Allenheads School

I have so many memories of Allenheads School: Major, George Nixon's dog, (brother of our dog, Judy) turning up at school each day, sitting in the classroom and having his lunch with us. I remember the snow, building forts and igloos and the snowball fights. Miss Wright turning our coats on the fireguard to get them dried ready for us to go out and play again. In the summer we often played in the woods behind the school but wherever we were we could always hear the school bell. Oh, and those outside toilets! One thing I could never remember was who took me to school on my first day. Last year I met Billy Robson. He reminded me that we started school on the same day in 1954 and Evelyn Ridley took us both - she was one of the older pupils.
Such happy school years