St Quintin Park - a history and stories

Table of Contents

1. St Quintin Park - history and stories
   1. Early History
2. Schooldays
   1. Oxford Gardens School 1905 to 1913
   2. Coronation at Oxford Gardens 1953
   3. OXFORD GARDENS PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY CLASS
   4. St Helen's School
   5. St Charles RC Primary School
   6. North Kensington Central School (St Mark's)
3. Around the Streets
   1. The St Quintin Estate
   2. St Helen's Gardens
   3. Kelfield - The Lancaster Road Wesleyan Church War Memorial Athletic Club
   4. Evelyn Fox Court, Kingsbridge Road
   5. LATIMER ROAD
   6. Saved from the Motorway
   7. Motorway Disruption
   8. Pangbourne Avenue, W10
4. New Housing for Overcrowded North Kensington
   1. William Sutton St Quintin Park Estate
   2. THE PEABODY BUILDINGS, DALGARNO GARDENS
   3. Princess Alice House
   4. THE COMMUNITY CENTRE NURSERY SCHOOL
5. Spiritual Needs
   1. My Church, St PIUS the X
   2. The Carmelite Convent.
   3. St Helen's Church
   4. Bethany Hall, Barlby Road
6. Wartime Memories
   1. Audrey Jones - War Time Memories
7. Keeping Healthy -Hospitals and Parks
   1. St Charles Hospital
   2. Princess Louise Hospital
   3. The Little Wormwood Scrubs.
   4. "CANAC"The Canalside Activity Centre

St Quintin Park - history and stories

These memories and histories have been compiled, collated and word processed by Open Age students at the Positive Age Centre who were attending a Community Education course that combined Local History with IT. Some students wrote from their own experience of living in North Kensington, some wrote down the memories of other residents and former residents. Others undertook research into different topics, visiting archives and the Local Studies Centre of RBK&C.

Contributors : Helena Bazgra, Jennifer Godin, Ernest Godin, Mary Lambert, Doreen Marrow, Sylvia Garod, Audrey Jones, Angela Quinlan, Gill Shirley.

Tutor: Sue Snyder from HISTORYtalk

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Photographs

Many of the photos used belong to the students.

We wish to thank the following archives and organisations for the use of their photos:

Kensington & Chelsea Local Studies Centre

North Kensington Community Archive (now with the Local Studies Centre)

Kensington Housing Trust

William Sutton Trust

Eddy Adams Collection