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It was located down the lane off High Street beside (old) Woolworths. It has been closed for some years but was open for sure around 1942-44. It had its own air raid shelter and the uniform was grey shorts with green blazer (with school badge on pocket) and green sectioned peaked cap. The pupils had Mickey Mouse gas masks to take to school with them.

To shed a little light on a school about which very little seems to have been known: I was a pupil there from around 1955 to 1961. It was in King Edward's Road, a large private house (I think it's third from the right of Monarch's Way on the South side, as far as I can tell from Google Maps). It was run by Dorothea Squire, a widow, who taught the senior form - one teacher, all female, handled each year. Mrs Squire was a delightful if formidable woman, who loved English and English literature. A devout Catholic, she never pressed her religious beliefs on her students. The other teachers included a Miss Hendry, a Miss Hodge and (confusingly) a Mrs Hodge. It would be fascinating to hear from anyone else who attended the school. A year or so after I left Mrs Squire, having being diagnosed with cancer, closed the school. I took away one of the desks and used it to write on for some years

Dr Christopher Hobbs

I was a pupil there from circa 1958 until it closed

How well I remember Mrs Squires. She used to make us sit in the hall and recite her tables every day. What else do I recall. Country dancing lessons – reels, Gay Gordons and the like – we learnt them all. Now Mrs Hendry was a scary teacher. She once took the ruler to me when I was pushed over by a class mate I think it was Nicholas and the result of it was that I destroyed a model set we had been making for weeks. Anyway I got the blame. I remember my mother marching to the school to have a ‘word’. I also recall that we were prepared for a very special fellow classmate, the daughter of a senior Japanese embassy staff member. She was very lovely, wore her national dress which stood her out from the rest of us and very gracious but spoke very little English. Mrs Squires gave us quite a session on how we were to be extra nice to our new classmate. However our new friend was only there for a few months before the family moved. It was a good school and we knew the boundaries. I recall it with great affection. Anyone remember me?

Revd Canon Sheila McLachlan