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School

Were your schooldays the best of your life? Some of our contributors tell us about their fond and not-so-fond experiences.

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Close up of a school photograph

Prague Revisited

By: Desider Golten, October 2004

"I always promised myself that I would keep in touch." The Iron Curtain made it impossible for Desider to keep his promise.

Anna-Marie's name tag

Powderham Street

By: Anna-Marie McMahon, April 2005

"I used to tell people that my Mum wanted to call me Anna and my Dad wanted to call me Marie." Anna-Marie tells the story of her name.

Rhondda landscape

Wandering

By: Catherine Craven, 2007

"We would be off first thing in the morning and back in the evening without a care." Catherine remembers walking everywhere with friends in her childhood.

Lawson

The Young, The Old and The Rhondda

By: Lawson Jones, November 2007

"Once you've been there, you'll remember it for the rest of your life." Lawson has found a few sporting stories while researching his family history.

Amy Broadstock

Winter Green

By: Amy Broadstock, August 2005

"I know where there's a girls' rugby team!" Amy's dad points her in the right direction.

Lost?

Lost and Found

By: Alan Evans, June 2002

"I don't know the boy I was, but I know the man I am today." Alan doesn't recognise himself while looking back at his school photograph.

A moving film about WWI

My River

By: Llandogo Primary School, November 2008

A moving film about World War One by children who remember their relatives.

The coatpegs

After All These Years

By: Joanne Nixon, February 2003

"If that old bell could ... I'm sure it would ... ring out many tales." Five generations of Jo's family has been to the same village school.

Making Decisions

Making Decisions

By: Jason Meeneghan, March 2007

"There are always decisions you have to make in your life."

computer

Never Too Old to Learn Something New

By: Catherine Collins, March 2007

"Always promised myself I would return to education one day."


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