How Chislehurst has changed 1982 to 2023, Churches, Coopers, WWII memories of St Nicholas School

How Chislehurst’s , St Nicholas School, St Nicholas Church, Coopers mansion and St Mary’s Church have changed in the 41 years up to 2023. It also includes war time memories of attending St Nicholas school, from my Dad!

In 1982 I was very concerned about the number of old buildings disappearing in Kent so I photographed a lot of places including parts of Chislehurst, to create a record

I have gone back in 2023 to see what has changed.

In this video we look at 2 schools and 2 churches on or near Chislehurst Common. All are listed or locally listed buildings. I have also made 2 other videos on Chislehurst, one on the Railway Station, Camden Place and the Prince Imperial Monument and another on parts of the Common including, the Tigers Head, the Crown Inn and the Bulls head and the Cockpit. Please take a look.

I will try and highlight the changes and provide some history on each of the buildings, I have also added some comments my Dad has made about attending St Nicholas School during World War II

Make sure you Stay to the end to see what has changed, and also what has not.

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Includes:
Chislehurst
School in the 1940s, world war II
St Nicholas School
St Nicholas Church
Coopers mansion
St Mary’s Church
Crown Inn pub
Cockpit
Tigers Head pub
Marjorie McClure Special School
Napoleon III
Prince Imperial Memorial
The Empress Eugenie

Sources:
Lived experience
Historic England website
Chislehurst Commons website
Chislehurst Society website
London Borough of Bromley website
Baily Garner website
Chislehurst Society website