School Days at Arley Castle
I was only at Arley for 2 years but they were very happy years despite all the deprivations etc. It was the only tme in my life I suffered from chilblains! I overlapped with Marylin and I have a photo (somewhere) of her and several others standing in front of the 'Semior Rec' windows with hockey sticks. I think it must have been after an inter-house match. I also remember Beth Pope, Sheila Fillery & Janet Mills. I seem to remember that Beth also had a lovely singing voice. I remember that the 1946/47 winter was also memborable for us using all the tin trays as sledges in the snow. Joan Ward & Myrtle Williams & Ann Dennis I also remember. Joan Ward was my first Dorm Captain. They were very happy days & I was sorry to leave but life moved on. My maidne name was Atkinson.
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I was also at Arley Castle in 46/48. My maiden name was Dennis. I last saw Helen Cornwall-Jones (Atkinson) in London when she was attending a Church conference. I remember Joan Butler (?) Donna Jones, Shiela Fillery, Janet Fasey, Beth Pope, Janet Mills. I enjoyed climbing the trees in the Arboretum, especially the Lab tree, I remember swaying with the tree looking over the Severn and seeing the Principals with prospective parents at the top of the tower. The mother screamed and I descended the tree very rapidly. I also remember the chilblains! I remember riding when there was a sudden clap of thunder and a branch hit my eyebrow - nothing to be seen but it hurt for weeks. I was very sad to hear the castle was demolished.
Comment from Ann Boyd on Thursday, 3rd March 2011.