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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Tuesday 16 April 13 14:44 BST (UK) »
Many thanks, fills a gap in family history
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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Tuesday 16 April 13 13:57 BST (UK) »
Can anyone remember the name of the boys school near Grenfell Road? My father went there as did Michael Carreras [[of Bray studios horror films fame]. I think they wore grey uniforms and the name began with 'W' I think. My mother went to the old County Gramar School on High Town Road I think. I have a school photo from 1930s with 100+ girls so hard to pick my mother out
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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Tuesday 16 April 13 13:52 BST (UK) »
The Joan Beare mentioned was my father's sister, she died young so I never knew her. She, my father and Gerald their brother were all born at Holyport and lived in a house called 'The Den', now part of the M$
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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Sunday 15 July 12 21:47 BST (UK) »
I was born in Maidenhead, Wayside Nursing Home, and lived in Market Street next to my great aunt Edith Beare, a former headmistress at East Street school. I went there for about a year until we moved to South Road and I went to Convent of the Nativity, College Road from 1949 to 1959.
There used to a public swimming baths on the corner of East Street & Cookham Road & I can remember walking there from the Convent.
Another branch of the Halfacre/Beare families were the Hildreths who owned a cycle shop in Market Street for many years
Joan Philp [nee Beare]
There used to a public swimming baths on the corner of East Street & Cookham Road & I can remember walking there from the Convent.
Another branch of the Halfacre/Beare families were the Hildreths who owned a cycle shop in Market Street for many years
Joan Philp [nee Beare]
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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Thursday 04 November 10 19:40 GMT (UK) »
I remember the floods of 1950s - can't remember the year. I was at the Convent of the Nativity up in College Road & some of the pupils who lived down by the river were late - their excuse 'I missed the boat' quite true as boats were being used to get people out of their homes. The Convent used to be down by the river but moved in the 40s I think.
Joan
Joan
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Berkshire / Maidenhead Schools
« on: Monday 13 September 10 23:22 BST (UK) »
There was an infant school in East Street which I went to briefly in 1947, we lived round the corner in Market Street next to my great aunt, Miss Edith Beare, who was the headmistress so I didn't have any choice over schools!!
Joan
Joan
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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Sunday 04 July 10 18:40 BST (UK) »
i was born in maidenhead & lived in market street, first went to east street school round the corner as my great aunt edith beare was headmistress [she lived next door to us] then went to the convent of the nativity, college road, now closed. lynton house school was in same road. beare family all came from maidenhead, holyport area. another relative marion beare was married to own hildreth of the bike shop & i remember it well.
got lost first time i went back to maidenhead after several years absence as father moved away - took a while till i recognised castle hill 7 methodist church
yogibeare
got lost first time i went back to maidenhead after several years absence as father moved away - took a while till i recognised castle hill 7 methodist church
yogibeare
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