Fleur De Lys Infant And Junior School

A Memory of Fleur-de-lis.

I went to this school from about 1935 until I entered Bedwellty Grammar School .A war time memory comes to mind. One afternoon Miss Davies, our teacher, told us that we were going to help the war effort. We were all going to scour the countryside and collect hips (the fruit of the rose hip. Much later on in life I discovered that it was turned into rose-hip syrup). To continue ... Off we all went on a beautiful sunny autumn afternoon looking for these hips. Unfortunately the locaton chosen was just right for a very exciting game of Cowboys and Indians (location an old quarry but not dangerous). Whilst all the boys played, the girls collected the hips. The whistle went and we all went back to school. Later a great surprise, we were all given one half penny each (but remember we could not go and buy any sweets, as they were all rationed!).