The Errol Flynn Blog

— Tina

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