Brian Mitchell blogs on Good Morning Yesterday about being a teenage student in the Changi Grammar School:
I arrived in Singapore from a cold grey London which suffered from dreadful smoky fog – which sometimes led to us being sent home early from school. My London school had been a new state of the art comprehensive (ie non selective) school. I could walk to the school which was only a mile away from my home wearing the traditional school blazer, shirt, tie, v-neck pullover and long flannel trouser uniform.There could not have been a greater contrast with Changi Grammar School in Singapore. I found myself dressed in a uniform of khaki shorts and white shirt, I was suffering not from smog but from the steamy heat and I was sat not in a modern multi-story building but in an attap hut with chicken wire windows!
Yikes! Sounds like a big shift! Read more about the Changi school experience.
Tags: Good Morning Yesterday, Changi Grammar School, Brian Mitchell
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Can anybody remember Changi Grammar 1959-1962.The headmaster was Mr. Myhill
Posted on January 26th, 2010 at 2:41 am
I was there during 1959 until December and remember Mr Myhill. I think my form teacher was Mr. Davies, a Welshman who taught us English as well. I believe the school moved into an air conditioned building later in the 60s but do you remember windowless classrooms with only a pair of double doors open onto the outside verandah? Can’t remember if we had ceiling fans. Great days, lots of happy memories!
Posted on July 5th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
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