BermondseyBoy

Bermondsey Secondary Central School was a cross between a Grammar School and a Secondary School. It was for those who had not achieved enough points to get a grammar school place but were assessed as a near miss. These schools later became Technical Schools. The South London historian Brian McDonald...

Not many histories of this area, try this one: Elephant Boys: Tales of London and Los Angeles Underworlds Paperback – 5 Oct 2000 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephant-Boys-London-Angeles-Underworlds/dp/1840182954 This volume recalls the turbulent and often brutal life of south London's infamous McDonald...