Submit'Berets in the River' - Stories of Stalybridge Waterways - May Wild Studio and participants at Holy Trinity Church
Stories of Stalybridge Waterways - Past/Present
Part of a participatory art commission for Gongoozler Fest with Artists May Wild Studio and the waterway stories from Holy Trinity Church community.
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'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
Listen Here'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
Read More'At Stalybridge Secondary Modern School for Girls. (Known locally as The Central) on Waterloo Road. The school uniform was compulsory and must be worn while travelling to and from school. The most disliked part of the uniform was the beret which we tried as best we could to hide by folding and using grips to pin it as far back as was possible on our heads.
A tradition was established that on the last day of school, the year we left, we would go to Trinity Street and throw our berets in to the River Tame and watch them float away. '
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