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Article: My wonderful pear tree teacher gave me so much encouragement.
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- Europe Intelligence Wire
- Article date:
- May 25, 2009
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(From Derby Evening Telegraph)
It was nice to read the recent articles about Miss Mather of Pear Tree School. They brought back quite a few memories of my time there in the early 1940s.
We moved from Mount Street to Balfour Road in 1940 and I was placed in the infants section.
The entrance gate was at the corner of Harrington Street and Portland Street but I only stayed there for about a term before I moved up into the juniors.
It was then that I encountered Miss Mather. Former pupil Marjorie Nicholl's description of her (March 7) was very accurate - she was a bit like a china doll, obviously in a mature way.
She powdered her ...