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A Memory of Allerwash.
I was a pupil at St Oswald Girls School 1963-1967. Miss Muriel Stevenson died just before I started so Miss Rowena Stevenson was headmistress when I started there. I think she was heavily influenced by her friend Miss Oram who used to organise the plays etc that were performed in the grounds. I remember being in a nativity play at Hexham Abbey which was beautiful. The school also owned 2 ponies and other pupils were allowed to bring their own ponies there for term time. I have some very happy memories and some sad ones. I left there as the school had become so small in 1967. My name then was Kate Lockerby (now Court).
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We do visit the UK every couple of years as we both have a sister there. Mine lives in Co. Durham and we are actually going there in August. Here are some of the names I remember - Sara Bell (who had that awful accident and her pony was killed), Sarah Westmacott, Penny Mitchell, Mary Moriarty, Melanie Crick, Jackie Thornlie, Katy Fell...and the list goes on. I remember the dancing teacher was Miss Coombes who was an ex-ballerina, Mr Strutt and Mrs Plummer who was the French teacher and then moved to Hunmanby Hall as a housemistress. She used to have Phyllis and I over to her house in Filey for afternoon tea. Anyway nice to hear from you. I have seen other comments from people who were there in the 1950s. All the best and kind regards.