Reigate Priory

This was when Marie and I met Catherine. We were all in the same class together for the four years and of course there are thousands of things that we did and hundreds of things that I can remember and just a few that I’m going to write here…
Choose your best bits and add them as well. This is what came to me…

First of all a role call of our teachers, and with each of our year teachers I can picture the classroom exactly! Mrs Cox, Mr Lellman (the stable!), Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Hilkene (the room above the stable!), Mrs Connety (sp?)

Highlights:

• Well I know I’m a nerd but I liked the projects we did each term – the big books of stuff. They were a lot of fun. Also I remember having to make a cardboard box house in the first term we were at the Priory and my dad wired mine so the lights switched on and off!
• Marbles! D’you remember the marble pitch?? Did you ever play.? I did… Oh well…
• D’you remember how the whole big crowd of girls (bout ten of us no??) would act out Grease in our lunch breaks. We knew absolutely all the words… And I believe Grease 2 was actually a favourite over the original.
• We did school musicals, first off Smuggle Me A Secret then Rats. Although wasn’t there Joseph as well?? Were we too young for that??
• Actually I think it was as part of those projects each term that we all started doing cross stitch and sewing..? You two were way more dedicated to this stuff than me…
• Did you both go on a year skiing trip to France? I couldn’t ski so that was that. You’ll have to add the detail here…
• For my part, I went to North Wales camping. Climbed a big hill. Saw some cute towns. Made friends with kids from the other school. Discovered I was allergic to chilli.
• I keep remembering the assemblies that we went to. Isn’t ‘assembly’ such a funny concept. Oh, and harvest festivals, I am remembering some of those too.
• I think I was on some sort of school council. Anyone? Any ideas here..?
• Did you both do the River Mole project? That was Priory wasn’t it? Again, you’ll have to fill the gaps my lovelies.
• We all started to play netball. Some of us better than others….

xLuce

Rats

Oh I will be trying my hardest to find some pictures of this….! I think the first musical at school was Smuggle Me A Secret?? Were you guys in that? I was an extra… So I think Rats (basically the Pied Piper story for those who aren’t in the ‘know’ on this one!) was our first proper musical.

Marie did an amazing job as the ‘narrator’, standing on the gym ‘horse’ for the duration of the show and having to hit some rather high notes as I remember.
Catherine were you in fact a rat??
I was, as usual in school plays, a man; the mayor, responsible for disposing of all the children.

Oh please, please let there be footage somewhere….

xLuce

Playing Netball

Well this is going back a bit… as I recall.. Marie – Goal Shooter / Attack (great at catching the ball and popping it through the net)? Catherine – Goal Defence (fast and nippy keeping the ball away from the opposition’s net)? Lucy – Goal Keeper (very little action, just stood like a blob trying to block the opposition from scoring if they ever made it past C)? Or, were you Centre Catherine, or Goal Attack. Man, I’m hopeless.

I do recall a lot of our practices, in the cold and wet, getting a bit muddy. Great to be proper English girls isn’t it. And for some reason I keep thinking of our silly bibs and stiff skirts!

I do know we made it through a lot of matches one term and then I couldn’t play one of our big matches cos I’d broken my little finger, or something.

xLuce