Ashford residental home . middlesex

[Shetlandok]

Hello again Jeanette,
Which school did your mother go to? I went to Woodthorpe road primary and then to Ashford grammar. My sister went to a secondary school just up the road.
We were in Ashford from 1956 till about 1961.
Has the common changed much? there used to be ponds at the back of the railway line where I went fishing and more ponds further out on the common.
Maybe I met your mother all those years ago.
Nice to speak,
John

[jane harrison]

hi when i went to  look at ashford for dad i thought it was in a road starting with w and i was near woking .. am i entirely in wrong place because it was residential opposite a big park on a crescent type road and tho there was salvation army building it was the least like a prison i have seen . i thought something like woodthorpe  road /
 maybe that is why i could nt find it
 thanks
Jan

hello woodthorpe road ashford middlesex is correct.although when ashford residential school was first built it was not called so. the salvation army is now on the grounds where the primary school stood when they demolished the primary school the large clock was removed & as far as i know still stands in clockhouse lane park. if you pass the salvation army hall on your left heading out of ashford you soon come to a sharp bend on your left is londis the grounds for the new prison are on your right regards jeAnnette

[jane harrison]

Hello again Jeanette,
Which school did your mother go to? I went to Woodthorpe road primary and then to Ashford grammar. My sister went to a secondary school just up the road.
We were in Ashford from 1956 till about 1961.
Has the common changed much? there used to be ponds at the back of the railway line where I went fishing and more ponds further out on the common.
Maybe I met your mother all those years ago.
Nice to speak,
John

mum went to the same school s &the local secondary was then called abbotsford seperat for boys &girls its now mixed & called ashford high mum would have left long before you as i was born in 1958 the common at the back still remains known as shortwood common but it is in the staines boundry not ashford
regards
jeannette

[jane harrison]

fredricckay
if you stand across the road looking at the park the only large building on your right is the prison,the remand centre was on the same land but the main building was further back & more to the right. on the right is a footpath/alley way this leads down to the footbridge & across to the common. i remember standing on the bridge with a friend & calling out conversations with her brother from his cell window he could see & hear us. when the wardens realised this they moved him to stop this.
jeannette

[jane harrison]

hello all
will take a trip down to ashford tomorrow & take a few photos (if you dont hear from me again you will know security have locked me up) not such a bad idear as they live the life of riley in there the local paper has reported many an extravigance in there i e special theme night party every week with the food , dressing up & music to match the theme

[donduck]

hi i was at ashford residental school about 1946 till 1954 mr sims and a mr gibbs were incharge .mr gibb went to bansted same as me in 1954 i left in1958.any one who remembers me get in touch

[Shetlandok]

Well Jeannette, you came into the world when I was 10 years old and still at Woodthorpe road primary, and the same year that my sister started at Abbotsford secondary.
Did you live in Ashford at that time and if so was it near the old school, (remand centre). Maybe I heard you yelling from your pram in Woolworths, now sadly gone.
Nice to speak,
John

[donduck]

my name is donald buist came from elsfield house elsfield london

[jane harrison]

hello john
i lived in the next village about a mile from the remand centre
jeannette
pswent to ashford & took some photos of the new prison then discovered that this posting is on e that you cant attatch photos to sorry all but i did try