Rain certainly didn’t stop the play at the Lee Manor School Summer Fair.   I didn’t win the beer I wanted, but the raffle raised well over £1,000 and we did win a jigsaw on the tombola - so can’t complain!

Plus there were teachers getting soaked in the stocks, a coconut shy and loads of other activities.   I particularly enjoyed the Pimms stall and the cake stall

Next week it’s People’s Day on Saturday - details here - but if you’re organising a similar event and would like me to give it a plug here, on the community notice board at Hither Green Station and in our E-Focus email newsletter, then give me a shout.  

As you might be aware from his recent letters in The Mercury and the News Shopper,  local resident Paul Taylor is collecting memories of the two St. Winifred’s Schools in Lee Green.   All Paul’s brothers and sisters went to St. Winifred’s, his youngest sister has been school secretary there for more than 20 years, and his late mother played the piano at the school for ballet classes.

Paul’s keen to hear from any ‘old girls’ or ‘old boys’ who have memories, stories or photos of their time at St. Winifred’s that they’d like to share - anything that would capture a moment or a memory.   Both schools are included - infants and juniors (the school split in 1969 when Effingham Road became the infants and the new school on Newstead Road became the Juniors - just as it is today).

Paul’s about halfway through his project - it’s not an official history, just a collection of what you have to offer.   How it will turn out depends very much on what Paul receives from local people, so I promised him I’d mention his project here and in E-Focus.

You can email memories to Paul’s colleague Terry at terencegibbs {at} onetel(.)com or send them via post to Paul at: Paul Taylor, Flat 2, Syon Lodge, 132 Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, SE2 OHY. 

This sounds like a really interesting project, so if you can help Paul out, please do!