The Central School – 1944 to 1945



1944 saw me in Form 1b where the Form Mistress was Miss Kissane, 

a white haired lady, who spoke very softly but would suddenly startle 

the class by raising her voice by what seemed to be a thunderous thousand 

decibels---her way of ensuring we paid attention. 

Other teachers I remember were Mr Miller (Science), Miss Fanny Jones (Latin), 

Miss Rankin (Drawing) and a popular Miss McGilpin who taught singing/music 

but was not replaced when she left. Other teache...