This
information was donated by Angela Davies a pupil at the school circa 1965
Angela writes:-
Most of the dresses for the party we had made ourselves. We had a brilliant
dressmaking teacher and the latest fashions were always hotly discussed.
I also have somewhere a photograph of
a Fashion Show which took place in the village hall. I think there was
a boutique in Bures at the time and the owner needed a couple of models.
It was great fun. I am sure it will turn up when I am not looking for
it.
It is so annoying that ‘ friends reunited ‘ no longer exists
and I am very sorry I cannot remember any more names.
The photos of the party must have been either end of summer term 1965
or at Christmas time. Where Mrs. Newton found the charming male guests
from I have no idea but she always made sure the girl/boy ratio was correct
! And I remember them all being very dashing and charming.
She was so kind . I was invited as the only pupil to go to a Peterhouse
May Ball in Cambridge that June. I woke up on the day I was due to go
feeling as sick and awful as can be. I wanted to cancel, but ‘ Nags’
flatly refused to let me and drove me herself to the train and shoved
me on the train to Cambridge. She had organised for a family in Cambridge
to collect me and take me to their house where I changed , my date picked
me up and also returned me to the couple after the ball. The next day
the journey was reversed. I had the most wonderful time. Mrs. Newton had
correctly surmised that my
‘ illness’ was purely down to teenage angst and wasn,t having
any nonsense ! She had great psychological ‘ nouse ‘ !
I am sorry I cannot remember any more
names. Such a shame that ‘ friends reunited ‘ no longer exists.
Are there no records from the school at all? If Smallbridge had been in
Austria or Germany we would all have been logged countless times in various
departments of the local council !
Anyway, I hope you find my recollections
interesting.
With best wishes,
Angela Davies
Sent from my iPad
Angela mentions that Mrs Newton "
managed to find the charming male guests"
I suspect these would have come from the Copford Glebe School, Smallbridge
often made exchange visits for special events such as visiting
lecturers
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1) Mrs. Newton ( very unkindly nicknamed
Nags as she was actually extremely kind and fun!)
2) Sir Basil Bartlett ( our dashing History and English tutor )
3) A beautiful Italian pupil wearing a dress I made !
4) An extremely pretty Parisian pupil who taught us all how to smoke
as chicly as she did!
5) Miss. Elmahdi. ( about 6 ft.tall and from Sudan. She was quite
beautiful and showed us how to eat with the fingers of our right
hand!
She was from a very wealthy Sudanese family
The gentleman kneeling, could possibly
be Salem Mohammed Bin Laden, the half-brother of Osama Bin Laden
He was very friendly with
a Turkish student, the gentleman in the sun glasses, top left of
No4.
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1) Angela Scott ( thats
me !)
2)Georgina Sarll ( London S.W.3 )
3) The Icelandic girl
4) Susan Cable- Alexander ( I think )
5) Sarah Shepard ( lived at that time in Dedham)
6) I think this is Joan McCall |
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Coincidentally, we also had the granddaughter
of "General Gordon of Khartoum" there at the same time
as myself
Unfortunately I cannot recall her name
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Possibly the father of
the Sudanese pupil, Miss Elmahdi. |
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Photograph dated 1968
1) Georgina Sarll
2) Angela Scott
3) Linda Berey
4) Inga Evelyn-Jones
5) Sarah Shepard
6) Sue Cable—Alexander ( I think )
Names supplied by Angela Davies
7) From St. Lucia...a Princess or
similar, - I still remember the gold ring she wore with a huge gold
nugget, dug from a local gold mine!
Name supplied by Jennifer Chamberlin
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Angela would like to hear from any of the
girls that were at Smallbridge ?
Please use the CONTACT form and I will
pass on your message
She will be delighted to hear from you ?
Published 13/10/2018
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