jules66

Have had a real good chuckle at Wardys postings,your recollections are absolutely hilarious. Yes PeteB I remember Mrs Spiller the dinner monitor too...I was one of those kids who loved school dinners - steamed vegetables, pink blancmange, spam fritters, semolina, suet pudding, jam roly poly, rhubarb and custard.the menu was amazing.....beats some of the restaurant food I've experienced since. Mrs Promhouse .....still thinking about that one....I was petrified of dogs, especially those bigger than me... I do remember the dormitory type classrooms on the top floor with glass dividers. and being able to hear the lesson next door as it was an open plan layout almost. I never missed one day of school in the infants and juniors. All change....secondary school has arrived.

I remember ....Mrs Baker - sewing classes, we would make calico bags with and learn a range of embroidery stiches using wool and embroidery threads. Mr Stevens - head teacher and director for nativity plays, very encouraging man, much preferred him than Mr Wood I also remember... Mr Regan - in love with his reflection, could never really imagine him with Miss Baker, she seemed so prim Jennings Building - Pottery classes, Jennings, that playground that you had to run across during play time, as the boys played football so ferociously. I remember when we transferred from Darrell to Heber school we had to have school dinners of site, forget the name of the road we used to walk to, with the dinner lady monitors. I remember a girl called Suzy who lived next door the Heber, and she was an actress and would have many days of school. Dolly the Lollypop lady on Barry Road, always wished she would call me by my name like she did of other children. We lived in Hillcourt Road, and how I longed for the days when would eventually go to Frien school and wear that red, white and blue uniform. Never fulfilled the aspiration.... we moved to Lewisham in 1977 and I ended up wearing a blue and white uniform instead.(Greenwich Park Girls).

Mrs Mukaji, the woman I credit with my ability to write in italics. She would get us to copy the cards over and over again and I have a lot to be thankful for. People often comment favourably on my on cursive handwriting. Mr Wood was headteacher and I remember his science lessons with David Attenborough videos being shown. We learned so much about the animal kingdom, dinosaurs and nature. My favourite teacher Mrs Howell, lovey bubbly lady. Then there was the tuck shop lady Mrs Percival I think her name was with a son called Jimmi. She used to sell Cadbury chocolate fingers and we would cue up in the corridors during our breaks and cups of orange juice were also sold. I remember doing the maypole dance and line dancing in the playground, an all school affair in Darrell. Going to dinner at Heber and the chants of 'boo to Darrell' from the Heber children. I am smiling as I type...so many many fond memories.