Ditchling Road School

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

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
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
This is a photo of infants at Ditchling Road School taken 1930/31. I am second from the left in the ...
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
I am not exactly sure of the date of these photographs but I think they are c1928 and 1929. My ...
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
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
Unfortunately not all the photographs had the time line noted on the back, but one football team was noted as ...
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
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
Shop across the road Just over the road from the Downs School there used to be a sweet shop/newsagents where in ...