School Trip to France...

School trip to France – Chartres / Vierzon (?) / Paris. We stayed in Youth hostels, visited the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and a hideous cruel zoo (!).

We also saw a statue of Joan of Arc – the statue of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) can be found in the city square (Place du Martroi) in the centre of Orleans France – visited the Place de la Concorde (fountains), and went inside the Sacre Coeur and also visited Notre Dame Cathedral.

I’d borrowed my mum’s old black & white camera and had just one reel of film (possibly 24 photos) – no digital cameras in those days…!

Here are a few more photos:

http://s698.photobucket.com/albums/vv343/panda762/School%20Trip%20to%20France%20in%20the%201970s/

Project...

I remember a project where we were asked to create / run a safari park?! Ours was called “Redwood Safari Park” (I think).

The class who were awarded the most points for their efforts during the term won a trip. Somebody in our class had the brilliant idea of having a few pens (or pencils) made up with the name of the park on them.

Our class won – jointly with another class, and I believe we all went off in a coach to a safari park.

I vaguely recall being in the ‘wages’ dept, working out people’s taxes.

The ‘project’ may well have been part of a course called ‘Personal Relations’ (or similar) in which we took 6 weeks of Law with Mrs Grace Farrant and 6 weeks of Sex Education with Mrs Bunty Smith. I believe that this course subsequently developed into something called ‘Citizenship’.

Ornithology Club...

Ornithology club was just a way to stay indoors at lunchtimes when it was cold and wet outside. It was run by a lab assistant (possibly Mr Nick Reed), and there was a field trip at one point (possibly to Minsmere). There was video footage….but I have no idea where it might be now…

Many thanks to Phil Woollen for supplying this photo of an Ornithology Club trip to Minsmere in 1975.  Phil is in the middle with a hat on and Terry Girling is back left with a hat on. He thinks it may be Alan Oakley front right with hat on…