A nursery, preparatory and senior school, founded by the Sisters of the Church. In 1945 it became a Direct Grant Grammar School, and in 1975 a fully independent day school for girls. It joined the Whitgift Foundation in 1993, and merged with Croham Hurst School, a former independent school, in 2008.
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Old Palace of John Whitgift School
Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great...
Norway House and Norway Yard. By the beginning of the 19th century this fine house set in its own large garden, had become a famous boarding academy for young gentlemen. We know that in 1805 the ...
Acting school director. She worked with Joan Littlewood in the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, which inspired her to found the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex.
Born as Margaret Macdonald Troup on 26 September 1913 in Pretoria, South Africa, she was the second of the three daughters of Dr James Macdonald Troup (1867-1945) and Alberta Beatrice Caroline Trou...
Person, Craft / Design, Education, Friend / family, South Africa
Thousands of service men and women trained at the Walthamstow college: 1940 RAF; 1941 army; 1942 navy.
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