Archive for the ‘Schools & Talks’ Category

Thursday the 15th July brought around both the privilege and honour for myself and my wife to attend the retirement of Mrs Kay Price, Headmistress of Southwold Primary School, Radford Nottingham.

Mrs Price has enjoyed a very long teaching career spanning a staggering 36 years, with the last 14 years being at Southwold.

I myself have given talks at the school and have always been met with a very warm welcome from both staff and children alike.

Myself and my wife would like to wish Kay the very best for the future and a very happy retirement.

Mrs Kay Price & Ron Booth

On May 20th 2010, I had the privlege to be invited to the Hollygirt Girls School, to give a talk on Victorian coal mining. The girls were between six and seven years of age. On that morning they had been doing the washing and the playing of the victorian children.

When I arrived all the children and Mrs Straw their teacher were dressed in Victorian costumes. I was greeted with politeness, and they were thrilled listening how the children in the Victorian times, worked in the local colleries.

Some came to the front and dressed up with a miners light and knee pads. They all had a great time, including myself, and I gave each of the children a Yo-Yo to practice with at home.

A thank you present for being attentive.

I was given a bottle of wine and a school pen, by the staff and the children.

I was recently asked to talk on the local Radford radio station Kemet FM about my memories of the newly renovated Tennyson Hall, now simply called Tennyson, which I myself remember being called Windley School and even All Saints School.

You can hear my interview and listen to my memories by simply clicking the link below:

Ron Booth Kemet Interview