A school that used to exist once upon a time ago in Windsor....

During

the nineties, there used to be a school at the end of Bourne Avenue, which went

by the name of Princess Margaret Royal Free School (PMRF). It was inaugurated by HMH

Princess Margaret. It was a mixed school with 200 students at a time. The

uniform had to be purchased from Caleys department store at the top of the High

street. Back then, the prices of the uniform was steep and for an average

middle class family, it was expensive buying more than one skirt and blazer.

The uniform for girls was a tartan skirt in green and blue and for the three years

I had been there, one skirt lasted me well. It was of such a great quality

material.

It was

in this school that I recognised my passion for writing and met a very kind

teacher who encouraged this. Her name was Theresa O' Sullivan and she used to

come to school in an old Beetles car. She reminded me of a young Winona Ryder

with her jet black hair with a fringe; and black attire with doc marten boots.

My head teacher, Mr Hutchinson was very much liked by everyone. He would appear

in classes, throw a few jokes around and have pupils laughing.

So after

many years, when I found out that PMRF had closed, I was stunned. I was baffled

even more when I could not find any news on why it had been closed, and there

has been no news of it on the internet either. I wonder if it would be a good

idea to start collecting and collating memoirs belonging to the history of

Windsor and share it in one place; for example on the internet. I am certain there

are many like me who wonder what had happened to some places that have

disappeared from the face of Windsor without knowing any reason. And those who

know can be a part of adding the vital pieces to the jigsaw of mapping our

Windsor memoirs together.

What do

you think?