When you go to London, you can visit the two schools which Errol was supposed to have attended, mentioned in John Hammond Moore's book. I did so last week, and here are the results:
If you take the tube, go to Hammersmith Station and get off there. I was surprised at how busy this part of London is. I first found my way to 100 Hammersmith Road, it was a walk of not even ten minutes, and you get to:
This building is not a school anymore today, but it contains offices and an info board on which you learn that the building was established in 1884 and relocated in the late 1960s (in fact, to the other side of the river, you can see the grounds when you proceed to the other school). In the 1970s, it became the home of Euston films. “Celebrated individuals” who attended the school were artist Paul Nash, Sir Clement Freud and Field Marshal Montgomery. No mention of Errol, which leaves us with the conclusion that either his attendance of the school is a myth (John Hammond Moore himself was not sure) or nobody has searched the files so far.
Stay tuned for Part II in the coming days.
— Inga
