passed out in the dark room at Kodak's, we went to plays, particularly Stratford where there was a supper stop at Banbury, and hence a late return, we put up with the dreadful smell of rotting Mulberry leaves, the staple diet of silkworms, at the Lullingstone Castle silk factory, and came home deafened by the noise at the Mint.

These early days were marked by 'proper' teas with cakes, sandwiches etc., floppy hats, gloves and scarves, scattered in all directions when we were taught Country dancing, we 'Stripped the Willow' danced the 'Circassion Circle' and 'Gathered

Peascods' - hats, shoes and gloves everywhere, an experience not repeated!

We now have a smaller but equally happy Guild, at one time we had 250 Members; in 1932 the yearly subscription was two shillings - the yearly rate is now £11.00. [Kay Eames Chairman]

Richings Park Schools

There were three schools:

THE LIMES was a pre prep school for both boys and girls. Begun in Iver by Miss Bright, the school moved to Shires End in Richings Park and changed its name at some time not known. When still located in Iver, first in a private house and then in the Church Institute, the pupils from Richings Park walked in a crocodile the mile to Iver village lead by Miss Bright's assistant, Mabel Naesmith. Miss Mary Martin from 1 Bathurst Walk could recall the walk in their uniforms everyday. School was in the mornings only and the uniform for boys was a brown cap with an LS monogram in a shield on the badge. Shires End, as it was later called (now demolished), had been the laundry for the mansion in the park. It stands up its own drive off North Park, opposite to Main Drive. There was a large wooden school hut in the yard behind the wash house and a lady from one of the cottages came in to cook the lunches.

The Limes is thought to have been the first school in Richings Park and in 1937 it moved to a house purpose-built in St Leonard's Walk for Miss M E Kidwell, a teacher at the school. Miss Bright then sold to Miss Kidwell and retired; although the school continued under Miss Bright's established name. It then became Boys pre-prep and Girls prep called LINTON HOUSE and she had as many as 50 children well in hand.

Linton House School

Mick Crowther can just remember a demure Miss Kidwell playing the organ in St Leonard's Church when he was a choir boy. Miss Bright retired to her flat in London, where she was killed in