Leaving Ware Grammar School
My elder sister and I both went to Ware Grammar School. My sister Christine Beattie from 1953 to 1956 and me, Catherine (Rena) Beattie from 1955 to 1956. We travelled from Hertford by bus to school and back. We left the school in July 1956 to travel with the rest of the family as migrants to Australia.
I'll never forget the last day at Ware Grammar. My sister and I were called up by the Headmistress in front of the student body to be wished 'Good Luck in Australia.'
My sister Christine joined the Australian Army and trained as a cook, but obtained an honourable discharge to become a Salvation Army Officer. I became a Medical Laboratory Technician but in my late forties became an Industrial officer with a Union. We both look back with fondness on our time at Ware Grammar.
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RE: RE: Leaving Ware Grammar School
Hey, I go to Ware Grammar School now, well it's now called Presdales and it's turned into a comprehensive and its site has moved to Hoe Lane. Not much of the rules have changed, we've still got have a skirts below our knees although we keep it above our knees, we do French, German and our another chosen lauguage, our headmistress is called Mrs Robbison, but things have changed, we are quite a bunch of unruly schoolgirls. I dont really like it at Presdales (Ware Grammer School), it's not up to date with certain aspects apart from allowing boys into the Sixth Form. We have Sixth Form masion, we still have prefects and a headgirl (I have no idea who the head girl is anyway). What's your favorite memory?
Comment from Molly Sullivan on Wednesday, 1st December 2010.