Comments on: Reunion of The Old Girls of The Central Foundation School in Spital Sq https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Margaret S Ogburn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1710153 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:16:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1710153 Ellen Stanton headmistress,was my great grandmother. She had eight children, the eldest daughter was a teacher and the youngest was my grandmother Helen. Helen had good reports and I think she went to Reading uni but she said she always had to work twice as hard at school because she was the heads daughter!Ellens obituaries make one feel very proud of her.

]]> By: Maxine Stutz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1513207 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:48:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1513207 Hi Patricia sorry it has taken so long to reply. Would of course love to hear from you. I intend losging on on Facebook next week some time. Hope to hear from you then.

]]> By: Brian Amey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1505448 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:59:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1505448 Re my above message, for the avoidance of doubt, please pass my email address to Jarvine Scillitoe if not already done. Thanks in anticipation, Brian Amey.

]]> By: Brian Amey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1505401 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:49:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1505401 Please forward to Jarvine Scillitoe.

Hi Jarvine, hope you are well. I often have occasion to drive past your former home which still looks good and invokes enjoyable memories from our youth. However, I know you will be surprised to hear from me after all these years. I was chatting with Thelma this afternoon and she asked if I would search out your address on the internet. This is the best I can do pending further searches. If you would please reply to my email address above I will give you her contact details.

Would be good to sometime organise a reunion of our old friends perhaps?

Best wishes,

Brian.

]]> By: Stephen Gardner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1490459 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:47:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1490459 I was Born in 1952 and lived in the House that abutted to the Right Hand Side of the Girls School, which was then 35 Spital Square. Until we moved out in 1964.
I Remember my Mother talking to the Girls through our Window which was on the Ground Floor Level to The Playground.
Some of the Older Girls May Remember Her (Peggy) as This Was a Regular Occurrence with some of the Girls.
My 2 Sisters and Myself would also talk to the Girls who were older than us then and occasionally we would be given a couple of sweets or a Chocolate from some of them.
One occasion I Remember was when the Girls refused to go back into Class and stood out in the Playground Singing, some of the Girls from that time would probably remember that happening for what ever reason they had for doing it.
Well the School has now been Knocked Down as was the House, but the old Hall is still Standing and I think is now a Restaurant, and has inherited the Number 35, but that will always be remembered as our House Number,
Good Days now Long Since Gone, as well as the Architecture and History With It

]]> By: Dinah Sopher https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1318034 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:10:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1318034 I have just seen this site, and found it wonderfully nostalgic, as an old girl of the school in the Spitalfields site 50’s to 60’s, when Miss Roberts and the Elaine Dunford were the headmistrisses.
I still have some of the school year books, and the old form photos taken in the playground during this period. I would be glad to upload some of these to this site, if that is possible (a friend will have to help me with this). I still remember some of the girls’ and teachers’ names. I lived at the time in Mile End, and remember my journey home from Liverpool station.
A big hello to anyone who was a pupil around the same time.

]]> By: Susan Goldman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1312535 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:08:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1312535 The Facebook Group for Central Foundation School for Girls has changed its name to Central Foundation (Spital Square) 1945-1975. We now have 500 members. Please feel free to Come and join us if you use Facebook.
Have enjoyed reading about the reunion again. It was such a lovely day. Thank you Gentle Author for writing about us.

]]> By: Eve Shaposnick https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1280003 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:23:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1280003 I went to Spital fields High School with Audrey Goldberg and Doreen Myers. in 1949- 1953 . Miss West was our Headmistress. Is there anyone else that remembers. who went in that period?

]]> By: Ann London nee Sweet https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1217623 Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:21:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1217623 I am trying to track down my best friend Joan Smith who attended Central Foundation Girls School from 1955 – 1960. CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE. Ann London new Sweet

]]> By: Patricia Green (nee Foot) https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/07/reunion-of-the-old-girls-of-the-central-foundation-school-in-spital-sq/#comment-1215031 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:00:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=92292#comment-1215031 I went to College with Maxine Guzzan (now Stutz). Her post here says she now lives in Switzerland and I was thinking of her and found she had posted on this site. It’s a long time ago but wonder if you could pass this on. If you read it Maxine please get in touch.

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