I didn't like school neither, nor did I ever play truant. I joined William Sharp when it first opened as Portland Junior. I think Miss Maxwell was my first teacher there but I loved Miss Walton, even though she slapped your legs all the way up and all the way down again if you didn't behave. We progressed to seniors and had different teachers for different subjects for the first time. I can't remember many names, except perhaps Mr. Henshaw for maths, Miss Burbage (English, I think), Miss Ancliff (PE), Mr. Kerr for history (oh, how we girls would swoon after him), and I think the headmaste
