Yesterday I spent time with my best friend of 56 years,Tracy Volkert, who I met at Goodmayes Primary School. We were remembering names from our class, and came up with: Alan Storr, Terry Barclay, Neil Davidson, Rizwan Ratzac, Anna Fairbrass, … Continue reading →
Miss Nicholson’s dedication and kindness live on in my memory. She was the wonderfully caring teacher at Erkenwald School who instilled in me a deep love of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ and gave me true insight into the text. Her love … Continue reading →
What an interesting website this is. I grew up during the war in the Goodmays, Seven Kings and Chadwell Heath area. My family were ‘bombed out’ several times. We used an air raid shelter underneath the Seven Kings library where … Continue reading →
Maybe people here would wish to know that my father, R.F. Kannemeyer, who taught English at Mayfield in the 70’s and then at Gilbert Miles, died at the age of 94 just over a week ago. His funeral is on … Continue reading →
I lived in Chadwell Heath, Essex, which would have been before boundaries were redrawn. I never attended or even saw Mayfield, but I knew many boys who did. My school was elsewhere. So on the one hand I had friends … Continue reading →
I wonder if anyone remembers or knows the present whereabouts of Tony Cancel who attended Mayfield School from 1951/1956? Before this, Tony was at Chadwell Primary.
Continue reading →I was chatting with my friend and musician Adrian Wood (ex Mayfield Pupil) when we got onto the subject of T-Rex. I said to Adrian that I knew their drummer. ‘Bill Legend’ he said. ‘No’ I replied, ‘Bill Fifield’. Adrian … Continue reading →
I became acquainted with Peter Godfrey in 2006 when I mistakenly claimed that film star Victor Maddern had attended Mayfield. It was pointed out to me by Peter, and several others, that Victor had attended Beal School. During our email … Continue reading →