Mytchett And Ash Vale County Primary School

A Memory of Frimley.

I was born in Liverpool in 1952 and later with my parents, Ken and Ivy Jenkins and my younger brother Kevin in about 1960, moved into one of the two 'new' semi's built across the road from the Miner's Arms.  I went to the Ash Vale County Primary School and was a member of the Frimley Green cub group which met in a building behind St Andrew's Church opposite the community hall just over the bridge from our house.  My cub mistress was Barbara (Walsh?) who lived across the road from us and worked at the chemist shop at Frimley Green.  My head master was the strict Mr Watkins and my last teacher there in 1963 was Mr Hill.  We migrated to Australia in 1963  (aged 11) and have taken advantage of all that this great country (Oz) had to offer.  I've been back to Mytchett twice and even ran into an old school mate by what was 'Day's Store' in 2000, I think his name was Alan Hill(?).  I remember walking to school along the Basingstoke Canal and in winter having the coldest feet you could imagine (things have changed now I can tell you!), my 'girlfriend' was Gay Harding who lived at Ash Vale.  We used to go to the community club on Friday nights and watch movies and eat potato crips bought from the off licence at the pub.  I remember those days well and would love to hear from anyone from those times.. cheers

Trevor Jenkins
Adelaide
South Australia