Village school shares memories with residents – including one who attended more than 90 years ago

Residents in a county village joined pupils and staff at their local school to share their memories of times gone by.

Published Oct 27

Last updated Oct 27

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The celebration at Crudgington Primary School was organised after staff discovered a collection of historic headteacher’s logs that dated back to the 1800s when the school first opened.

And after an appeal to the local community, villagers were keen to join in with the event, which also included a selection of vintage photographs.

Headteacher Hannah Gharu said: “We were absolutely delighted to welcome so many guests to our special event – in particular Norman Quin who first attended our school more than 90 years ago!

A trip down memory lane for Norman Quin, who first attended Crudgington school more than 90 years ago.

“Our visitors had the opportunity to view the treasures we’ve found with a screening of readings from the headteacher’s logs and we had an exhibition of photos and newspaper articles about Crudgington through the ages too.

Maddie Griffin (director of Primary), Hannah Gharu (headteacher) and TraceyPerrin (office manager) at Crudgington.

“Some local residents gave talks about the village itself and very generously allowed us to borrow photos to include in our display.

Villagers who were able to trace their families back three generations in theschool registers.

“It was a really lovely evening and it brought so many generations together in a positive and friendly environment.”

Laura Deakin and Adele Robinson from the Learning Community Trustreviewing the screening of a selection of extracts from the headteacher’s logsfrom across the decades.

Crudgington Primary School is part of the Learning Community Trust which runs more than a dozen school sites across the county, including other primary schools in Wellington, Ketley Bank, Hadley and Allscott.