Mary Rand, nee Galliers, born 1950s The year I started school was the very last year that we used the old village school building. After that we went to the brand new school which had been built along Chapel Road. It was very modern compared to what we had been used to.

Martin Fletcher, born 1950s I went to the old Victorian school as my first school, that was in 1962. We were the last pupils there as Carrington Infant school then opened.

Photo courtesy of Glenn Ludlow

Di Robinson It's not quite right that the old Victorian school was unused since the early 60s because my first teaching post was there in 1968. The two classrooms were used for the first year classes (now year 3) of Carrington Junior School. We had to cross over Straight Bit for lunch. Two teachers with 80 children!!!!! Health and Safety it wasn't!!! There was an internal phone connection to the main school which occasionally worked!! Certainly a baptism of fire for a young, inexperienced teacher.

Barbara Murfin nee Sarney born 1940s Community Centre at Carrington School Our wonderful new Community Centre was light, bright, clean, with toilets for ladies and gents complete with running HOT water. Ladies on the left going in, gents to the right, a large lobby, with plenty of coat pegs, a small kitchen with a hot water urn and a cooker. Tucked in a small corner was the broom cupboard. As you went through the door you were looking across the short line of the hall, the length was left to right. A small stage faced the door with tiny areas to each side leading to doors. While I lived in the village I cannot remember any plays being put on, the stage was far too tiny. The Centre was given to the village, something to do with the land and the new school. All we had to do was continually raise money to run it. There was a very strong core of willing people. The activities I remember the most were youth club on a Friday night, and Bingo on Wednesday night. Many, many Saturday nights there would be a function to raise money. Cheese and Wine, Tarts and Tramps, Cowboy Night, Flower Power. Whatever the group, I believe it was mainly Jean Lugg who would would think up the ideas to raise money – there was something on at least once a month. The Centre was well used for activities during the day, mother and children's club, welfare clinic. Darby and Joan, wedding parties. Youth Club was very popular, I'm squeezing my mind, I think entrance was 1/-, one old shilling, 5p now. Most times it would be a DJ on the stage, a local lad with a lot of records and a portable turntable (my brother David often did the job), sometimes even a band. The groups were great fun, mostly they only knew one or two songs but they were more than happy to keep playing them, and we were more than happy to keep dancing to them. Back to New Heathens Walk If you have a story you'd like to add to this page please  to tell us about it.