Private Schools in Kensington and Chelsea

[carol8353]

I hope you found all that electoral roll info useful,that my friend went to Harrow library to find for you yesterday?

It proved that Doris lived in the same house from 1960 till she died in 1975.

We also found the name of her housemate and when she was born and died too 
Incase anyone else was following this thread.

Regards

Carol

[Valda]

Hi


If she left a will that may be informative if she mentions any former colleagues/institutions for instance, but that really is a long shot since she was 89 when she died so would have been retired for at least the last 30 years and probably outlived most of them, the majority of her working life being pre Second World War.


Regards

Valda

[Suffolk Mawther]

the majority of her working life being pre Second World War.

She could well have been teaching in the 1950s when there was a teacher shortage after WWII.

My uncle's friend from Naval Service was my history teacher in the late 50s, having retrained on the government scheme to get more teachers into schools quickly.

I had a few elderly maiden ladies as teachers, and certainly two of them had come back after retirement because of the shortage.  One in particular used to like her afternoon nap whilst we were studying our Shakespeare text 

This was not too far away in St Marylebone.

Pat ...

[Valda]

Hi


If she was in private education, particularly primary/prep/elementary/early years she could have gone on far longer - it was just a private arrangement and what the employer accepted as qualifications was more up to them. However if she had no dependents and was financially secure she may have given up teaching far earlier.
There doesn't seem any indication she worked in the state system, for which some training would have been a requirement.


Regards

Valda

[wikitoria]

Thank you sooo much Carol

the information you and your friend found is extremley helpful
Please thank your friend for me too

Vicky

[carol8353]

Ooo forgot to say- using one of those websites that Valda gave you back on the 6th Feb(forgottne which one!) there does appear to be a Joan Wallis that might fit.

They don't use middle names which I've proved by looking up my mum's old teacher whom she loved 

Carol