The Errol Flynn Blog

I hope Inga you give me permission
to use your picture, it
is such a nice picture and
so much better than the one I have! Inga took this picture
end of September, a few weeks ago
when visiting
London
and Errol's schools. I hope you read her great post!

On this address 99-101 Castelnau,
today in the London Borough of Richmond
upon Thames, London SW13 9 and in Errol's time in the London Borough of
Barnes stood the private boarding school named
“South West London
College”.

Errol attended this school
from October 1923 to June 1924 at the age of fourteen and fifteen
returning to Hobart in June of 1924 with
his
father.  His mother with
Rosemary spent those years in Paris.

In regards to the times Errol spent at
this
school there seems to be somewhat a confusion in the attendance
record as Errol was apparently close to two years at this school,
maybe somebody has better record of his exact timing.

“South West London
College”
was a minor
public school that has long since disappeared. The school was situated
at
numbers 99-101 Castelnau, which is today a road of many regency villas as seen in the above picture.

— Tina

Quite impressive isn't
it? 
It is the “Friends' School! With all the
family
problems Errol was
enrolled into this exclusive private boarding school  February 20, 1920. 
Mother
was
in
Sydney with her mother living at that time on 54 Carabella Street with his
new born baby sister.
Father
gave his
address at
registration
as
“Hazelmere,
Domain
Road,
Hobart.
I wonder if
our Australian
friends

have  the knowledge where this
address is
located
in
Hobart, maybe a University
campus?
Father Flynn

most likely had
no other
choice but
to enroll Errol into this
boarding school.

It seems Errol remained in this school, unless somebody has other
information until September 1923 at which time he accompanied his father
to England where he then was enrolled as a boarder in October 1923 into
the South West London College at 99-101 Castelnau in the borough of
Hammersmith – today Richmond.

Prior
to this
school Errol attended in the year 1919 the
Albuera Street
State
School.
Picture in the comment section!
During this time in Friend's school Errol also visited Sidney to see his mother most likely during school holidays. Two pictures of the area of Carabella Street are in the comment section.

— Tina

1919 must have been a year of upheaval for the Flynn family.
They gave up their beautiful home on 296 Davey Street (Holebrook Place) and moved to 60 Duke Street. Mrs. Flynn was expecting her second child and moved to Sydney to her mother in Kirribilli, a suburb of Sydney. Norah Rosemary Flynn was born in Kirribilli at her grandmother’s house on December 2, 1919.

— Tina

I wanted to edit my post and lost all the information – I am sorry for the loss –  and now I have to recreate it all!

Theodor purchased this home in 1917 and lived there until 1919, the street’s name was then called Holebrook Place but today’s address is 296 Davey Street. At this time it appears that Errol was enrolled partly in Hutchins School, Sandy Bay and Battery Point Model School.
Errol at Hutchins School 1916 and 1917!
The Hutchins School was established in 1846 at Hobart in memory of The Venerable William Hutchins, first Archdeacon of Van Diemen’s Land.  It has a proud history as one of Australia’s oldest private schools for boys, with alumni distinguished in all fields of endeavour – including judges, bishops, leaders of industry, military heroes, musicians, artists, sportsmen and
our Star – Errol Flynn!

Battery Point Model School …… on Albuera Street 1918 and 1919!
Actually there is some incorrect information around about this school, which is as follows:
Errol actually never went to the Battery Point Model School as the Model School was converted into the “Albuera Street State School”. Two different addresses!  The Model School existed in Battery Point from August 1883 to August 1913 it outgrew itself being designed for only 450
students, yet had risen to 922 and the need for a new
school building had become obvious, which became the Albuera Street State School and in which Errol was enrolled in February 1918 and stayed to 1919.

Many authors claim that Errol was expelled from all schools, I think this is not an accurate statement. In defense of Errol I would say his parents moved very frequently and with it changed Errol’s schools maybe too.

— Tina

After 52 Warwick Street the family moved to 10
Darcy Street for part of 1914 to 1916.
Errol lived here
until he had the incident with the little
neighbor's girl Nerida and where he run away from home at age seven and
was missing for two days. It was here while living in this house that
he started school and in July 1916 he was enrolled at the Franklin House School. 
Apparently compulsory school age was at age seven and a school year
started in July.  I am unable to find a picture of the Franklin House School.

— Tina

Some references call the house “Villa Mildura” on 52 Warwick Street,
others just “Mildura”, but the house has that name to this day.  They
are semidetached elegant homes, it is not clear how many, but Prof.
Theodore Thomson Flynn rented Villa Mildura in April 1909 shortly after
his and his wife's arrival in Hobart. Come June of the same year Errol
inspected his very first home and he stayed there until 1914 as proven
by Errol himself.  Stated by Bob Casey that apparently a few years ago
at a renovation of Mildura, which must have been around 2004 as Bob
Casey's book was published 2008 and states there that the owner found
edged into the concrete floor under a carpet “Errol Flynn 1914.” Five
year old Errol could print his name very well – picture page 109 – a
very clever kid! Obviously he must have sensed already then that he
better proves his whereabouts!

— Tina