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Ditchling Road School

Ditchling Road school was established in 1890.  It was damaged by an incendiary bomb in WWII.

  • Class photos 1960

    Class photos 1960

    These are photos of two classes in Ditchling Road School which were taken in 1960. Does anyone recognise themselves? Maybe you ...
  • Fond memories of the 1930s

    Fond memories of the 1930s

    I was admitted to the school in 1933 at the age of 5 and enjoyed it. Miss Haffenden was in ...
  • Infants class photograph 1930/31

    Infants class photograph 1930/31

    This is a photo of infants at Ditchling Road School taken 1930/31.  I am second from the left in the ...
  • Junior Class 1929

    Junior Class 1929

    This photograph was taken in the 1928/1929 school year.  I am Alice Tester and our family emigrated to Dundas, Ontario, ...
  • Late 1920s Class Photos

    Late 1920s Class Photos

    I am not exactly sure of the date of these photographs but I think they are c1928 and 1929. My ...
  • Memories of the 1940s

    Memories of the 1940s

    Lessons in the air raid shelters I started in Miss Haffenden’s Class in 1941 and was at Ditchling Road School till ...
  • School nativity play choir 1950

    School nativity play choir 1950

    This is a photograph taken at the annual Nativity play. These children are the choir which sang at points during ...
  • Sports Team photographs 1957-1959

    Sports Team photographs 1957-1959

    Unfortunately not all the photographs had the time line noted on the back, but one football team was noted as ...
  • The 'Babies' Class

    The 'Babies' Class

    The cat sat on the mat Miss Young was the teacher in the ‘Babies’ class and I remember the sand tray ...
  • The school during the Second World War

    The school during the Second World War

    At Ditchling Road School I felt as if I spent most of my time going down the trenches, when the Air ...
  • The sweet shop across the road

    The sweet shop across the road

    Shop across the road Just over the road from the Downs School there used to be a sweet shop/newsagents where in ...
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  • Aldrington Church of England School
  • Balfour Road School
  • Benfield Junior School
  • Bevendean County Primary School
  • BHASVIC Sixth Form College
  • Brighton College of Technology
  • Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School
  • Brighton Intermediate School
  • Brighton Secondary Technical School
  • Carden School
  • Cardinal Newman Catholic School
  • Carlton Hill Primary School
  • Carlton House Preparatory School
  • Central School: Church Street
  • Christ Church School
  • Clark's College
  • Clifton College
  • Coldean Primary/Junior School
  • Connaught Road/Manor Park School
  • Coombe Road Primary School
  • Cottesmore St Mary's RC School
  • Davigdor Secondary School for Girls
  • De La Salle School
  • Ditchling Road School
  • Dorothy Stringer School
  • Downs School
  • Elm Grove School
  • Fairlie Place School
  • Fairlight School
  • Fawcett School, York Place
  • Finsbury Road School
  • Fitzherbert School
  • Goldstone Junior School
  • Hertford Road Infants/Junior School
  • Hollingbury Court School
  • Hurstpierpoint College
  • Knoll Infants' School
  • Knoll School
  • Lourdes Convent
  • Mansfield College, Hove
  • Margaret Hardy School for Girls
  • Middle Street School
  • Mile Oak Approved School
  • Mile Oak Girls' School
  • Moulsecoomb Primary/Junior/Secondary Schools
  • Nevill County Secondary School
  • Park Street School
  • Patcham Fawcett School
  • Patcham Infants School
  • Patcham Junior School
  • Patcham Senior School
  • Pelham Street School
  • Portslade County School
  • Preston College
  • Queen's Park Infants School
  • Queen's Park Secondary School
  • Queens School, Hove
  • Richmond Street Infant School
  • Rottingdean Infants/Junior Schools
  • South Downs Learning Centre
  • St Andrew's School:Hove
  • St Bartholomew's School
  • St Christopher's School
  • St John Carlton Hill
  • St John the Baptist RC School
  • St Joseph's School
  • St Luke's School, St Luke's Terrace
  • St Margaret's School
  • St Mark's School, Arundel Road
  • St Martha's Convent
  • St Martin's School
  • St Mary Magdalene
  • St Mary's Hall
  • St Mary's School
  • St Michael's School, Knoyle Road
  • St Michael's School:Harrington Road
  • St Nicolas Primary and Junior Schools
  • St Paul's School, Little Russell Street
  • St Paul's School, West Street
  • St Peter's School, Portslade
  • Stanford Road School
  • Stanmer Secondary Modern School
  • Varndean Boys' School
  • West Blatchington Junior School
  • West Hove Junior School
  • Westlain Grammar School
  • Whitehawk Primary School
  • Whitehawk Secondary School for Girls
  • Windlesham Kindergarden School
  • Windlesham School
  • Woodingdean Primary School
  • Xaverian College
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