Figure 1.--This photograph shows the boys at the Boston Grammar School in 1947. The school had a blazer, but the boys did not have to wear it. Another option was long or short trousers, even for the younger boys. |
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Bushey Hall American School was the original name of London Central High School. It was a school operated as part of the United Stztes Department of Defense Dependents Schools Europe (DoDDS-E). After World War II, American military based were set up in many foreign countries as part of the occupation of Axis countries (Germany and Japan) and defensive treaty arangements with driendly governments. To maintain familiy life, arranements were made for wives and children and this included setting dependent schools. Bushey Hall was one of those schools. The school was first established at Bushey Park, adjoining Hampton Court Palace (1951). The school moved to Bushey Hall, about 16 miles Northwest of London (1962). The school moved again to its final location at the USAF Air Station in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, approximately 25 miles west of London (1971).
London Central High School was a typical American High School with American and Canadian students, only it was located in England. There was no school uniform. The students wore typical American teenage fashions. Most of the students were dependents of U.S. military personnel stationed in England, although some of the students came from throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, or Saudi Arabia. LCHS was also open to local area U.S. citizens on a fee-paying basis. The other destinguishing feature of the school was that it was a boarding school. The school closed in May 2007.
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