Interview with Jasmine's Grandma about life long ago

1. SCHOOL LIFE – A LONG
TIME AGO…
THE EXPERIENCES OF MY NEIGHBOUR
FROM ACROSS THE ROAD - VERA
By Jasmine
Hunter

2. SCHOOL
I had to walk a long way to primary
school.
We used blackboards and chalk to
write with.

3. SCHOOL & THE WAR
It was war time when I started school
(World War Two) and if we heard the
noise of the siren, which warned us
of a possible air
raid, we would all
have to march
quickly to the air
raid shelters.

4. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
If boys were naughty they were
given a hit on the hand with a cane
and girls had to write 10, 20 or 50
lines saying they were sorry.

5. OUR HOME
We lived in a two storey house with
three bedrooms, a
walled backyard and
a small front garden.
It only had gas lighting.
I shared a bedroom
with my younger sister
and at high school we
wrote with pen and ink.

6. GAMES
In our spare time we played:
- Hide and Seek
- Oranges and Lemons
- Hopscotch
- Tiggy
- Skipping

7. MEMORIES
I grew up in England and when I
returned over 40 years later
everything was exactly the same as
it was when I left.