Memories
of JCS - Eleanor Giles Class 3C - Left 1957
The
teachers that stand out vividly in my memory are:-
Miss
Pattie, Miss Davis (Gym), and Ma Mackie!? (French)
I
was very surprised and delighted to see mention of the visit to Miss Pattie on
the JCS website - what a wonderful old lady.
I'm sure most of you will agree that the teachers appeared to us, then,
as being old and I just assumed none of them would be around today.
I must confess I was terrified of Miss Pattie and dreaded the maths
lessons.
I remember well when, assembled in the school yard one morning, I wore
the latest, psychedelic, lime green, socks which I thought blended in rather
well with the school uniform.
Unfortunately Miss Pattie disagreed and singled me out with a good
telling off for coming to school in 'those outrageous socks'!
I felt very embarrassed and as a consequence dreaded the lessons with her
even more!
Does
anyone remember Ma Mackie
We all thought she was somewhat eccentric and she used to be an amusing
talking point.
I remember my French name was Germaine and passionately singing French
rhymes.
Ms.Davis
remains in my memory as a modern liberated funky type of teacher with reddish
hair.
I think she was the leader of the house of Cuthbert and I used to feel
proud to wear the red girdle and take part in the races on Sports day; competing
and shouting passionately for Cuthbert House.
Does
anyone out there remember the school choir performing 'HMS Pinafore'?
I have vivid memories of that and we all felt very proud to be taking
part on the day.
The person who stands out in my mind was a boy with a very deep voice who
was the star of the show.
I do not remember his name for sure, although I do have the name 'George
Johnson' in my memory.
Also, I remember a John Craven who used to go around singing 'Hot Toddy'
which was a hit around that time.
I
seem to remember most of my class were from the Felling/Pelaw area and as far as
I can see they do not appear to have contacted the JCS site or 'Friends
Reunited'.
I do
remember, very well, walking to school each day with Gillian Elley whom I
remember as being a very nice person, although we did have arguments over how
long to spend on the swings on our way to school!
I would like Gillian to please contact me again as I lost her email
address due to a computer crash caused by a major storm here in Portugal.
31st
March 2004
Editors
comment.
Thanks for the memory, sorry you can't get to the reunion.
If we can contact Gillian we will certainly put her back in touch with
you.