Bacon School Grange Road the early days
Boys names from my days were Terry Huckett, Freddy Coster, Kenny Barge, John Allen, Jimmy Parsons, Alfie Nye, Lenny Caton, Freddy Clarke, Alan Symonds, Freddy Hooper, Gorden Dyer, David Toms and many more I will recall later on I'm sure. Anyone rember any of these?
Billy Martin, Frank Dobson, Billy Ball, Freddy Liffin to name a few more.
I remember some of these names. Started at Pages Walk in 1962, there were 364 on the school roll that year. Gordon cousin to Barry Dyer the undertaker. Alan Symonds got married to Denise Knowles's sister. Have fond memories of my time there. Mr Ing, Miss Irvine, Miss Milsom, Mr Pullen and Mr Parfitt to name a few. How times have changed we were taught respect and dicipline.
Hi I remember those names as well, I (Ken Smith) played in the school band. Barry had sucess with his TV documentry and books, which started me writing my own novel.
Yes Mr Ing was a big guy, you cleared out of his way when he was on the warpath. I started in Bacon Grange Road, but had to go back to Boucher, when they closed Grange Road to move to Pages Walk.
My older Brother Ron Smith, and later Charlie Smith also went to Bacons.
Ken
Hi I to went to Boucher before going to Bacon, I started Bacon in 1979 aged 11. When I was at Bacon the school spread over to building, one was Pages Walk and the over was down by Bermondsey South station near the waste ground where they filmed Danger U.S.B. I remember the school had to close early one day for filming.
Mr Parfitt tought me English when I was twelve at Bacon so that would have been around 1980.
As you might be able to tell I didn't learn much by the way I write and spell. He tought me to spell the way you say it and thats not good when you come from Bermondsey and the way we speek.
I remember he used to talk quiet posh. I sorry I don't remember any more names sorry.
I'm looking for an old friend of mine who was in the year above me with no luck yet.
