School Speech Days
When I was a pupil at 'Blackburn High School for Girls' we used to go to Blackburn Cathedral for the morning sevice on Speech Day. In those days the Cathedral was dark and dismal with masses of dark wood and lots of box pews. I particularly remember walking over what I believed were graves - scary to an eleven year old! We always sang the hymn 'Now Thank We All Our God' and I always associate that hymn with the Cathedral. The modernised, light and airy Cathedral is a joy to visit and bears no resemblance to the Cathedral of my schooldays. I was so delighted to find your photos of the 'old' Cathedral's interior looking more like my memories to show to my children.
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RE: RE: School Speech Days
Miss Armstrong always read from Corinthians 'When I was a child etc'. We had to practise standing up on the first note of the hymn and holding our books up so that the sound rose rather than going down into the book. Then we had the afternoon off school to prepare for the evening at King Georges Hall. The following day was a holiday.
Comment from Jocelyn White on Wednesday, 14th March 2012.