Terry-my dad was born at 2 New Church Rd in 1926. When did your family live there? I presume this house was at the Camberwell Rd end where there are now flats behind the pub?

Hi Yvonne
I found where the school was from a Britain from Above aerial view which someone had kindly annotated.

It may have been bombed and also in temporary accommodation at that time, as there’s another plan showing classrooms to the left of the church, replacing housing between Longcroft Road and Herring Street. You can see the church and school at the top right hand side, and the footbridge at bottom left of this 1914 OS map:

You can use the map on the National Library of Scotland website Side-by-Side facility to find the spot now:

This places the building somewhere to the south of the lake, near the sports pitches.
I hope this fits with your memories. Very different now – completely unrecognisable!

My ancestors lived at no. 139 as recorded in the 1871 census. They were John and Susannah Bown

We lived at no. 77 (96 flats)

My Great grandparents John and Louisa Heath lived at 156 New Church Rd probably from 1886 when they married. He was an accoutrement maker. They had 3 children one of which was my Grandfather, Robert Heath. At the 1911 census he was 19 and a drapers assistant. When he married my grandmother Harriet Ward they also lived at 156 and their 6 children were also born there too . Robert 1914. Albert and Eveline twins, 1915 (Albert was my Father) And 3 other children Richard 1918, Olive 1920, and Vera 1922. I believe they all went to St George’s school. My Father talked about the canal etc. All I can say it must have been quite crowded in their house.