Deborah Stallard gave a presentation about her memoir titled "Not All Jolly Hockeysticks" which details her experience attending an all-girls boarding school in the 1960s. She discussed her research methods, which included contacting old schoolmates and teachers through word of mouth, school reunions, alumni associations, and online research. She also discussed some of the challenges in writing the memoir, such as ensuring accuracy, weaving multiple storylines together cohesively, and addressing any potential legal issues.

1. Deborah Stallard’s
Presentation of
Not All Jolly Hockeysticks
a Memoir of Boarding School Life in the 1960s
to the Tutors and Supervisors of the
MA Professional Writing course,
Falmouth University
June 2013

2. Maggie (r) and me 2012
Maggie me
1958

3. The Competition

4. RESEARCH
Old Girls and Teachers
• Word of mouth
• School Reunion
• Old Clarendonian Association
• Social Media
• Internet
• Jane’s school mags
School reunion, June 2012
Maggie (l), me (r)
Miss Moss (now 79)

5. RESEARCH
Kinmel Hall and the Plymouth Brethren
• Internet
• Articles and Books
• Paul Hughes (Kinmel Hall)
• Manchester University
(Plymouth Brethren)

6. RESEARCH
Books
• The craft of writing
• Memoir
• Books with a Clarendon connection
• The Light of the Morning
by E G R Swain
(the Headmistress)

7. CONCERNS AND CONSTRAINTS
• Accuracy
• Weaving the story lines together convincingly
• Legal

8. WHY ME?
• It’s my story
• A slice of social history
• I want to, they don’t