在线m88简史…
梅德斯通女子语法学校 was founded in 1887 with funds provided by the Wardens of Rochester Bridge. The school opened in 1888 in a new building called Albion Place which was sited in Sittingbourne Road in Maidstone. 第一位女校长是波普小姐. She was so important to the running of the school that if she was absent, 学校停课一天! 她希望有一所: “mixed girls of all ranks and classes…No matter what their position in society…provided they behave themselves, 他们都可以进来.”
By 1900, the school had 100 学生 and was now housed in four different buildings. In 1912, 基德小姐当上了校长, 正如弗里达康奈尔, 1918 - 1925年的学生, 告诉在线m88, 学生
“were absolutely terrified of her…but the best thing was to keep calm and in the end you found she was human and quite funny.”
学校的一条规定是:
“Amusements or social engagements are not accepted as an excuse for neglected homework.”
然而, 20世纪20年代末, the school was very overcrowded and plans were underway for a move to a new site……
“Across the town and Little Buckland a new modern spacious school building was arising.”
Moving into its new premises in 1938, 女校长 Miss Bartels, felt she was
“Leading the children into a land flowing with milk and honey. At last a dream has come true and we have a beautiful school to work in: a place built for peace, happiness and sunshine and all that we can desire.”
With the outbreak of War in 1939, things changed for all at 在线m88…
Windows were blocked up and netting placed across them, and blast and baffle walls were built.
Pupils were also evacuated from King’s Warren School Plumstead to 在线m88. 然而, after Christmas 1939 as the ‘Phoney War’ continued, many did not return to Maidstone. Some 在线m88 girls were themselves briefly evacuated from 在线m88 to Wales but they returned within a fortnight!
Margaret Amos, a student from 1934 – 1942, recalls
“在线m88总是带着防毒面具. If the air-raid warning went, we used to have to go down in the shelters. 在线m88曾经认为这很有趣. Of course it was an absolute nightmare for the poor staff.”
Miss Keen, the Art teacher during World War Two, sketched and painted many scenes from the time.
Three sets of air raid shelters were built to house the school community, 每一所学校都有180名学生. 记录显示在突袭中, the school spent up to 7 hours in the shelters which became known as the tunnels. 然而，学校生活仍在继续. Lessons were taught and lunch served, all underground. 1940年的校刊把他们描述为
“…not exactly cosy … (and) some people may have been heard to complain of water dripping down their necks (but) …we now feel prepared for any emergency.”
