Chase Cross School
A Memory of Romford.
My memory of that year was attending Chase Cross School and enjoying my four years there. The teachers were Mr Race, Mr Matthews, Mr D Shaw and in the last year, Mr Whittnel - all brilliant teachers. I used to box for the school and left to become a butcher until 1964; the next 10 years driving lorries and buses and in 1971 I joined the Essex ambulance service, transferring to Kent/ Margate in1983. In 1990 I passed as one of the first paramedics, retiring later in the late 90s, I went on to work with people with learning difficulties etc. 2007 up to my recent final retirement, driving a school bus. I am now aged 68 and living on the Kent coast. Nice, but not like my memories of good old Romford. Updated September 2015 -nice to hear from a old girlfriend of my late brother Andy.i am now aged 71 and still very active. I enjoy looking at nostalgia from my younger days and hearing from friends and folk who new my family an friends.
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I remember you well. You took a crowd of us out including one of my brothers and I think you were teaching him to fish. My surname was Coppen, long time ago now but I seem to remember you worked in Dormers in Boxmoor. Hope you are well and it is great remembering Chase Cross and Collier Row. I will look out for you on Chase Cross website. I do have some photos of one of our trips.
Yes I do remember you,dark hair,big brown eyes,and you and I went out together when we were young teenagers,your family lived in boxmoor road,and I met you in Knights butchers formally(dormers)as you remembered,
Your mum and you would shop at our butchers where I was a young apprentice.remember your good looks and I don't know why we didn't continue to see each other ,your mum and dad I remember also I believe mum was from Greece.
Any way how are you? And what have you been up to all these years?im on the chase cross site and "I grew up in collier row"site also memories of Romford,
My name on Facebook is David Murray Ogilvie which is my full name,
I'm in Kent near Margate ,on the coast,I often wondered where you are now and what your up to.. Please keep in touch,best wishes David.x
ago I just wondered whether my other brother was one of the boys that went fishing as he loves fishing I remember your parents and the coles who do you remember in the street ? I remember having my maths books thrown across the tennis courts cause I wasn't paying attention in maths Mr Dean was the teacher i hated him .
I looked online for the school as I wanted to donate it, but nothing came up.
If anyone could help me locate the school or would like that portrait do not hesitate to contact me 07401331379.