Lanfranc School Air Disaster

A Memory of Croydon.

I lived in Frith Road, Croydon and was in the same class as some of my friends who went on the trip to Norway. My parents couldn't afford the price for the trip (at that stage their were seven of us!). I went with the Mitcham Road Surrey ACF on summer camp instead. A strange thing happend whilst at camp one night, everybody was assembled and the air disaster was announced, I remember being very sad at the thought of not seeing boys I had known a long time. I remember that one of the Officers was also a teacher (not at Lanfranc) and that very sadly his brother was one of the teachers killed in the air crash, he of course went straight back home. Then of course there was the funeral, like, I expect, most of the children I was a bit confused at the ceremony, but the reading of the names brought the reality of it all to life.
My parents are remembered at Croydon Cemetery and my family and I were paying our respects in August this year and I visited the Lanfranc memorial where I saw the message asking for memories, I hope this helps with your book.