I was amazed to see my face on the web and to see all my school friends from so many years ago. It brought back wonderful memories.

I remember you Alan. I used to live in Hereford Street. I have also put some thoughts in the section relating to St Mary's School if you are interested.

I too went to Queens Park Infants from 1944-47. Miss Goldring was the head mistress and I remember a class helper who we called Auntie Joan. In the afternoons we had to lie on oval-shaped rafia mats, listen to soothing music and rest. My worst memories was the treacle pudding. It had thick skin on it and made me sick. I put it in my hankie and threw it through the boiler house window. Dennis - do you remember the resevoir at the top Lavender Street and the end of your road? We used to swim in it until a brick fell off the wall and cut my sister's head open. My mum banned us after that.

Hi Harry. I have seen your name many times. Thank you for confirming the name of the Head. I think Miss Dearing was a class teacher; my first teacher there in about 1948 was a Miss Bullman who was really nice. I was never in the Nursery class. I do not recall the reservoir at all. I lived in Hereford Street from about 1947 to 1954 when we moved to Lower Bevendean and I went on to Varndean (the OV's have a website). At the corner of Hereford and Lavender was a gas mantle factory called something like Fulks I think. There were ledges at the windows that one could climb on. We used to play marbles in the gutter. Opposite Hereford Street in Lavender were some garages with an alley through to Mount Street. At the top of Lavender Street between Mount Street and Lavender Street was waste ground where cars and vans parked. On the opposite side of Lavender was Coles the greengrocers and I recall old dark ginger beer bottles and Hooper Struves fizzy drinks, especially green lemonade. Mrs Cole could talk for England. I have put information under All Souls Church about me being in the choir; did you have any connection with anybody there? In Hereford Street there were a few of your vintage. I do recall the Bell family. David and Bob Bell were quite well known Brighton amateur boxers; they were a few years older than me. There was the Leach family who were fishermen. I have many happy memories of that time and Kemp Town and schools served me very well. Best wishes Harry.

My ancestors lived at No.1 Hereford Street at the time that the 1861 Census was taken. Their surname is MOON. Father Richard aged 50 (Labourer), his wife Roseina aged 51 (Charwoman), son George aged 18 (Labourer), daughter Frances - my Great Great Grandmother - aged 17 (Shoe Binder), son Feargus aged 10. Gosh, didn't they all have a hard life back then!

I was at Queens Park Infants from about 1935 till I moved to St Mary's in Mount Street in the normal way of things. I remember Miss Goldring whom I loved, also a wonderful woman called Mrs Mence (we all called her Mrs Mince of course). She used to call us "Chickie" and "Duckie" which was wonderfully comforting at that age and stayed as a beacon to me during my own teaching career.

I too went to Queens Park Infants and then to St Lukes and on to Queens Park Seniors. I am amazed that, given the big Brighton families that went there, this is the first time I have seen it mentioned on this site.

I went to QueensParkInfantsSchool from the age of 3. I can remember being made to sleep in the afternoons; I hated it. I also remember taking a bunch of flowers to school to give to the headmistress on her last day. Her name was Ms Clutterbuck. I think Ms Goldring replaced her as head. I also recall a teacher named Ms Dival and a Ms Mosell.

Dennis, the person two along from you whose name you have forgotten, looks remarkably like Brian Southon who lived at 22 Park Street. I used to lodge at his parent's house, and I am almost positive it's him.

My mum Marion Eileen Dabson, and my dad Reggie Laycock both went to Queen's Park school from the mid 1930s. I'm sure they also went to Senior school there too. My dad lived in Park Street, then Tilstone Street; his 'best mates' were Brian Bonner and Frank Lewry. Anyone remember them?

Browsing, I found this page. My cousin is Christine Goble second line.

I suppose I was about five when I went to this lovely school. My favourite teacher was Miss Williams. Then there was Miss Macklen.The head was Miss Wallace. Once I arrived in tears for something or other. I said I had toothache and Miss W. wrote a card for the dentist. My toothache disappeared. Shame they knocked it down.

Maurice, I do not live in Brighton now but I thought the building was still there. According to the School website, its history can be traced back to 1827 and it is thought to be the second oldest school in Brighton and Hove still open as a school. The school has apparently served as a primary school, secondary school, first and middle school and is now a primary and nursery school. In 1980 the school celebrated its centenary. If you find the school website you can see some old pictures taken over the years. There is nothing to suggest it has been knocked down but you might be able to say more. St Mary's Voluntary Primary School (where I went after Queens Park Infants) was demolished, do you mean that one?

As you remark, Dennis, St. Mary's Mount Street was knocked down. The head, Albert Gardener was a friend since infant days in Park Street and we went to the sane training college. Miss Smithers was a frail, religious person who went to St. Anne's with her old mother. For tuppence a week I carried her case home to Bloomsbury Place. I lived, then, in Marine Terrace Mews, Bristol Road. It's still there only rebuilt with new flats. At the end of the service at St. Anne's she turned round and smiled. One day I committed some heinous crime which I don't remember and she said "if the people at St. Anne's knew what a wicked boy you are they wouldn't come to church" Just me and my mum alone, then. Queen's Park Infants was indeed a lovely school. The first teacher I had was Miss Ray. She gave me a sweet for telling a story to the class. Very good wishes Dennis. From Maurice.

Maurice thank you for that. I remember Mr Gardener coming to St Mary's in about 1954. He was an excellent teacher and I still have my old scool reports from him. Have you looked at the section on St Mary's? What happened to him?

I go to Queen's Park School now. I started the school in nursery. The school has really changed from the photos. In the dinner mall there is a trapped door in the floor- me and my class mates thinks it is an air raid shelter. My class and I are learning about World War 2 .

Well Becca I hope you are finding WW11 interesting. There were certainly at least two air raid shelters in the playground. One was to the left of the back row of children in the playground photo and one a little to the right of where the photographer must have been standing.There may have been a third. Usually they were outside the actual building. Perhaps your teacher or caretaker could tell you what the trapdoor leads to- perhaps a secret passage to a shelter. How exciting. I hope you enjoy the school as much as I did. It was a good place to be at.

The memories came flooding back looking at the two pictures. When I went the school in 1961-63 we had the same wooden boxes on the tables to keep our writing and drawings in. Also the rain shelter in the playground brings back memories of the sports day; I remember selecting my beanbag from a big box under that shelter, before lining up for the beanbag throw. Those were happy days, like many pupils from the infants, I moved up to St Mary’s Primary then Queens Park Secondary schools.

I went to Queen's Park Infants. I remember the air raid shelter - awful loos, a magicia. Seeing a V bomber fly high over us one day, sticky penny buns and the most lovely teachers. I think I even remember Christina (& Joy).

Susan Wellman (red curly hair?) - did you used to live up Freshfield Road and go to St Lukes juniors?

I went to Queens Park from about 1943. I too remember taking afternoon naps on floor mats in the main auditorium and just like Bob Dainty said, I did not like taking them. Does anyone remember wearing gas masks while doing drill in the air raid shelters in the playground? I remember we had to leave our classroom and walk briskly to the playground where the teacher would blow a whistle and we proceeded down to the shelter and all sat in a line. I remember calling my mask a "mickey mouse mask".

Hi to Harry Atkins and Bob Dainty, e-mail me at www.gwnhealy21@gmail.com Let's try to find others from our classes in school. All must be seventy years old by now, but plenty of us are still with it and computer savvy. Nice to catch up on old times. I also have a blog if you are interested with lots of family photos - e-mail me for details.

Hi my name is Bob I went to Queen's Park school from 1950 to1951/2 before being moved to Whitehawk. I can remember having an afternoon sleep in a cot bed at this school but not at Whitehawk. The class room over looked the playground as I remember. I also remember there were some nice teachers at this school but not at Whitehawk. I did run away from Whitehawk School at the age of five because I did not like the school and the teachers. I made my way from Whitehawk over the race hill down Elm Grove to Lewes Road where my grand parants lived. No one at Whitehawk missed me all day until my mother came to pick me up at the end of the school day.

What wonderful memories from this site and I remember so many faces and names from the school playground photo and I remember Miss Goldring so well, what a lovely lady she was but I did hate those afternoon naps we had to have in the nursery class! I went on to St. Mary's in Mount Street where they had a wonderful headmaster, Mr. Cooper and in fact when he passed on a good few years ago, he had flowers sent from all over the world from ex pupils. I then went on to Westlain but couldn't wait to leave school and go out in to the big wide world and in fact have lived in Australia for the past 45 years but have never forgotten those early, happy days so as they say "Thanks for the memory".

I went to Queens Park Nursery school and infants. My 5th birthday was in May 1943. There was an air raid over Brighton. Do not remember many children from that time except my cousin Sheila. I do remember the gas masks, the smelly shelters, the canvas cots for nap time and the mug of milk every morning. I went from there to Finsbury Road.