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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 13 School Exam

Credit line: Elizabeth Boniface talks about a school exam at Hillside School.

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Interviewee: When it was examination time we were given these things and there was no set times so I remember one day I was left, I hadn’t finished, so they all went up and had lunch and I was left downstairs and I didn’t know things so I went up and looked at someone else’s to see what answer they’d given.

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