trip to Paris with Mr Jones and Mr Austin (not sure what year)
I Have a 'Class' photo on my wall , showing us all and Mr Clark , but i haven't a clue on how to get it on to this forum.

Bye for now.

Purpleronnie  (Ron Fuller) 

Photo by Purpleronnie - Front row 2nd from right.     (All replies to Purpleronnie)

Photo was taken in 1960 , my first year at Tower bridge School.     Form Teacher (shown) was Mr Clark. Sitting next to me (far right) was Eric Judge,behind the head of Mr Clark (middle row) was Ivor Cummings , next to him (left wise) was Ron Powell , (Back row ,third from the right) was a kid called Edwards but can't remember his first name , and siiting to his left i think was Rob walker but not too sure about that.

Hi there, my husband went to tower Bridge School and left in 59.  He was just talking to me about Mr Ding Dong Bell.  My husband's name is Len Owens