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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 25 Walking to School

Credit line: Alan Perry talks about walking to Shottermill School as a boy.

Transcription:

Interviewer: If you’d like to tell me a bit about Shottermill School.

Interviewee: Just a little bit there I used to be sent to. My Mother was the playground warder, but I suppose you’d call it assistant, and use to keep an eye on us. So sometimes when I was little she used to walk me to school, but by 7 or 8 I was taking myself to school. Two things I remember about walking to school, one was walking into a lamp post and getting one black eye and the other was ducking under a bar and getting two black eyes, nearly knocking myself out.

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