Memories of Crouch End High School: Part One

Garden side of Crouch End High School house.

September 1928, aged five, my mother took me across Cranley Gardens to St. George’s Hall for my first day at school.  At that time there were no nursery or play schools to help prepare a child for this big day.

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Memories of Grove Lodge as a Children’s Home

Grove Lodge, 1986

It was quite strange in the late 1980s being uprooted from Cambridge in the middle of the night and being taken to London to go into foster care. I watched from the car and tried not to cry – even in the dark London scared me.

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Memories of Grove Lodge when occupied by the Red Cross

Hornsey Red Cross HQ, Grove Lodge, 1995

Mention of Grove Lodge in the last Newsletter brought back memories to me. In 1948 I was a Red Cross Cadet and did voluntary duty there. At that time the Commandant was Mrs Blue when the house was a home for elderly ladies in need of full-time care.

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