Our Ladys High School

A Memory of Dartford.

I was sent to Our Lady's High School in Tiverton, Devon at about the age of 4, than remained with the school when it was relocated to Dartford until I was about 15. What a horrible place - the nuns were so cruel. I remember getting the steel side of a ruler along the knuckles of my hands if I played a wrong note on the piano. Another time I was high by the bristle side of hairbrushes for something I didn't do (I think it was putting crayons on a table or something). Unfortunately, no matter what I told my parents, they didn't believe me, and so my life was hell. I fortunately have many memory blackouts, so dates are confusing to me. I do remember a classmate named Morag and her friend Elizabeth. They were not friends. I also seem to remember a nun setting fire to herself, or something like that. Anybody out there have any horrible memories?

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