These two photographs show the girls in Richard Hind School in 1 Alpha 1959-60, and 2 Alpha 1960-61. The class of 1 Alpha is photographed in front of the verandah that ran along the length of the school whilst the class of 2 Alpha is outside the boys labs that ran along to the wall that divided the yards with the gate in, where boys and girls could see each other but were not allowed to communicate with each other.
Photographs and details courtesy of Dorothy Butler.
I first set my eyes on my future wife as I gazed through that gate. Married since 1947 and still a couple. Living a charmed life? Yes, that gate is etched in my mind.
The girls who have on skirts are in “Summer” uniform, which allowed a paler blue skirt in cotton, or a blue and white or yellow and white gingham cotton dress. Why can I remember all this when I can’t remember where I put my reading glasses half an hour ago!
My husband Paul has just commented that there quite a few renegades in the group. He need talk, he went to the boys school and often wore a bright red shirt.
During the Summer months we were allowed to wear either a gingham dress (the colour of the house you were in) or a short sleeved blouse and skirt. Some of the girls parents obviously couldn’t or wouldn’t buy skirts for the few weeks of the summer term.
There are a few renegades in these photos, I thought you had to wear gymslips in the first & second year.