I started school here at Mnt. Pleasant Infants School in Sept. 1950 /1951.
I wa born in "Tin Town" Fellows Road, off of Parker Road, near to the old power station.
The houses were made of riveted steel panels, hence the name. I can only remember there being about 4 of them
then but it's possible others were demolished previously.
I used to walk from there to school on my own, at 5 years old , every day we (friends) used to walk /climb along the powerstation high concrete walls on the way to and fro school. Part of the wall is still there, as you enter Parker Road at the bottom end ,the. Wall is to the right, there is a ledge 3/4 of the way up that we walked along.
The school entrance was through a low metal gateway set in the brick wall in Mnt.Pleasant Road, it is still there.
Several years later I used to attend the carpentry and metalwork sessions of school work from Priory Road Boys School that I went to. My uncle ' char ' ( charley ) used to be caretaker at the infants School for many years, he lived along Manor Road for a long time.