Hi Folks, my thoughts drifted back to our schooldays and I recalled just how little greenery there was in the playground (not at all unusual, my infant/junior school, Farm Street, had even less) I don't think there was anything at all on the front, apart from the odd weed, but the rear was slightly better - a solitary deciduous tree at the top of the playground, near the entrance from Bridge St West, and, of course, the Deputy Head's Garden (so called because it was just outside her office window) the small quad between the original Boys and Girls entrances (not sure why the Victorians deemed it necessary to have separate entrances - probably something to do with disrobing, couldn't have been the WCs - they were outside).
I remember, whilst in the 3rd year, me and my close associates somehow found ourselves members of the Tree Lover's Club, to be truthful I think it was mainly the colourful membership badge that appealed most, - it was all about collecting badges in those days, anyway it was a brief association, but I do recall getting together a collection of pressed tree leaves.
Peg.