Twickenham Junior School children dressed to dance, June 1953
14 June 1953 · Twickenham Road
School children dressed to dance at Twickenham Primary School, June 1953.
Valerie Roberts, who shared the photograph, writes on Voices of Kingstanding: “Children from Twickenham Junior school dressed up for dancing on 14th June, 1953 … I was in the group of Country dancers in which i loved we used to be in competition with other schools.”
Pauline Ravenscroft recalls on the same page: “The photo you refer to was a play which we did and I seem to remember either we went to another school to do it or they came to us. It was not a speaking play it was a mime.”
About this place: Twickenham Road School
In Voices: “A sundial for Miss McGowan” (Glenice Clarke)
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“What a pleasant surprise to see Valerie Roberts’ photo from June 1953, with many of my classmates, taken on the steps of Mr Lane’s classroom. … I remember the play included some alpine dancing. … I am third from left. … I remember we did many plays, singing at Birmingham Town Hall and performing and dancing in many different places. I had the pleasure of presenting Miss McGowan with a sundial on her retirement, which is still on the outside wall of the school.”
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