Herts &amp; Beds

Dear Q, 
I just wondered how many people remember Sept. 1942 when the whole school spent the first week of term picking potatoes. 
It was horrible. I was new, aged 9. The preps had to go behind the older girls and pick up the ones they had missed. Miss Trew said we were ‘gleaners’ like Ruth and Naomi. 
I did not buy this. They could not possibly have been so cold and muddy in the holy land. Best wishes Shirley Page ( Spottiswoode) 
Ps. I have been reminded of this because I am putting my illustrated memoir of my childhood on Instagram. ( spottiswoode.art)

Queenswood Girls’ School, Hatfield

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