Old Memories Of Woodruffe School

A Memory of Barnt Green.

I was a pupil between 1942 and 1944. My name then was Barbara Brown and I lived in Redditch, travelling each day by train. I went to Woodruff because my father had also attended the school (Walter Brown, around 1907 to 1908). He went on to King Edwards Grammar School before serving in WW1.

I am the tallest one in the back row of that photo. I remember Rosemary, Eileen and Betty. Miss Jackson and Miss Mathews were the teachers. I remember we used to have mugs of hot milk in the kitchen, did our sums on slates and sometimes played charades using costumes out of a big wooden chest. I also remember the toilet in the garden. It had a tub of water outside and we had to rinse our hands in the green water. My school days at Woodruff School were very happy and the teaching was excellent.