The 11 Plus And Ramsey Abbey Grammar School
A Memory of Ramsey.
I wrote the 11 plus exam in Woodhurst in about 1949 and passed! Miracles will never cease!
The school bus didn't come into Woodhurst so we rode our bicycles to Oldhurst, parked them in the garage there (6d a week I think we paid to park there). I remember the bus was overcrowded and I had a pretty girl sit on my knee a few times for the ride.
The old Abbey building didn't seem to hold us all so we walked in a "croc" to another school for some classes. Uniforms were strictly monitored; I still have my old Ramset Abbey cap and heaven help us if we were caught not wearing it when outside the school!
A move to London in 1952 had me changing schools but I have fond memories of the Abbey. The limed oak dressers in some classrooms impress me to this day!
Getting caned for not doing my French homework was not so impressive!
Finished up High School at Strand Grammar school in Brixton and my formal education at Wandsworth ended with a City & Guilds of Londone certificate tech now South Thames College. Emigated to Canada in 1959 and travelled the world working in the oilfields until retirement.
Hamish Galloway.
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