MEMORIES OF A LITTLE KID  
Marie Garwood (Nee Hutchison)

Being only seven years old when Piesse Brook School closed down, my memories are only a collection of little ones.

I remember……..
The socials – mostly it was the preparation for the social that stands out. My dad scraping the candles and scattering the sawdust and then me being dragged around on a chaff bag by my big brother to really make it right for dancing. I remember Piesse Brook’s treasure – dear Mrs. Loaring with her lovely bubbly personality, being in the thick of it all either playing the piano or up to the eyeballs in cups of tea and delicious things to eat. I particularly remember things called ‘mushrooms’ – they were pastry shells filled with jam and cream with stalks of pastry sticking out of the middle to look like mushrooms.
 

I remember ………
My mum making lolly baskets out of tea packets and crepe paper for the Christmas tree party. They were so pretty.

Lining up on the drive-way when the bell went – girls in the front and boys at the back. I also remember the skinned knees when one of the boys in the back row would take this opportunity to give us a shove and send us flying down the bank.

The nature walks with Miss Loaring and also getting into trouble for picking the heads off the flag flower bush to make whistles (my first encounter with a conservationist – before I even knew what one was!)

I remember……….
The boys carving a network of roads into the bank of the playground to play with their dinky toys.

Going to see the Queen. I don’t remember actually seeing the Queen but that was probably because I was looking for someone with a crown wearing a purple velvet cloak with a white fluffy trim!

My memories of Piesse Brook School, although not many are all happy ones (apart from the skinned knees) and mostly I remember the two special teachers I had – Mrs Schook and Miss Loaring.

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