'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom': foundation stone, St Michael's School, Granville Road, Southfields
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'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom': foundation stone, St Michael's School, Granville Road, Southfields
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 22 Apr 2012
I was one of those 'children of Southfields', starting school here in the 1950's at the age of five and leaving when I was eleven. So the ethos of the school can't have failed to leave its mark on my 'character' - though whether it succeeded in 'building it up' is not for me to judge. For the most part, our teachers were kindly, forgiving souls - though I couldn't say that of the headmistress (of the infants' school) or the headmaster (of the juniors). They, each of them, knew all about 'the fear of the Lord'. For me, that fear subsided when I became a choirboy at St Michael's Church nearby: I discovered I could keep my eyes open during prayers - without being visited by divine vengeance. This is a zoom shot, taken from Granville Road. For a general view of the school, see Image
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