ASHLEYCROSS SCHOOL

Parkstone, Church House 1904
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THIS GRAND ENTRANCE, USED TO BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO ASHLEYCROSS GIRLS SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL. WE USED TO WEAR RED BERETS, RED JUMPERS AND RED STOCKINGS.  THE WINDOW ON THE LOWER LEFT, WAS THE HEAD MISTRESSES ROOM (MISS ASHHURST) AT THE TIME WHEN I WENT.  IF WE DID NOT WEAR OUR BERETS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THEN IT WAS TO THAT ROOM WE WERE SENT.  THE ROOM ABOVE IS WHERE WE DID NEEDLEWORK, WE LIKED THAT ROOM AS WE COULD SEE THE WORLD GOING BY OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.  IT WAS A GOOD SCHOOL AND I ENJOYED MY TIME THERE.  WE PLAYED NETBALL AND WE HAD TO WALK TO A SPORTS FIELD IN NORTH RD TO PLAY HOCKEY AND OTHER GAMES. INSIDE THE SCHOOL HALL WE HAD OUR MORNING ASSEMBLY AND INDOOR GAMES, CLIMBING ROPES AND FRAMES ETC AROUND THE HALL, JUMPING HORSES, PLAYING PIRATES WHERE YOU WERE CHASED AND WHEN CAUGHT WERE OUT, NOT MY FAVOURITE THING. THE MAIN SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED AND HOUSES ARE NOW IN IT'S PLACE, BUT THE PICTURE YOU SEE REMAINS OF MY OLD SCHOOL,"ASHLEYCROSS GIRLS".