I attended Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls from 1967 to 1981.My older sisters were there too.My family were also members of the Edgbaston Priory Club.My father and mother remained members from the 60s to this day.Sadly, Helen who did the catering passed away earlier this year.She used to make sandwiches for me and my brother after our tennis lesson with Mrs Brewer on Sat mornings.The club has changed over the years, become so much bigger, more people.There were only a handful of children playing tennis in 1970s .We also had Ann Jones, our own Wimbledon champion! Toyah Wilcox was a 'best' friend of my sisters and when her mother kicked her out [the wild 70s!]my mother took her in.I loved the school and have some fond memories.There were quite a few vicars' children, one or two were expelled for smoking banned substances in the loos.Personally I'm sad that the school no longer exists
as a girl's school.I live on the South Coast now but I'm immensely proud of my Edgbastonian roots.I often wonder about ex-pupils as I haven't kept in touch with anyone.My sister is in contact with the art teacher Karen Howells, who was great fun, trendy and young.Names of teachers I liked:Miss Smart[Maths]Miss Burgoyne[Latin]Mrs Bough[PE]We were terrified of the purple-haired Headmistress Miss Joice[spelling?] Mrs Bourne.Many girls had a crush on Elvis, the caretaker! Mrs Thatcher was the guest speaker at Speech Day and declared that we should have the day off the next day, Miss Joice was not amused!I remember when a bomb went off nearby at an ad agency[?], the school windows were shattered and it was shocking.I have a book about the school somewhere, its history and will try and find it, maybe shed some light on Miss Bailey mentioned by an earlier post .