School Days
The happiest days of your life?
There were nine schools originally on the estate, all known by number. They later acquired names and over time have changed their 'clientele' or closed. We hope that individual webpages will be built up for each school, but here are some general memories.
School dinners
We were not allowed to leave our food on the plates especially just being not long after the war. The food was sometimes really awful so we had paper bags with us to put some of the food that we didn't like in and throw them away outside afterwards, because if the girls didn't eat their food, some teachers would make them stay there until they did - missing lessons. They would have to stay there and of course the food got colder and worse, so that's why we had the paper bags - to get rid of it. (Patricia Jennings)
Gaynesford School 1961
Sharon Smith