school days by margaret hardy school london road brighton 30 January 2007cannot find any trace of this school which i went to in the 50s16 replies Re: school days by Mike 30 January 2007If you cannot find any information, why not write about the Margaret Hardy school yourself? Re: school days by Jennifer Goddard nee Norrell 31 January 2007I went to Margaret Hardy from 1947 till 1952 It was in York Place.Miss Fairhurst Scott was the Headmistress.It was a very old school then and I have heard that it was demolished in the late 80s. Re: school days by constance sutcliffe nee bayford 1 February 2007thank you for information do you remember the headmistress always wore a black tatty cape all the time those were happy days was at school about the same time as you Re: school days by david maynard 2 February 2007the school is still there it is now called patcham high mixed Re: school days by david maynard 2 February 2007i understand it was demolished in the 80s and why is it now called patcham high mixed when it is not in patcham Re: school days by Judith Clout 6 February 2007I also attended Margaret Hardy from 1948 to 1953. my fondest memory is of the music teacher who took us to see “Lets Make an Opera” does anyone remember her name or the occasion. there was a maths teacher called Miss Pike. The cookery classes were held in a small bungalow which was situated close to the school. Re: school days by Judith Clout 6 February 2007I also attended Margaret Hardy from 1948 to 1953. my fondest memory is of the music teacher who took us to see “Lets Make an Opera” does anyone remember her name or the occasion. there was a maths teacher called Miss Pike. The cookery classes were held in a small bungalow which was situated close to the school. Re: school days by Jennifer Goddard nee Norrell 7 February 2007Judith I think it might have been Miss Samways.Miss. Bolton was my maths teacher.I still have by end of Term reports and the classes had 37 to 40 pupils each. Madame Le Sech taught French.Miss.Wholey Housecraft.I learnt Shorthand when I turned 15 but cant remember the teachers name.Also typing on the old LC Smiths and Remmingtons and Coronas. They are now museum pieces.My favourite teacher was Mrs.Ellis Barker who taught History.I remember Miss Wholley throwing my too moist scone mix at me in a temper then me picking it up off the floor adding more flour, kneading it again and continued to make them. They turned out ok She had a small fuse.I was always frightened of her. Did you go down to the Corn Exchange to the Yehudi Menhuin concert? Also went to the Festival of Britain school outing.Miss Samways and a couple of other teachers took us.I think it was in 1950? Re: school days by connie sutcliffe 7 February 2007i remember the music teacher she was very tall but cannot remember her name she took us to a concert to listen to the music of peter and the wolf also remember the cookery classes wish i could remember their names Re: school days by connie sutcliffen neebayford 8 February 2007thank you for remembering the music teachers name miss samways and all the other teachers it bought back memories i also likes the history teacher do you remember the headmistress always walked about in a tatty gown i was scared of her we use to go across the road in the church hall to do pt which i hated also i took up shorthand at 15 and stayed on at school till i was nearly 16 Re: school days by Judith Payne,(Clout) 6 March 2007I remember seeing “Peter and the Wolf.” I know we had a very good music teacher though I am still not sure of her name. She een played a Mario Lanza record for us one day. He was the top star then. We all had to crowd around the gramaphone to listen, she would have been in big trouble if the haedmistress had heard it. Re: school days by Jerry 1 September 2007The School at Patcham was Patcham Mixed Secondary Modern and then when Margaret Hardy Girls and Fawcett Boys were closed at York Place. A new Fawcett Boys School opened at Carden Avenue Hollingbury (Patcham area), and the Patcham Secondary assumed the Margaret Hardy Mantle. Re: school days by Sue King 25 September 2007I was at Margaret Hardy 1969-1972.In 1969 Margaret Hardy was in York Place and then in 1970 it moved to Patcham to a newly built school and retained the name for a a long time. It was still called Margaret Hardy in 1972 when I left.The old building in York Place is now Brighton City College. Re: school days by Vivienne Ryan Nee Beech 2 October 2007Hi I attended Margaret Hardy when it was located in London Road and my form tutor and also my English teacher was Mrs Ellis-Barker. To my knowledge she only taught Enlgish Language and English Literature, but not History. She was also my form tutor for 1C, 2C and 3C from 1963, 64 and 65. I left in 1968. Her teaching was excellent and has stood me in very good stead. She was very strict but fair and I admired her a great deal. it is only in later years that I have come to realise just what a debt of gratuitude I owe her. I assume she must have passed on by now but I will always remember her as if it were yesterday. Re: school days by mike baumann 14 May 2009(To Judith) Well – I can’t claim to have attended Margaret Hardy School, being a member of the other s*x, but I do remember the afternoon the Brighton schools took part in Let’s Make an Opera. In those days probably only Benjamin Britten would have devised a composition that called on massed schoolchildren to learn to sing in a five-beats-to-the-bar rhythm (“Saddle your horses and set on your way”)…. Re: school days by Elizabeth Andreassen 12 July 2022 9:44 AMI am sure that Margaret Hardy moved to Patcham before 1970 since that was the year I left, after taking my o levels. Had been at new school a while then. Add your replyHiddenAdd your title Add your wordsWould you like to add some images (optional)? If so, how many images would you like to add? 1 2 3 4 5 6Your image files will be uploaded when you submit this form. They should be .jpg or .png files. The maximum filesize is 5Mb.First imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSecond imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleThird imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFourth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleFifth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleSixth imageAccepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.FileTitleAbout youFinally, please tell us a few details about you, so we can contact you about your contribution if we need to. 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