Barham road school

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Hello.thanks for photos of school so sad to see it in that state shame on authorities.I attended this school 1940 along with others who's father's were living in Barham road all in the royal marine police now mod 60 houses were there at the time. Imagine children from plymouth Portsmouth and Chatham come to live in this area woods farms and village .one big adventure playground happiest childhood ever.Mr Hughes head master taught basis three r,s until age of 11 then bussed to lifeguard school the whole place was a hive of industry listening to lord haw haw gobbles said we know all about you and your ammunition in pigeonholed but never did find us a decoy valley was in place about 20 miles away with fires ready to light.is Luke's farm still there used to help with harvesting pitching hay and corn when older paid us in kind and fed us well with eggs to take home rationing was in place loved the shire horses on my retirement do ex BOC eng Cardiff head office although plymothian got tipsy astounded Welsh colleagues by singing some Welsh song's . Learned at. School.remember quite a few names of pupils a any body want to know I wonder if my tree house in still there in woods happy days