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Re: School Trips
The first school trip I went on was to High Beech, which is part of Epping Forest. That was at infant school, the other trip from that time was to the Natural History museum. We also went to the Hospital Chapel in Ilford (so we were able to walk there) - apparently it was a medieval monastery or something. At Junior school, there were daytrips to the Zoo, and Crystal Palace (where I saw the Concorde flying overhead). There was a trip organized to a theatre, but I didn't want to go - there'd been a series of IRA bombings in London, and I was really scared. But I didn't have to go in a different class, as my Mum let me stay home that day. I also went to a weekend camp at Mersea Island, on the Essex coast, and a weeklong trip to Ringsfield Hall in Suffolk. We stayed in a big house, and had all kinds of activities, and trips to places like Lowestoft. At senior school, we went to the Commonwealth Institute - highlight of that trip was one of the boys playing in a "sandpit" in the park, and then finding out it was actually a dog-toilet
. There was a trip to the theatre, I think it may have been Romeo & Juliet (and no it wasn't torture, I loved - and still do love - Shakespeare! Though the way it was taught, I can understand why most people hate it.) There was a trip to France, which I couldn't go on, my parents just couldn't afford it, so I missed the huge scandal of two of the girls being found in bed with local boys 
Most trips I enjoyed, it was a break from everyday school boredom. The one drawback is that I've always had really bad travel sickness, so for each trip there was the process of taking the travel tablets to school, having to remind the teacher I needed them, the note from my Mum asking that I be allowed to chew gum on the bus, as that seemed to help. On the camping trip, I threw up on the way there, as did several other kids, but the teachers were quite impressed that I did it very tidily into a plastic bag brought for that purpose... I'd had a lot of practice!
The first school trip I went on was to High Beech, which is part of Epping Forest. That was at infant school, the other trip from that time was to the Natural History museum. We also went to the Hospital Chapel in Ilford (so we were able to walk there) - apparently it was a medieval monastery or something. At Junior school, there were daytrips to the Zoo, and Crystal Palace (where I saw the Concorde flying overhead). There was a trip organized to a theatre, but I didn't want to go - there'd been a series of IRA bombings in London, and I was really scared. But I didn't have to go in a different class, as my Mum let me stay home that day. I also went to a weekend camp at Mersea Island, on the Essex coast, and a weeklong trip to Ringsfield Hall in Suffolk. We stayed in a big house, and had all kinds of activities, and trips to places like Lowestoft. At senior school, we went to the Commonwealth Institute - highlight of that trip was one of the boys playing in a "sandpit" in the park, and then finding out it was actually a dog-toilet
. There was a trip to the theatre, I think it may have been Romeo & Juliet (and no it wasn't torture, I loved - and still do love - Shakespeare! Though the way it was taught, I can understand why most people hate it.) There was a trip to France, which I couldn't go on, my parents just couldn't afford it, so I missed the huge scandal of two of the girls being found in bed with local boys Most trips I enjoyed, it was a break from everyday school boredom. The one drawback is that I've always had really bad travel sickness, so for each trip there was the process of taking the travel tablets to school, having to remind the teacher I needed them, the note from my Mum asking that I be allowed to chew gum on the bus, as that seemed to help. On the camping trip, I threw up on the way there, as did several other kids, but the teachers were quite impressed that I did it very tidily into a plastic bag brought for that purpose... I'd had a lot of practice!
(Normandy & Britanny..stayed in a huge dormitory in Pontorson..very close to Mont St Michael, so visits to Bayeaux Tapestry , D-Day beaches....I remember the sea being sooo blue & warm (well I was used to the sea at Skegness! yuk ) 
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