Hi Jan and John, Thank you for your input Jan but I believe that Eleanor at least and probably both left school at age 12, so I doubt they would have attended a secondary school. John your help was truly appreciated as I had no idea where number 13 in Abbey Street would have been in situated, so you've really set me on the right track, turned me right around in fact. Unfortunately although I have a copy of "An Index of London Schools and their Records" by Cliff Webb, as he previously mentioned, now knowing of Riley Street School I was able to look it up but found that only Admission and Discharge records from 1934-1939 (Junior Girls) are available at the LMA, so unluckily for me Eleanor would have turned 12 in about 1930 and Gwyneth probably in 1932 so I miss out there. John can you tell me if that end of Abbey Street was mostly shops or private housing. Their mother ran a small cafe at number 13, and they lived there also, their father was a chimney sweep. Thank you anyway, Cathy in South Australia From: "Jan Harris" <[email protected]> Hi this might help ,my mother went to Bermondsey Central School which was in > Monnow Road. > Regards > Jan > > > From: "John Moore"<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SRY] Bermondsey Schools 1920's > > Hi Cathy, > The numbering in Abbey Street started at the Bermondsey Street end. > Number 13 was on the north side of the road between Tower Bridge Road and Riley Street (now Riley Road). > The school you saw from the railway viaduct would have been Riley Road School. > The older building you describe has been demolished within the last ten years and an appartment block built on the site. Other > school buildings remain, and have probably been converted to other uses. > > Post WW2 Riley road was a Boys only secondary school. > > Regards, > John Original message: > I have ancestors, two girls Eleanor& Gwyneth PRICE who were living at > 13 Abbey Street, Bermondsey, SE1 around 1925 or so, does anyone know the > closest school they may have attended. I suspect that number 13 was at > the Jamaica Road end of the street, with St Mary Magdalen their parish > church. I know that their school was close to the railway viaduct > because I remember my mother pointing the school out to me when we > passed on the train sometime in the early 1950's, it was a tall brick > building with a flat roof surrounded by fencing that may have been used > for sports or something. Can anyone help. > > Regards, > Cathy in South Australia > >