Please describe your first school. How old were you when you first went there? What do you remember about the place and the teachers? My first school was Pinner Park Primary which I attended from age five. I particularly enjoyed percussion lessons and was keen to gain stars for my work. I remember naughty children having to stand in the corner. Two of my friends were exchanging watches during the lesson and were smacked in front of the class. What did you most enjoy about it? Good friends and solid basic teaching which gave me a strong foundation for further education. Plenty of imaginative games in the playground. We all had a bottle of milk at breaktime and hot dinners. Where did you go to secondary school? Harrow Weald County, Brookshill which later became a tertiary college. How did you travel there? I cycled each day about two miles and kept my bicycle in the school sheds. Were there any subjects you disliked? Geography, although I am not sure why. Perhaps it was the teacher. I was not keen on Physics and Chemistry. Our Chemistry teacher was known as Boris, was completely incomprehensible and most of the boys were sent out to the corridor each lesson. A complete disgrace - he should have been sacked. Which subjects did you enjoy most and which did you do best at? How much homework were you given? My favourite subjects were English, French, German and Biology. I also enjoyed History although I do not remember as much as I should. We were given two or three subjects each night and were expected to spend forty minutes on each subject - weekends more. What public examinations did you take and how did you do in them? I took my eleven plus examination and passed. I went to Harrow Weald County Grammar School which is now a sixth form college (tertiary). I passed eight G.C.E.'s at "O" level and one "A" level - French, which was rather a disgrace. I did not work hard enough. My other subjects which I just failed were German and Latin. Did you enjoy music and singing? Can you play any musical instrument? I enjoyed music, both playing the violin and singing in the school choir. I had violin lessons at school and later joined the school orchestra. My violin is still in the loft. Were you good at sports? Which ones did you play? I played netball, tennis,table tennis and hockey. I usually played shooter at netball as I was tall and left wing at hockey as I was tall and could run fast. I used to enjoy tennis until a new teacher persuaded me to change my style at serving and after that it was never so good. Did you make any close friends at school? Did you keep in touch with them after leaving? I made several close friends and have kept in touch with about six of them. - one from primary school, Ruth Rimmer who is godmother to Sally, also Linda Panniset who lives in Australia and is also godmother to Sally. There is also Diana Jones at Berkhampsted, Barbara Jones at Leeds and Bronwen Taylor who I have recently picked up correspondance with (1997) Did you have a part time job whilst still at school? Only in the sixth form when I worked on Saturdays in Boots the chemists in Hatch End. I earned £1 for working from 9 am until 4 pm with 1 hour for lunch.