The Willows

A Memory of Morden.

Hi, my name is Jessie Peake (Nee Kent), I used to go to the Willows school between 1944 and 1952. The Willows was my favourite school, I can remember having to sleep on camp beds every afternoon .. boy, did that room smell from those that wet the beds ... One of the people I remember was a Mrs Lemon, a really lovely lady, you went to her if you was sick. I remember having the milk brought around the classroom, and in the winter you could have hot milk. The only thing I didn't like was some of the school dinners, only because you had to eat it all up - but at least I didn't have to have Semolina Yuk or 'frogs spawn'. I used to live at 54 Abbottsbury Road, our house backed onto the carpark of the Odeon Cinema and had a big pear tree in it (still there today). I remember playing in the 'round house' as we called it, outside the local pub on a Satuday. I attended the Salvation Army in Morden and joined the Sunbeams there. We moved from Morden in 1952 to Sheerwater, Woking. I attended the Salvation Army there and married at the Army. My husband and four children emigrated to Australia in 1970, now retired and live in a small country town.

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