Miss Adams making her farewell speech in 1961.
Reunion of 1953 intake October 2019
Reunion of 1953 intake October 2019
1 Alison Clare 2 Jacqueline Aves 3 Carol Jackson 4 Delphine Adams 5 Margaret Cass 6 Jill Thain 7 Pamila Harrington 8 Peggy Newman 9 Judith Dawes 10 Sylvia Bracey 11 Ann Brock 12 Jean Morris 13 Carole Dane 14 Maureen Holt 15 Sandra Smith
Fourteen of us from the 1953 intake to Great Yarmouth High School for Girls gathered on Thursday 24th October 2019, for what has now become an annual event – a very nice lunch at the Furzedown Hotel. We met for coffee and a chance to chat. We were delighted to be joined by one of our teachers, Mrs Jean Morris, who taught German. As one old girl wrote afterwards, ' it was especially a treat to have Jean M. so much a part of our group.'
After lunch we sat in a circle to hear greetings and news from class-mates not able to be present. Among these were Diana Perkins, Diana Poulton, Ann Haylett, Yvonne Gallant, Carolyn George, Pamela Mobbs, Brenda Harris, Margaret Cooke, and Linda Watts.
Alison Clare came from Bury St Edmunds, Jacqueline Aves came from Thetford, and Judith Dawes from Dunstable. It was lovely to see Delphine Adams, who hadn't attended a reunion before.
We learned, sadly, of the deaths of Jean Spinks and Valerie Leadbetter.
We briefly discussed one peculiar thing that we have in common, that we were not born in Yarmouth. Because of the war, our mothers were evacuated to safer areas for our births, places such as Ely and Hitchin. The war took our fathers away, sometimes for years, or drafted them into special wartime occupations such as the Auxiliary Fire Service.
Jean Morris talked about the hostile attitude of some other members of staff to Germans so soon after the Second World War.
Then we took turns to recall aspects and events of our schooldays. We remembered how Jacqueline Aves made a little garden in a pile of builder's sand outside the Upper Third hut, complete with a small pond. We recalled the long walk along the sea-front from the school to the playing-field, where we changed into our shorts in the unheated hut, and shivered in the wind off the sea as we played hockey directed by our P.E. teacher Miss Capon in her warm track-suit.
Alison, now a pillar of the community, recalled her complete lack of commitment to school, and others recalled how she used to regale us on Monday mornings with tales of the Saturday night dance with the American airmen stationed locally.
The reunion was a very enjoyable occasion, and we are all up for another one in 2020.
CAROLE ( DANE ) OWEN
Fourteen of us from the 1953 intake to Great Yarmouth High School for Girls gathered on Thursday 24th October 2019, for what has now become an annual event – a very nice lunch at the Furzedown Hotel. We met for coffee and a chance to chat. We were delighted to be joined by one of our teachers, Mrs Jean Morris, who taught German. As one old girl wrote afterwards, ' it was especially a treat to have Jean M. so much a part of our group.'
After lunch we sat in a circle to hear greetings and news from class-mates not able to be present. Among these were Diana Perkins, Diana Poulton, Ann Haylett, Yvonne Gallant, Carolyn George, Pamela Mobbs, Brenda Harris, Margaret Cooke, and Linda Watts.
Alison Clare came from Bury St Edmunds, Jacqueline Aves came from Thetford, and Judith Dawes from Dunstable. It was lovely to see Delphine Adams, who hadn't attended a reunion before.
We learned, sadly, of the deaths of Jean Spinks and Valerie Leadbetter.
We briefly discussed one peculiar thing that we have in common, that we were not born in Yarmouth. Because of the war, our mothers were evacuated to safer areas for our births, places such as Ely and Hitchin. The war took our fathers away, sometimes for years, or drafted them into special wartime occupations such as the Auxiliary Fire Service.
Jean Morris talked about the hostile attitude of some other members of staff to Germans so soon after the Second World War.
Then we took turns to recall aspects and events of our schooldays. We remembered how Jacqueline Aves made a little garden in a pile of builder's sand outside the Upper Third hut, complete with a small pond. We recalled the long walk along the sea-front from the school to the playing-field, where we changed into our shorts in the unheated hut, and shivered in the wind off the sea as we played hockey directed by our P.E. teacher Miss Capon in her warm track-suit.
Alison, now a pillar of the community, recalled her complete lack of commitment to school, and others recalled how she used to regale us on Monday mornings with tales of the Saturday night dance with the American airmen stationed locally.
The reunion was a very enjoyable occasion, and we are all up for another one in 2020.
CAROLE ( DANE ) OWEN
Key to the photograph:
Back row:
Alison (Clare) Flath, Pamela (Kerrison) Hollis, Judith (Dawes) Parlby, Iris London, Carol (Jackson) Roberts, Sylvia Bracey
Front row:
Wendy (Priestley) Lyon, Diana (Perkins) Martin, Carole (Dane) Owen, Sandra (Smith) Perry, Jill (Thain) Dyble, Mrs Jean Morris (German teacher), Maureen (Holt) Grimmer, Ann (Brock) Russell
Sixty-five years since we started at the Girls' High School
Written by Carole Owen
No smart-phones, no internet, no cars delivering us to school, but we probably enjoyed our youth as much as children do today. Fifteen of us from the 1953 intake to Great Yarmouth High School for Girls, together with our teacher Mrs Jean Morris, gathered at the Furzedown Hotel in mid-November 2018 for a day to celebrate the ties that remain from our time together and to share our memories of the fifties. We chatted and then enjoyed a delicious meal.
We raised our after-lunch coffee cups to drink a toast to two old girls who could not be present, Anne (Haylett) Mumford and Diana (Poulton) Savory. Diana went back to the school as a maths teacher. Anne now lives in Berwick, in the far north of England, and Diana lives over the border in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They had decided to meet for their own mini-reunion lunch on the same day that the rest of us were meeting in Yarmouth and had said that they would raise their coffee cups to us.
In the afternoon, I shared news that I had had from other fellow-pupils. In March, Anthea Cullington was over here from California, where she settled 40 years ago, and ended up running a restaurant. Ann Milroy tracked her down on the restaurant's website. In March she came over to England to stay with her sister, who lives west of London, and joined Ann and me for lunch. Anthea and Ann kept up their friendship after school, when Ann's family had moved to Richmond in Yorkshire, but lost contact when Anthea moved to the States.
Mr Newton was unable to join us. He had a fall a while back, but fortunately has made a complete recovery. We all signed a card for him, which Alison (Clare) Flath, who lives in Bury St Edmunds, not far from his village, kindly took to him.
From Diana (Perkins) Martin we learned that Pamela Mobbs is now captain of the Middlesex Ladies Over-75s tennis team. Apparently, she occasionally has trouble getting a team together.
We took it in turns to recall and pay tribute to some of our teachers. We remembered kindly Mrs Pereira, who taught us French. How hard she worked, making each one of us in the first year a head-dress for our performance of Sur le Pont d'Avignon in a French evening to which parents were invited. She played a large part in the setting up of the twinning of Great Yarmouth with Rambouillet and led the first visit there by High School girls. A photo of this group should appear shortly on the website.
This was a very happy occasion for all involved. Our grateful thanks to Paul and Lisa Garrod at the Furzedown for the lovely food and for doing all that we could wish to give us such a good day. Here's to the next.
Written by Carole Owen
No smart-phones, no internet, no cars delivering us to school, but we probably enjoyed our youth as much as children do today. Fifteen of us from the 1953 intake to Great Yarmouth High School for Girls, together with our teacher Mrs Jean Morris, gathered at the Furzedown Hotel in mid-November 2018 for a day to celebrate the ties that remain from our time together and to share our memories of the fifties. We chatted and then enjoyed a delicious meal.
We raised our after-lunch coffee cups to drink a toast to two old girls who could not be present, Anne (Haylett) Mumford and Diana (Poulton) Savory. Diana went back to the school as a maths teacher. Anne now lives in Berwick, in the far north of England, and Diana lives over the border in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They had decided to meet for their own mini-reunion lunch on the same day that the rest of us were meeting in Yarmouth and had said that they would raise their coffee cups to us.
In the afternoon, I shared news that I had had from other fellow-pupils. In March, Anthea Cullington was over here from California, where she settled 40 years ago, and ended up running a restaurant. Ann Milroy tracked her down on the restaurant's website. In March she came over to England to stay with her sister, who lives west of London, and joined Ann and me for lunch. Anthea and Ann kept up their friendship after school, when Ann's family had moved to Richmond in Yorkshire, but lost contact when Anthea moved to the States.
Mr Newton was unable to join us. He had a fall a while back, but fortunately has made a complete recovery. We all signed a card for him, which Alison (Clare) Flath, who lives in Bury St Edmunds, not far from his village, kindly took to him.
From Diana (Perkins) Martin we learned that Pamela Mobbs is now captain of the Middlesex Ladies Over-75s tennis team. Apparently, she occasionally has trouble getting a team together.
We took it in turns to recall and pay tribute to some of our teachers. We remembered kindly Mrs Pereira, who taught us French. How hard she worked, making each one of us in the first year a head-dress for our performance of Sur le Pont d'Avignon in a French evening to which parents were invited. She played a large part in the setting up of the twinning of Great Yarmouth with Rambouillet and led the first visit there by High School girls. A photo of this group should appear shortly on the website.
This was a very happy occasion for all involved. Our grateful thanks to Paul and Lisa Garrod at the Furzedown for the lovely food and for doing all that we could wish to give us such a good day. Here's to the next.
1) Sheila Gaze 2) Ann(e) Jeffries 3) Jean Robertson 4) Janice Higgins 5) Ann(e) Sayers 6) Betty Field 7)Madeline Firmin
8) Janice Scarles 9) Betty Goodings 10) Jean McCarthy. ID 51
Collection of photographs from Jennifer Bassett collection. More names please.
Collection of photographs donated by Elizabeth Tucker nee Allen. A few more names would be much appreciated
The above photograph is the Great Yarmouth Girls High School 1920 Autumn Term. if anyone can recognise a pupil or teacher please let us know.
Standing
Maureen?,Jacqueline Spatchett, Anne Kemp, Patricia Yarham, Jacky Ames.
Seated
Mr Purling, Carol Jackson, Iris London, Margaret Cass, Pamela Stone, Pamela Mobbs, Mr Campbell.
Maureen?,Jacqueline Spatchett, Anne Kemp, Patricia Yarham, Jacky Ames.
Seated
Mr Purling, Carol Jackson, Iris London, Margaret Cass, Pamela Stone, Pamela Mobbs, Mr Campbell.
Standing, left to right
Wendy Barber,Ishbel Macmillan,Sylvia Bracey,Ann Philips,Jacqueline Spatchett,Yvonne Gallant,Pamela Mobbs,Hazel Wallace,Mary Abel,Ann Haylett,Patricia Fulcher,Toni Woolgar,Delphine Adams,Alison Clare,Pamela Gates,Peggy Harrison,Lesley Jelliffe,Brenda Harris,Peggy Newman,Anne Atkins.
Seated on chairs
Diana Perkins,Anne Scammell, UNIDENTIFIED,Sandra Smith,Pamela Kerrison,Mrs Daisy Lee,Judith Dawes,Carolyn George.
Sitting or kneeling on the ground
Linda Watts,Diana Poulton,Peggy Tennat,Dorothy Stafford,Patricia Yarham,Maire Wilkinson,Carol Creasey,Carol Dane,Carol Jackson (kneeling behind), Iris London.
CAN YOU HELP ?
In the middle row, who is that third from the left, between Anne Scammell and Sandra Smith?
Wendy Barber,Ishbel Macmillan,Sylvia Bracey,Ann Philips,Jacqueline Spatchett,Yvonne Gallant,Pamela Mobbs,Hazel Wallace,Mary Abel,Ann Haylett,Patricia Fulcher,Toni Woolgar,Delphine Adams,Alison Clare,Pamela Gates,Peggy Harrison,Lesley Jelliffe,Brenda Harris,Peggy Newman,Anne Atkins.
Seated on chairs
Diana Perkins,Anne Scammell, UNIDENTIFIED,Sandra Smith,Pamela Kerrison,Mrs Daisy Lee,Judith Dawes,Carolyn George.
Sitting or kneeling on the ground
Linda Watts,Diana Poulton,Peggy Tennat,Dorothy Stafford,Patricia Yarham,Maire Wilkinson,Carol Creasey,Carol Dane,Carol Jackson (kneeling behind), Iris London.
CAN YOU HELP ?
In the middle row, who is that third from the left, between Anne Scammell and Sandra Smith?
This is a perfect set given to us by Betty Wroughton who was a pupil at the school from 1925-1932. By all accounts she was the perfect pupil. She was Form Captain, Prefect and then Senior Prefect. She was also very very neat!
Thanks to her we will have this record of the school accoutrements for all time.
MERCURY PHOTOGRAPH OF 1994 REUNION OF 1953 INTAKE
1. Iris London 2 Jacqeline Spatchett 3 Peggy Tennant (now deceased) 4 Pamela Kerrison 5 Mary Abel 6 Margaret Cass 7 Pamela Harrington 8 Delphine
Adams 9 Mrs Stevenson (Capon P.E.) 10 Carole Dane 11 Mr Skins( Music Teacher) 12 Peggy Newman 13 Carolyn George 14 Jill Ward 15 Maureen Fulcher 16 Jacqueline Aves 17 Sylvia Bracey 18 Judith Dawes 19 Ann Phillips 20 Pamela Harrington 21 Mr Thomas(History) 22 Mr Newton (Geography)
23 Ann Brock 24 Ann Haylett 25 Pat Fulcher (now deceased) 26 Lesley Jelliffe (now deceased)27 Diana Perkins (who organised the reunion)
28 Toni Woolgar (now deceased) 29 Pamela Mobbs 30 Miss Trickett (English) 31 Miss Favell (History) 32 Jean Cooke 33 Ishbel Macmillan 34 Sandra Smith 35 CaroleJackson 36 Jill Thain 37 Maureen Holt 38 Mrs Morris (German) 39 Alison Clare 40 Ann Watts 41 Rosemary Mullen (on the staff in 1994) taught French.
42 Pauline Sabin.
We now appear to have all the names there is just one query:1. Did Mr Thomas teach Geography?
Have been reliably informed by JIll Butler nee Welsby:
With regard to the query relating to picture 36 ( the intake of 53) on the pictures page"Did Mr Thomas teach Geography?"
He most certainly did, if he is the same Mr Thomas as the one teaching during my time at the school, 59-66. He taught me Geography. I don' t remember him teaching anything else
With regard to the query relating to picture 36 ( the intake of 53) on the pictures page"Did Mr Thomas teach Geography?"
He most certainly did, if he is the same Mr Thomas as the one teaching during my time at the school, 59-66. He taught me Geography. I don' t remember him teaching anything else
First GYHS group to visit Rambouillet, Easter 1957 – key
- Linda Traill
- ?
- Angela Chapman
- ?
- Lesley Heggy
- Penelope Ward (known as Jill)
- Hilary Smith
- ?
- Mary Pereira
- Mary?
- Christine Donaldson
- ?
- Carol Creasy
- Ann Brock
- Pat Donaldson
- Linda Watts
- Ann Haylett
- Mrs Pereira (French teacher)