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Quote from: merrow on Friday 07 October 11 17:08 BST (UK)

Hi,
I came across your message by chance.   I dont have a photograph, but Michael Faraday school has fond memories for me, as it was my first school (1939), and I assume it was the same building as your relative attended in  1920, a typical old LCC school.
Websites refer to Michael Faraday School as being in Portland Street, S.E.17.   That may be the case now, but when I was a child in Walworth the present building was known as Westmoreland Road School, on the corner of what was Westmoreland Road/Portland Street/Faraday Street.   The latter street no longer exists.
The Michael Faraday school I knew was located at the junction of Dawes Street and Mann Street, Walworth.   The location no longer exists, as the area has been redeveloped.
I can recall going to the school one morning (in 1940/41 - I can' be sure). to find it was no longer there!!!   It had been demolished by bombs during the previous night, as had numerous houses in the vicinity.   The damage was such, that the whole area was redeveloped after the war.
It doesn't help with getting a photograph, but you may be interested in the history.   Regards,  'Farina'   

Hi

Many thanks for the information.  I wasn't aware that it had been bombed during the Blitz.  You mention Dawes Street; do you remember a seamstress shop on the corner of Dawes Street and Wooler Street as this was owned by my great grandmother until the early 1940s.

Regards

Stewart 

Quote from: merrow on Friday 07 October 11 17:08 BST (UK)

Hi,
I came across your message by chance.   I dont have a photograph, but Michael Faraday school has fond memories for me, as it was my first school (1939), and I assume it was the same building as your relative attended in  1920, a typical old LCC school.
Websites refer to Michael Faraday School as being in Portland Street, S.E.17.   That may be the case now, but when I was a child in Walworth the present building was known as Westmoreland Road School, on the corner of what was Westmoreland Road/Portland Street/Faraday Street.   The latter street no longer exists.
The Michael Faraday school I knew was located at the junction of Dawes Street and Mann Street, Walworth.   The location no longer exists, as the area has been redeveloped.
I can recall going to the school one morning (in 1940/41 - I can' be sure). to find it was no longer there!!!   It had been demolished by bombs during the previous night, as had numerous houses in the vicinity.   The damage was such, that the whole area was redeveloped after the war.
It doesn't help with getting a photograph, but you may be interested in the history.   Regards,  'Farina'   

Hi

Many thanks for the information.  I wasn't aware that it had been bombed during the Blitz.  You mention Dawes Street; do you remember a seamstress shop on the corner of Dawes Street and Wooler Street as this was owned by my great grandmother until the early 1940s.

Regards

Stewart