Nine Hundredth Centenary

I was in the top year at Waltham Holy Cross County Primary in 1966. We took the 9th centenary of 1066 very seriously, given King Harold's connection with the Abbey. I wrote and directed a film for the school children. The sound synchronisation didn't work so we had to also have a voice over script when the film was shown. It must have been dire, but we did our best. There was also a big celebration earlier in the year when Princess Margaret came to open a new statue of King Harold on the Abbey.

I remember Miss Goodwin and Mr Harris at school, real inspirations for the rest of my life. Also the head teacher Mr Hooper, and also Mr Goodyear who did music. We spent most of our school years in prefabs and it was all knocked down soon after. We had an out door swimming pool which took a lot of fund raising; we were allowed to swim if the water was above 60 degrees Fahrenheit.