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It's hard to believe

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It's hard to believe that 60 years ago today I saw Mary Poppins  at the Leicester square Odeon. Time has flown by so fast! It still remains one of my favourite movies. 5 days later the trauma inducing awfulness of boarding school started. Just thinking about it caused tears to flow.

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  • I too suffered from being sent  away to boarding school and remember the day all too vividly. My parents took me to the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester for lunch, then we had a few hours drive to the school, where upon arrival, we were greeted by the headmaster. Then my parents drove away. I remember feeling stunned. I believe the other girls and I were ‘lucky’ as our school was said to be more pastorally minded and nurturing than others, but still I felt traumatised and suffered enduring homesickness. Many of the other girls lived within driving distance of the school  which meant that they saw parents and relatives every few weeks. My journey home involved a flight so visits happened only during school holidays and half terms.

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  • I too suffered from being sent  away to boarding school and remember the day all too vividly. My parents took me to the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester for lunch, then we had a few hours drive to the school, where upon arrival, we were greeted by the headmaster. Then my parents drove away. I remember feeling stunned. I believe the other girls and I were ‘lucky’ as our school was said to be more pastorally minded and nurturing than others, but still I felt traumatised and suffered enduring homesickness. Many of the other girls lived within driving distance of the school  which meant that they saw parents and relatives every few weeks. My journey home involved a flight so visits happened only during school holidays and half terms.

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