A wonderful memory jogger. I was at Shoreditch from 1967 to 1970 and this site has enabled me to recall many a face and occasion. I’ve even managed to locate people I haven’t seen for well over 40 years. Thank you so much for your efforts.

A fantastic job done here. I was in 74 Year and I now have a record of where I had three superb years and met lots of wonderful people. What a beautiful place it was. Thanks Tom.

This is amazing! Thanks to Les Porter for telling me about it and well done Tom for creating it. I was at The Ditch from 1963 to 1966 and had 3 of the happiest, most fun filled years of my life there. It’s sad to see the place so neglected, especially the workshops covered in corrugated iron but the pictures are reviving good memories. I’ve never been back and struggled at first to identify the accomodation blocks from their names. They were called Block A, B, C, etc. back then. During my time, the name of the college changed from Shoreditch Training College to Shoreditch College of Education. For my last year, I lived in a double room over the tunnel.

A brilliant piece of work. Thankyou. I attended the College between 1970-1973 and was lucky enough to live in President block for all the 3 years (much to ’74 year irritation! On reflection it was a pretty selfish decision we made all those years ago wasn’t it!)

Shoreditch College 1977-80 A wonderful piece of work. The photos bring back memories of the college at its best. I stopped by briefly last summer and it was sad to see it in present state. Thanks John Williams for passing on this link.

Thoroughly enjoyed looking at your site – an enormous project – but what memories! Thanks for all your hard work.

Four of the happiest years ever (1970 – 74) and such a beautiful place. Lovely to see it in it’s finery, as it was then, and not as it is now; overgrown and forgotten. Thanks.

Shoreditch College 1997 – 1980…. I agree with the rest of the folks here, what an unbelievable piece of work. I have explored quite a bit since I first visited the site last night and what a lovely experience! It makes me feel very nostalgic, I have never been back to, or seen the campus since I left in 1980 but I have taken a great interest in how things have developed. There seems to be a lot more greenery than I recall, I thought we used to play a bit of drunken rugby between Reed/Rowan and Bradley/Marshall Halls, I don’t think you could do it now for the shrubs and trees? I would also like to thank John Williams for sending the link to the mailing list from http://www.shoreditchcollege.org they have been doing a great job there for a number of years. It would be a nice idea to share some of the ideas from both sites and I am certainly looking forward to seeing some of the interior stuff (My 17 year old daughter calls me sad but so be it!). I know this is a guest book but I hope we can make further comments in the future?
Great Job……..Derek (Griff)

’69 yr. Have just spent 3 hours reliving memories. A fantastic piece of work. Thank you. I hope this can be seen by all who “served time” at “Ditch”!!!!

Shoreditch College 1977 -80. Fantastic site, would be really interested in the internal shots and ways in which personal photos could be shared. Looking forward to future developments. Many thanks for the hard work that has been done to date.