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    Schooldays in Haslemere

    Between the 1940s and 1960s, Haslemere had a variety of different schools. Private schools included St Ives, which at this time was a school ran by the Parents’ National Educational Union and as such emphasised the teaching of nature studies and the arts. The Haslemere School on Chestnut Avenue was opened on 22nd April 1900. It was originally designed for some 220 pupils and built by public subscription. There were also smaller schools such as Hillside School, situated for a time on the Petworth Road and run by the formidable Miss Welland, and Shottermill School in Lion Lane. Woolmer Hill, today the only secondary school in Haslemere, was built in the 1950s to satisfy requirements of 1944 Education Act.

    Track 1 Going Out For Lunch



    Credit line: Audrey Bayliss talks about going out for lunch whilst at St Ives School.

    Transcription:

    Interviewee: We walked from Beech Road to school and we used to go home for lunch at the beginning. I remember my friend who lived in Three Gates Lane and after lunch they read a book to us and this book went on and on, it was probably a classic or something, but my friend liked to get back from lunch as quickly as possible to hear what the story was doing and I didn’t care too much so we met at Pound Corner and it was one dash back to school. Eventually we took our lunch and I think last of all they went out and took them to a little restaurant somewhere – there was one in the town somewhere. There wasn’t a kitchen in our part. Although the head Miss Sloane and Miss Harrison were running it, and they lived at the back of St Ives, they really couldn’t cook.

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    Title
    Contributor
    Album
    Duration
    1
    Going Out For Lunch
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    0:56
    2
    Good Start
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    0:19
    3
    Museum Plants
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    0:43
    4
    Nature Walk
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    0:34
    5
    Netball
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    1:06
    6
    Not Everyone Liked Nature Studies
    Audrey Bayliss
    Schools
    0:45
    7
    Afternoon School During War
    Andrew White
    Schools
    0:44
    8
    Evacuees And School
    Andrew White
    Schools
    2:08
    9
    Godalming School
    Andrew White
    Schools
    1:00
    10
    Leaving Godalming School
    Andrew White
    Schools
    0:39
    11
    Maypole At School
    Andrew White
    Schools
    0:30
    12
    Hillside Dictation
    Elizabeth Boniface
    Schools
    0:57
    13
    School Exam
    Elizabeth Boniface
    Schools
    0:20
    14
    School Plays
    Elizabeth Boniface
    Schools
    0:48
    15
    Attending School
    Joe Nobbs
    Schools
    1:19
    16
    Playing In Band
    Joe Nobbs
    Schools
    0:16
    17
    School And Teacher
    Joe Nobbs
    Schools
    0:42
    18
    Eagle At Museum
    Marjory Bayliss
    Schools
    0:47
    19
    Learning At Museum
    Marjory Bayliss
    Schools
    0:45
    20
    Cat Story
    Mitch Mitchell
    Schools
    0:42
    21
    Chestnut Avenue
    Mitch Mitchell
    Schools
    1:11
    22
    School During War
    Peter Moorey
    Schools
    0:52
    23
    Types Of Lessons
    Peter Moorey
    Schools
    0:23
    24
    Building Swimming Pool
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    0:26
    25
    Walking to School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    0:29
    26
    Sunday School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    0:59
    27
    Teachers at Shottermill School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    0:35
    28
    Caning at School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    1:55
    29
    Opening of Woolmer Hill School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    0:23
    30
    Teachers at Woolmer Hill School
    Alan Perry
    Schools
    1:46
    31
    Playing Cricket
    John Belton
    Schools
    0:48
    32
    Woodworking Class
    John Belton
    Schools
    0:38