Category Archives: Unreliable memories

Fifty years ago this term, Miss Stanley was the English teacher for Form 1 Br at Elmhurst Grammar School. Miss Stanley loved literature and reading and words. Being among the dullest in the form, it was only in later years … Continue reading →

There was an announcement to Sixth Year students on the school tannoy (does anyone still call it a tannoy?) The students were to go down to the football pitch for a group photograph on the grass bank. Walking down with … Continue reading →

Arriving in her blue Ford Anglia each morning, bespectacled and stern, our infant teacher Miss Everitt took education seriously. There was never homework, but there was hardly need for it.  The school day for infants ran from 9.15 until 3.30.  … Continue reading →

To drive past the old Kelway’s building going into Langport, is always a moment to recall memories of two summers spent working there, The most abiding memory of those summers will always be of the astilbes. One Monday morning, along … Continue reading →

Mrs Dyer is recalled each time I drive the road. The A361 at Pedwell is a two lane road. Were it not for the 30 mph speed limit signs, turning out onto the road, from either of the side roads … Continue reading →