Little Paddocks: A memory of Sunninghill

Little Paddocks

A Memory of Sunninghill.

I went to a dreadful boarding school in Sunninghill from 1958 until 1962 for visually impaired girls. A lot of cruelty went on there. It’s now The Royal Berkshire Hotel. We only went out for crocodile walks and church. The school closed in 1970 and the children were evacuated there from Brighton in 1942.

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I went to Sunninghill’s C of E school from 1957 till 1963 and in the summer months our class walked all the way to Little Paddocks to be allowed to swim in their very, very small, often icy cold swimming pool.

By Chris Turner on Wed Jan 6th 2021, at 11:23 pm

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I vaguely remember other schools using our pool. It is a shame we were never allowed to meet. I agree that it could be very cold. We had a rather brutal PE teacher and I didn’t learn to swim until I left.

By sally.french on Thu Jan 7th 2021, at 4:30 pm

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