Memories of Stanmore - Matthew Waldin

My name is Matthew Waldin (1967), son of David John Waldin (and Merle, neé Cook) who taught at Stanmore (I was at Stanmore School from 1975-1977 and was born at 38 Stanmore Lane no less).

My elder sister Patience (1965) also went to Stanmore. In the photo [of Nigel Sacree’s memories] person No. 42 could not have been my father as he was in Africa fighting Rommel (Dad was born 22 April 1922). He was one of four kids. His elder brother Peter was in Canada. The person in the photo–if a Waldin–could have been my dad's sister Jean or more probably as 42 is a boy it was the youngest sibling, Howard Waldin (who lived in Twyford and became an architect). Hope this helps.

Matthew (Monty) Waldin

Memories of Stanmore - Greg Green

The Class of 57 – Stanmore Primary School – final Primary year – Miss Glover’s class

The Class of 57 – Stanmore Primary School – final Primary year – Miss Glover’s class

I have been looking through the memorabilia of Miss Glover on the school website. The class photograph is of her 1956/7 class, with me included in my final year at Stanmore Primary.

The photograph is one of two (or more) made available for purchase that year, and I have attached the version that I have, with names added E&OE.  This class was probably one of her all-time largest classes; one of two baby boomer classes for that year.  There appears to be no space for her to be seated amongst her forty three pupils.  If I remember correctly she managed the class, single-handedly; I have no memory of help being provided by parents or classroom assistants, in those days.

Like Nigel Sacree in his account elsewhere, I vividly remember Miss Glover’s serialisation of Moonfleet on Friday afternoons.

Miss Glover had spent her childhood in Weymouth, the town at the end of the railway line which passes the school.   The Moonfleet author J Meade Falkner also schooled in Weymouth, a few generations earlier, and the setting for his book was based on Fleet church, just a Sunday’s walk away from Miss Glover’s childhood home in Weymouth.  

In 1911, Frances Annie GLOVER, was aged 6 years and her father was working at the torpedo factory in the Royal Navy’s Portland harbour.  This association is likely to have provided the background for her essay on the Royal Navy in the Great War.

Thanks for the website; it brought back many happy memories of my school days and childhood.

Greg GREEN

Names from the class of 1957

  1. James Spratt

  2. Michael Newell

  3. Keith Reade

  4. Michael New

  5. Robert Ellis

  6. Christine Stanford

  7. David Reece

  8. Graham Bushby

  9. Colin Chapman

  10. Anthony Milgate

  11. Christopher Perry

  12. Trudy Chandler

  13. Jean Harbut

  14. Valerie Walker

  15. Susan Hutchins

  16. Jennifer Painter

  17. Valerie Northgate

  18. Christine Strong

  19. Michael Edwards

  20. Diane Lockyer

  21. Janet Scorey

  22. Dawn Williams

  23. Gillian Waterer

  24. John Poole

  25. Diane Johnstone

  26. Molly Hill

  27. Marilyn Bignall

  28. Deidre Denham

  29. Rosemary Negus

  30. Marian Hyde

  31. Pauline Longlands

  32. Penelope Hudd

  33. Jill Emery

  34. Gary Ruffell

  35. Barry Jenkins

  36. David Joyce

  37. Gregory Green

  38. Michael Moss

  39. Robert Cousins

  40. Susan Clarke

  41. Gillian Miller

  42. Miranda Hinton

Missing Paul Tarrant

Memories of Stanmore - Neil Fisher

Here is a photo of my own that I found from my days in Stanmore Infants. I think this would have been in 1966. The concrete horse was in the infants playground then.

The names that I can remember are as follows: Back left to right; unknown, Greg Smith (I think), John Ashurst (his father Jake Ashurst was the Headmaster of Peter Symonds Grammar School in those days - a character, who also taught me Latin for two years), Wayne Curzon, Jeremy Vale, Brian Bowers. Front row left to right; Diane Gibson, Louise Tatton (I think), Julie Colenutt, Neil Fisher, Alison Merwood.

I can remember a few teachers; I think I started in Mrs Cavell's class and was also in Miss Swift and Miss Percival's class too in the infants. In the Juniors, I was in Mrs Blake's class, Mrs EG Green and Miss J Green and then Mr Hartnell. I can also remember Mrs Brown too as she taught us some very basic French before we left for secondary school. I can also remember being in the school play too, which was called The Pig in the Palace. I played the King.

Neil Fisher

Stanmore School - Infants Playground circa 1966

Stanmore School - Infants Playground circa 1966

Memories of Stanmore - Lindsey Wright (nee Kay)

Pupil | 1973 - 1979

School assemblies where we sang Happy Birthday to pupil in front of a cardboard cake! My birthday is during the summer holidays, so I was always quite envious!

Country dancing with Nadine! Gymnastic pyramids! Mr ron Hammond as Headteacher. The wonderful Jubilee celebrations for the Queen in 1977. Learning the recorder.

Wonderful teachers: Miss Percival, Miss Brown, Miss Jackson, Mrs Baxter, Miss Looyd who became Mrs Lancaster after marrying the well known gardner Roy Lancaster. Mr Chipperfield and Mr Baxter.

Being in Wykeham House. Housepoints!

Memories of Stanmore - Julian Sambrook

Pupil | 1969 - 1975

Free milk - Music and movement (in vest and pants!) - School Choir - rusty tractor - Sports Day on the front field - football on the back field - Fishbourne Roman Palace - Weald and Downland Museum - the route march to the dining hall - those toilets! - Mr Miler - food parcel deliveries at Harvest Festival - Miss Brown - swimming lessons at Winchester College - Tigers v Cheetahs - too many memories! None of them unhappy…

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