Patricia Evans. Friern 1970-1976; Miss Higgins was captain of the England Netball team and Head of the Lower School opposite Peckham Rye. Favourite teachers were Mrs Salmon (who brought Julius Caesar & Keats alive) and Miss Bloom for contemporary dance. The victorian building was always foreboding on a grey wet day - it had to go. Recall the red jumpers, until the 6th form when it was beige & brown which was never my colour - preferred the red. What ever happened to Sandra Chivers whom i bumped into one day in East Lane market, but then lost the contact details? If anyone knows where Sandra Chivers is - do advise? I used to call for Sandra on our way to school - she lived off Rye Lane, and I baked victoria sponges for her visit to my home. I still live in London. But the other side of the pond nowadays. I remind us girls of the song we girls used to sing: "We are the Friern Girls. We wear our hair in curls. We wear our skirts up high. We never smoke or drink" That's what Miss Pringle thinks. We are the Friern Girls!!"
