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Miss Thompson had an MA from Cambridge, as I think did Mr Chippendale. Once when we were in the Sixth Form I and my friend Stephen went to a Shakespeare event at the university with various actors and Gareth Lloyd Evans, a Shakespeare scholar. Miss T. knew him, how well I don't know, and asked...

Miss Hulse was Deputy Head, and she and Miss Thompson were friends. Once they went on holiday to Yugoslavia where they stayed in a monastery, and Miss T. told me that they communicated with the monks in Latin! Miss Hulse was extremely posh, I thought. I kept in touch with them, especially Miss...

Mrs Capon would probably have been wearing a track suit. Needlework was Mrs Griffiths, I think, and Domestic Science was a red-haired teacher (the name escapes me at the moment!) Was it Miss Powell?

Mr Kinder, also very good, was my A level French teacher.

That sounds terrifying! Mr Shakespeare always seemed very fierce. I was once sent down to the playing field where he was teaching to ask him to come into school (can't remember why, maybe a First Aid thing), and that was frightening enough.

I started in 1965. Never used the trampoline myself, but I remember it being in the gym. I do remember Mr Cherry, who was very genial. His wife, Miss Windsor, was my French teacher and one of my favourites.

I don't, but I think you were a few years ahead of me, though not many. Perhaps they had stopped doing it then?

I remember Mr KIng. I was in three school plays, so very familiar with the stage!

In the film 'The History Boys' the classroom reminded me of Room 61 - 6 Mod and Miss Thompson.

It was. I don't think I realised at the time how good it was.

That sounds grim.

Something I noticed that affected me in the same way was the absence of the case with trophies in the Red Hall. And the fact that the stage had gone. I'll see if I can find the video again.

I thought Mr Chippendale used bay rum on his hair, not that I know what it is, but it sounds old-fashioned!

We also did those dances at school! I really enjoyed them. In the 80s I did contemporary dance and dance/drama at the BAI with two excellent teachers. When we did the performances, there was one class that did French folk dances.

What a variety of classes! Would National Dancing be English folk dance?

And the sandals in no. 3 - they were still being worn in the 60s and maybe 70s.

I wonder if there are other places with so many underpasses.

I have heard that. I am worried about over feeding or maybe giving her the wrong type of food. Before this one, there was a ginger cat that used to come in to us...perhaps word got around!

Good ideas, thank you.