Guthrie school

Local lass · Guthrie school

I went to guthrie school when i was younger .The main thing i remember about guthrie was the canteen floor was purple and white tiles and despite always having to be a angel in in the christmas play i quite liked it.
for some strange reason i can always remember the prayer we had to re ite before going to lunch ,it went something like.
thank you for the world so sweet
thank you for the food we eat
thank you for the birds that sing
thank you god for every thing.
amen

my teacher was mrs martin does anyone know if shes still alive?

Kizzy

I was at Guthrie as well (as you know local lass) - I had Mrs Evans (Mrs Martin's sister I think).

I remember that prayer before we ate, I also remember the Birthday badges they use to give out in assembly at the beginning of each week, being the angel gabrielle in the school nativity one year (I have piccies somewhere) and being part of the percussion the following year.

I also remember we did the Pied Piper of Hamilyn as a play and being a rat, only to be promoted to mayor the next night because the boy who played him was ill and the harvest assembly we would have every year and the cart that we had to put our donations on.

Do you remember Mrs Purdy the dinner lady?

There are lots of other little things I remember from things we did in class, baking on a friday afternoon, Santa visiting us

Those were the days

Local lass

[quote="Kizzy"][color=indigo][i]I was at Guthrie as well (as you know local lass) - I had Mrs Evans (Mrs Martin's sister I think).

was she really :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
mrs evans was really short.there was also mrs ricks.

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Do you remember Mrs Purdy the dinner lady?
no i remember a mrs perkins only cos she lived round the road from us .and she would knit worzel gumage and sell them at the school fete i still have mine.i also still have the news clipping from the procession we were in.

i cant remember you there kizzy.
i remember we had a load of tadpoles in the classroom and growing a bean (which i ws really proud of but coming out of school gary lovelock knocked out of my hand i was gutted)

Kizzy

I remember Mrs Perkins.

I also remember the Tadpoles and also the Caterpillars we use to keep and watch them change to butterflies.

I also remember growing a bean and cress and crocuses.

Mrs Evans had an amazing memory - a couple of years ago my Nan bumped into her in the Doctors and she asked my Nan how me and my Brother were - That was over 20 years since she last taught us. She must have taught hundreds of children yet she could remember us and my Nan.

Cen

My favourite teacher at Guthries was Mrs Lomas. She was awesome, she didn't need an excuse to let us go mental outside. We'd be out there doing stuff with water and sand, summer was great.

Local lass

can not remember mrs lomas.i used to love the conrete boat and the humps they had in the play ground they were great fun.also the maror coming at the time i think it was ken hatt (quite a big bloke a lot like brian blessed)coming in at the end of play time and ringing his bell shouting god saved the queen.
wonder if they still do that :lol:

daffy

:lol: Ken Hatt wasnt the mayor he was the care taker who lived in the little bungalow at the side of the school ,your thinking of ,i think his name was john marchant .
Also the dinner lady was mrs purvey not perkins ,she always gave us a extra strong mint .There was also mrs sandford who was in the school kitchen dishing up the dinners and pam ashfield ,and another one i remember is mrs bates .there was two mrs martins i had the dark curly haired one she was great,i saw her in sainsburys in chipp a few months ago she hasnt changed a bit.
At Dunstan i had miss Evans she used to tell us the lanky and titch storys .

Cen

We lived next door to John Marchant for a little while before we moved to Australia, he had a bunch of kids and two spaniels, one was deaf. Good bloke, I believe he passed away a little while ago?

Local lass

GTB

Cen

I started at Dunstan's with Mrs Lewis then changed to Ms. Phillis for my final two years at Dunstan. That was a laff, I remember making stuff out of a load of polystyrene she got hold of. I made this big airplane with a bit of string and we all ran like maniacs around the playground trying to get it to lift off. Wasn't the most aerodynamic brick of foam around...

My house used to back onto Dunstans playing field, and we used to watch the foxes playing when school was out in that little bit of nature reserve at the back.

I certainly remember Mr Henshaw as the headmaster too...

Mrs Lewis had to deal with Phil Rices brother, I remember all the crazy stuff he used to do.

Top Dog

Phil Rices brother

Was that mark rice?

Local lass

i never went to dunstun

Cen

Local lass

is that the same mark rice who was killed in the car accident?few years back?

Cen

oh, ok. that's a bit of news to me. hmm.

Peter Dolman · guthrie school

Mrs Rita Martin still lives in the Calne area and can be seen at least 2 or 3 days a week walking through Phelps Parade.

Chepfer

I too was in Mrs Lewis's class, I loved that school.

We used to hide in the loft in the PE room and i remember the caretaker coming in and clearing up for about an hour. We got such a telling off, as the teachers were looking for us everywhere and were going to call the police to say we were missing.

Mr Henshaw - Mrs Lewis, Little miss and Big Miss Martin, Mr Wells, Miss Phyllis, Mrs Wiltshire (who i met again last year)

Great times.....

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Chepfer

Yes she was lovely, i remember before the christmas play (joseph) she challenged everyone to an arm wrestling competition to settle our nerves, she was very good and we all ended up with aching arms.

GTB

Does anybody remember Mr Flemming? He was an arty sort of teacher with a moustache. Nice teacher if I remember.

I can also remember Mrs, Green, the Headmistress at Guthrie, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Provins (Dunstan), Mrs. Lewis, Mr Henshaw - Head Master of Dunstan, Mrs. Long, Mr Spreadbury, Mr Lodge, Mrs Evans (there was two) and Norman Weston who was the caretaker (who also used to work for Porter School of motoring on the side). I left Dunstan in 1982 but I'm sure I've left out some teachers of the two schools in that era. :?

Local lass

i can remember mrs evens ,even to a 7 year old she was tiny.
is she still alive?
from gutrie the only ones i remember is mrs evens,mrs gurthrie and mrs martin

Clunk

em

hi i went guthrie and i had mrs evens andthe headmistress at dunstans was mrs smith i left dunstan's in 1995 andthe school is now one big school

sarell

Both miss Evans are very much alive and kicking, and although i'm 41, they still say hello sarah when i see them, they are great, the sort of people you just wanrt to go up and hug.
I remember mr lodge from choir practice.
Also the concrete boat infact i can remember how cool we thought it was, whjen it was first put in.

Sarah

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