Laverock School, Oxted, Surrey (1953-56)
04-10-1999
A list of those of my little friends and acquaintances who attended Laverock School (P.N.E.U.), Limpsfield, Surrey, in the years 1953-56. I include this list, derived from the records kept by its founding headmistress Miss Bowser, because there ought to be a permanent record of it somewhere.

However, when this excellent little school celebrated its 70th birthday in 1999, both the records of its past achievements, as well as its future, appeared to be in very competent hands. It was delightful to rediscover it much changed but curiously still very familiar after 43 years.

Bearing in mind the school motto I Am, I Can, I Ought, I Will, I feel that I can, ought and will take this opportunity to apologise profusely to any of those listed below to whom I was horrid or who I 'pushed down the bank'!

See also:
Sorting Out Sir Winston
Laverock School's Web Site

LAVEROCK SCHOOL 1953-56

Blue House Lane, Limpsfield, Oxted, Surrey.
Head Mistress: Miss Bowser; Deputy: Mrs Ward; Patron: Dr Andrae

The consecutive numbers before each name began with the first child to attend this P.N.E.U. school when it was founded in 1929.

1953 – January

306 – Clare Coupland – Farthings, Limpsfield, Surrey – (1956 St Vincents's Alverstoke)

307 – Simon Peter Fuller – Mariners, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent – (1953 Dunrobin)

308 – Sally Keeling – Broadwood, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1958 St Michael's, Limpsfield, Surrey)

309 – Marion Player – The White House, Tatsfield, Kent – (July 1959 St Mary's, Windsor)

310 – Rosemary Wheeler – Drayton, Hoskin's Road, Oxted, Surrey – (April 1958 Cobham, Caterham)

1953 – May

311 – James Calvocoressi – Court Lodge, Westerham, Kent – (1956 St Aubyn's, Rottingdean)

312 – Elizabeth Howell – Wayside, Oxted, Surrey – (April 1957 Moving to Dorking)

313 – Richard Leworthy – Beacon Hill, Westerham, Kent – (1956)

314 – Graham Pollock – Granville Road, Limpsfield, Surrey – (1954 Folkstone)

315 – Elspeth Ritchie – Kirkgate, Godstone, Surrey – (July 1957 Croydon High School)

1953 – September

316 – Anne Bell – Wester ?, Ballards, Limpsfield, Surrey – (April 1957 Effingham House)

317 – Christina Benn – Ballards Lea, Limpsfield, Surrey – (April 1958 The Manor House, Limpsfield)

318 – The Hon. Johnnie Browne – The Mount House, Brasted, Westerham, Kent – (1956 St Peter's, Seaford)

319 – Veronica Hamilton-Deeley – St Vincent's, Limpsfield, Surrey – (1954 Falkner House P.N.E.U. School, London SW7)

320 – William Hubbard – Mill Meadow, Brasted, Westerham, Kent – (1956 Edgeborough, Frensham, Surrey)

321 – Richard Longmore – Meadow Gate, Brasted, Westerham, Kent – (1954 Maidstone)

322 – Christopher Long – Monksway, Westerham, Kent – (1956 The Hill School, Westerham)

323 – Michael Perryman – Hilltop Farm, Godstone – (1955)

324 & 337 – Richard Roney-Dougal – White Woods, Brasted Chart, Kent – (April 1957 Chelmsford Hall, Eastbourne)

325 – Adriane Siemssen – Lapwings, Westerham, Kent – (1956 The Manor House, Limpsfield)

1954 – January

326 – Susanna Buxton – Greystone, Limpsfield – (April 1959 St Michael's School, Limpsfield)

327 – Julia Denne – Rough Hey, Oxted, Surrey – (1955 Gibraltar)

328 – Barbara Kinneburgh – Pinehurst, Oxted, Surrey – (July 1958 The Manor House, Limpsfield)

329 – Malcolm Ware – Station Approach, Oxted, Surrey – (1958 Convent, Lingfield)

1954 – May

330 – Sarah Blamey – Brockenhurst, Limpsfield – (April 1959 The Manor House, Limpsfield)

331 – Elizabeth Barker Bennett – ?, Oxted, Surrey – (July 1958 Siblon Park, Lyminge)

332 – Patrick Carpmael – The Corner House, Oxted, Surrey – (1956 Reigate)

333 – Barbara Crawford – ?, Park Road, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1958 St Michaels School, Limpsfield)

334 – Anthony Hook – 3 The Parade, Westerham, Kent – (July 1957 The Hill School, Westerham)

335 – Camilla Probert – Squerryes Garden Cottage, Westerham, Kent – (1955 Wiltshire)

335 – Anne Probert – Squerryes Garden Cottage, Westerham, Kent – (1955 Wiltshire)

337 & 324 – Richard Roney-Dougal – White Woods, Brasted Chart, Kent – (April 1957 Chelmsford Hall, Eastbourne)

338 – Jane Sheather – Burn Edge, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1958 St Michael's School, Limpsfield)

339 – Stephen Shepherd – The Glen, Oxted, Surrey – (April 1957 The Hill School, Westerham)

340 – Brian Taylor – Ravensbrook Garden Flat, Oxted, Surrey – (July 1957 ? House, Haywards Heath)

1954 – September

341 – Arthur Blair – Titsey Court, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1957 ?)

342 – Robert Burnett – Tandridge Court, Oxted, Surrey – (1956 At home)

343 – Sally Job – Mandeville, Oxted, Surrey – (April 1958 Our Lady of ? Convent, Worthing)

344 – Patricia Kirwin – The Vicarage, Westerham, Kent – (July 1957 or 1959 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks)

345 – Andrew McCagie – Greehayes, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1957 The Hill School, Westerham – Epsom)

346 – Peter McCagie – Greehayes, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1957 The Hill School, Westerham – Epsom)

347 – Michael Player – The White House, Tatsfield, Kent – (July 1957 St Thomas's School, Sevenoaks – Downside)

348 – Elizabeth Sheather – Burn Edge, Limpsfield, Surrey – (July 1960 St Michael's School, Limpsfield)

Others during this period included:

  1. Rosemary Long
  2. Thomas 'Tom' Winder
  3. Sam Winder
  4. Anne Leworthy
  5. George Threlfall
  6. Emma Threlfall
  7. Charles Sebag-Montefiore
  8. Mary Sebag-Montefiore
  9. John Evans
  10. Camilla Evans
  11. Nicholas Soames
  12. Emma Soames
  13. Theresa Tate
  14. Catherine Wansey
  15. Richard Calvocoressi
  16. Anthony Kidd
  17. Tessa Kidd
  18. Nicola Webb
  19. David Kirke-Smith
  20. Leone Kirke-Smith
  21. Jane? Wildbore-Smith
  22. Eleanor Beckett
  23. Angela Bluett
  24. Frances Tory
  25. Patrick Tory


On 28 March 2001 I received the following message from Jane Baker (née Sheather) whom I remember well and with pleasure.

Hello Christopher, I remember you at Laverock all those years ago! We still have a few photographs of those distant times, I'll have to dig them out and see if I can put a few more names to the faces. I was Jane Sheather, now married with two sons. The list you have makes fascinating reading; here are one or two additions.
Barbara Crawford lived at Kames, Park Road and Patricia Kirwin left before me so 1957 seems right. Several people are missing: Sandra and Morag Morris who lived in Quarry Road, Oxted; Jane and Keith Sykes of Hurdles, Granville Road, Limpsfield; and Roger Newnham of Starlings, Blue House Lane, Limpsfield. I could add a few more details, so if you are interested do let me know. And how did I find you? Doing a search on my maiden name! With best wishes, Jane Baker.
On 22 December 2001 Georgina Edwards (née Fox) wrote to me – another person I remember with pleasure:
Hi Chris, I was delighted to see your site, although I didn't go to Laverock, I was at Dunrobin from about 1953 and then at Manor House. However a lot of the names [on the page] are familiar to me. It would be great if you could work this up into a site for all the folks who were at all these schools. I have some wonderful old photos of myself and others dressed as fairies at a Dunrobin panto. Best wishes, Georgina Edwards (née Fox)
Any constructive information to add to this page will be welcomed!


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