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    Upper Highgate School for Girls

    I went to this school from 1955 to 1958. I remember Miss Gwilt who could be very strict, Miss Robertshaw, who I found to be very cold hearted and strict. Miss Simpson who was easy going but in her own world. My friends were Betty Ishmael, and Winifred Bryant. I remember going on holiday with...
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    Coffee Bars:

    Likewise none of the names you mention ring a bell with me and no, Billy Taylor didn't go on to work at the Alex. Thought I would mention I just remembered another thing about La Fiesta - it had large barrels as tables and smaller barrels to sit on. The counter was on the right as you walked...
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    Coffee Bars:

    As you went there about the same time as me I wonder if you remember some of the regulars, my boyfriend at the time worked there he was 16 and called Billy Taylor, other regulars were Ozzie and Hazel, Jimmy Fenton and Janet, Capone, and Owen. You may not know us as we were a clique, in there...
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    Coffee Bars:

    The La Fiesta was definitely in Summer Row, (just off end of Great Charles Street) the same end of town as the Museum and Art Gallery and just a few minutes walk from there. I used to go there frequently in 1958/1960ish as my boyfriend worked there, the back part was designed to look like a...
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