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imogen
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hello lesannne
when were you at elmslie i was there 1944_1951 mrs wilson was head and later miss kyte
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imogen
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hello again lesanne
yes mrs stevens was there when i was and miss westlake took over just before i left was miss gill the frengh teacher there when you were she was there a good number of years.i attended sybil bennetdance school on the bath road i went there every day after school.la roach had some very good dancers did you know marion astell she was one of there stars and ethel bull who i believe took the school over its great to reminisce hope i am not prattling on to much. was it abiam who had the interest in east street school
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Abiam
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Hi Imogen and Lesanne,
Did either of you go to Health and Beauty? The classes were held at St Lukes School on the Cookham Road. Black satin knickers and a white satin top with a small badge showing a dainty young lady in an athletic pose! I don't remember lasting very long.
I also remember going to Sunday School at Burberry Hall in St Marks Road and also the Brownies in the hall next door. You've got me going now! There was the St Lukes Church youth club in the church hall next door and I learnt ballroom dancing at the Masonic Hall.
Oh, another - I trained as a Red Cross Cadet at a funny little hall in the Crescent. And we did the trolley service on a Sunday afternoon at the old Maidenhead hospital serving the patients with toiletries, sweets etc. We were given afternoon tea by the matron as a reward.
School was the County Girls School at the bottom of Castle Hill and we went to the Friday Club in Brock Lane.
Does anyone remember these places?
Abiam
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DOBSON,Berks, Wilts.DOPSON, Fyfield, Wilts
SMITH, WEBB, Little Gransden, Gamlingay, Cambs
WEBB, Hatley St George, Hunts
HUNT, Wanborough, Swindon, Wilts
TUBB, Hungerford, Berks, EGERTON, Highworth, Wilts
WISE, South Australia, WISE, Fawley, Berks
WISE, Bray, Binfield, Berks
WYSE, Wise, Maidenhead, Berks
VINCE, VINCENT, St Mary Bourne, Hants, Bucks, Berks
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Abiam
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Just browsing this morning!
I remember having my appendix removed at the old Maidenhead hospital in about 1950. I wrote a letter to my dad telling him that I had had my "uppendigs" removed. He carried it in his wallet for years I can still see it in my mind. But like lots of things it disappeared.
And I can still remember having something put over my face and being told to breathe deeply. It was horrible! The children's ward was called thr William Thomas ward. I was in that hospital several times in the early fifties enough to earn me an invite to a couple of the Christmas parties.
The regime was very strict and I remember two of us getting into real trouble when we managed to get into the bandage cupboard! Matron was not amused to find two small "mummies" wrapped in her bandages. In those days they were washed and rewound and some poor night nurse would have had to rewind them.
Does anyone else remember being an in patient there?
Abiam
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Genealogists never die! They just undertake to join their ancestors!
DOBSON,Berks, Wilts.DOPSON, Fyfield, Wilts
SMITH, WEBB, Little Gransden, Gamlingay, Cambs
WEBB, Hatley St George, Hunts
HUNT, Wanborough, Swindon, Wilts
TUBB, Hungerford, Berks, EGERTON, Highworth, Wilts
WISE, South Australia, WISE, Fawley, Berks
WISE, Bray, Binfield, Berks
WYSE, Wise, Maidenhead, Berks
VINCE, VINCENT, St Mary Bourne, Hants, Bucks, Berks
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!
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IMBER
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Yes, had a kidney removed there when I was 11 (1956). I just recall it being pretty basic compared to today, but some very friendly nurses.
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Abiam
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That sounds much more dangerous than my "uppendigs"! But I think the anaesthetic was the dodgy bit,
Abiam
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Genealogists never die! They just undertake to join their ancestors!
DOBSON,Berks, Wilts.DOPSON, Fyfield, Wilts
SMITH, WEBB, Little Gransden, Gamlingay, Cambs
WEBB, Hatley St George, Hunts
HUNT, Wanborough, Swindon, Wilts
TUBB, Hungerford, Berks, EGERTON, Highworth, Wilts
WISE, South Australia, WISE, Fawley, Berks
WISE, Bray, Binfield, Berks
WYSE, Wise, Maidenhead, Berks
VINCE, VINCENT, St Mary Bourne, Hants, Bucks, Berks
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!
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Our school badge though... 
although, I did a run over to High Wycombe casualty with my daughter, when we were 'at home' one time.
so I don't understand. Unless the children later (after inf & jnr) went to St Lukes... possibly.