One unique feature of Wedges was their education system. The day after arrival, all the pupils would sit for the same exam in order to find out their education level. Then the following day they were placed in classrooms according to their marks. This would mean that younger students would be combined with older ones in almost every class. It had to be done this way as neither the school nor the pupil knew whether they would be coming back for another term, let alone another year.
So, after spending two years at Wedges, I was in a completely different zone after returning to my regular school. It took another two full years for me to catch up and come near the top of the class.
What many of us enjoyed was the Saturday evening film night, sometimes there was a film in a series, each one being complete with a little girl called Angela as the star. Another program was the Sunday night TV show Mr. Left & Mr. Right. There were two white gloves on a black back ground showing us how to make origami models. After each one, everyone wanted to try their hands out at making them. This was a very different type of TV. It was a box that projected the film onto a screen.
Mr. Stanley was the art teacher, he also taught pottery. I remember one boy made a beautiful swan in his pottery. His hands seemed to put it into shape effortlessly.
I also remember people saying that Mr. Booth wrote nature articles for the “Eagle” comic. I was never in a position to see any of these and all of the searches for even the magazine on Google have been fruitless. I had seen it in the newsagent as a child but never had the money to buy it. So, if anyone has even one copy of Mr. Booth’s nature articles – it would be a pleasure to read.
Thomny
