Category Archives: Unreliable memories

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 →

Once, I was called upon to make the presentation at the retirement of a primary school teacher. It was a poignant occasion, (especially if you have to try to make the speech to say ‘thank you’). After decades of teaching … Continue reading →

The chief memory from the geography that I learned at High Ham Primary School is the time when I turned the country around. In those times when making photocopies was a rare phenomenon confined to large institutions where xerox machines … Continue reading →