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Garry House School and Fountain Road
- Thread starter anna60
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HI ANNA
I can recall the school it was abit of a posh school in fountan rd but i also can recal#l the the bail hostel for girls around the corner for girls on portland rd just around the corner
and it was also a probation homesfor girls whom had to be in the hostel by 8 oclock
and if my memory serves me correct tyra wilcoxs lived aboput 200 yards away from this hostel it was a very nice house way back in the very late fifties to early sixties when she was young and just started to break into the pop music scene astonian
I can recall the school it was abit of a posh school in fountan rd but i also can recal#l the the bail hostel for girls around the corner for girls on portland rd just around the corner
and it was also a probation homesfor girls whom had to be in the hostel by 8 oclock
and if my memory serves me correct tyra wilcoxs lived aboput 200 yards away from this hostel it was a very nice house way back in the very late fifties to early sixties when she was young and just started to break into the pop music scene astonian
Patricia Price
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This reply comes a bit late but my mother, Patricia Price, went to Garry House in 1939 and would love to hear from anyone who was there at the time.
I went to Garry House and lived nearby in Fountain Rd. There was a Miss Rosher involved who lived on the corner of Carisbrooke/Fountain Roads. This would be about 1956-1960.
Later I went to a funny little prep school called Chigwell House (I think). My father never had any money so probably dodged on fees. I was tolerated because I was "clever" and eventually got into King Edwards School. Funnily enough I went back to KES a few weeks ago, after an absence of 52.5 years. In Covid times of course I could only look from outside.
Later I went to a funny little prep school called Chigwell House (I think). My father never had any money so probably dodged on fees. I was tolerated because I was "clever" and eventually got into King Edwards School. Funnily enough I went back to KES a few weeks ago, after an absence of 52.5 years. In Covid times of course I could only look from outside.
I was a pupil at Garry House from 1958 - 1966. My mum wanted me to go to George Dixon with my brother but I was too young but GH took me in. Miss Rosher lived on the corner of Carisbrooke Road & we had some lessons in her house. It was later bought by Mrs Holby & her husband who seemed to be the handyman. Her daughter taught us but afterwards I couldn't be sure she was a qualified teacher. We had Mrs Pover who was a lovely maths teacher.
I remember a man came to empty the Barnardo's boxes & Mrs Holby took him on as a teacher - bizarre. It turned out eventually that they were bankrupts and not qualified to run the school. In my year was a girl called Sarah Osborne whose father had bought her Bearwood Ice Rink as a 7th birthday present. He eventually bought the school after it had moved to Norfolk Road as he owned the Osborne Hotel on Hagley Road & I believe was appalled at what was happening.
When I was about 7 my parents were told that they could pay a lump sum to cover the fees for the rest of my school life so they did - which obviously saved a fair amount of money even in those days. My mum thought that this was because they were so hard up for cash.
However despite all that I remember the school fondly & gained a good grounding which stood me in good stead when I moved onto King Edward's High School for Girls
I remember a man came to empty the Barnardo's boxes & Mrs Holby took him on as a teacher - bizarre. It turned out eventually that they were bankrupts and not qualified to run the school. In my year was a girl called Sarah Osborne whose father had bought her Bearwood Ice Rink as a 7th birthday present. He eventually bought the school after it had moved to Norfolk Road as he owned the Osborne Hotel on Hagley Road & I believe was appalled at what was happening.
When I was about 7 my parents were told that they could pay a lump sum to cover the fees for the rest of my school life so they did - which obviously saved a fair amount of money even in those days. My mum thought that this was because they were so hard up for cash.
However despite all that I remember the school fondly & gained a good grounding which stood me in good stead when I moved onto King Edward's High School for Girls