As well as hats Archbishops have been another recurring theme in my life. I started school aged five at Archbishop Tait's Infants School in Lambeth Road in south east London. It was a few minutes walk from Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. At seven I moved on to Archbishop Tenison's School for Girls in Lambeth High Street close to Doulton's Pottery. This school had been founded in 1706 by Archbishop Tenison for 12 poor girls.I think there were nearly 100 girls there when I went there.
My brother, Frank, passed the Scholarship at eleven and went to Archbishop Temple's School for Boys which had been built in what used to be part of Lambeth Palace grounds.
Whilst at the Infants' School we were all invited to have tea and birthday cake at Lambeth Palace on the occasion of Archbishop Davidson's birthday. When I was about nine I went on a school journey to stay in Broadstairs and whilst there we were in vited to have tea and cake by Lady Davidson at the Old Palace at Canterbury. You didn't realise this was going to be such a VIP blog, did you? One more bit of name-dropping= Charlie Chaplin went to brother Frank's school.
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Ramblings of a nonagenerian (vintage 1923). Grew up in Lambeth in the 20s and 30s. Lived and worked in London during World War II. I have been attempting to do the Telegraph Cryptic Crossword since 1939! (My daughter says I *have* to write this, but I am troubled as it sounds so conceited.) I bought my first computer aged 85 and am continually frustrated by the vagaries of the technological age.
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