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The second classroom has smaller tables and a different colour scheme, but is otherwise very similar to the first.

The third classroom on this side of the hall/corridor has been converted into a bookstore and an office for the head teacher. One of the very few lessons I can clearly remember took place in that room when I was 9 or 10. It was a maths lesson which, for some reason, was taken by the headmaster, Mr Swan, and he introduced us to algebra. I was fascinated and I have no doubt that I can trace my life-long love of maths to that occasion.

On the other side of the hall/corridor we first come to the Computer Room - an essential feature of all educational establishments these days.

Another view of the Computer Room.

There are two plaques on the wall of the hall/corridor; one commemorates the opening of the school and reads:

The second commemorates the life and work of Maureen Atkinson who was our classmate, Maureen French. This plaque reads:

Maureen, born 8th August 1946, was one of the youngest in our year group and was only 47 when she died. A sad loss.

The next two classrooms have been permanently combined to form an Assembly/Dining Hall. The blue door in the corner leads into a small kitchen used for school meals.

The above-mentioned kitchen from the outside.

Another view of the Assembly/Dining Room. It has just occurred to me that I have no idea where we dined in the 1950s! The small kitchen was there in those days too, so perhaps they used that single end classroom for dining purposes. But the 1907 building plans for the school show a removable (sliding?) partition between the two classrooms which are now permanently combined - so did they perhaps open this partition each lunchtime? Or did they use two or more rooms and simply carry food to each from the kitchen? Can anyone remember?

Looking back along the hall/corridor towards the boys' entrance.

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