Year Four pupils at Walford Primary School enjoyed a lunchtime with visitors and family on Thursday, 11th October.

Everybody enjoyed soup, cheese and biscuits, cakes, and hot drinks, during their talks about life in Ross-on-Wye.

The year group invited their grandparents to discuss their experience of school, and what life was like in Ross-on-Wye and the surrounding area, when they were children. They discussed their favourite subjects, school trips, and the games they enjoyed.

Angela Jenkins, of Walford, shared a lunch with her grandchildren and their friends. She brought photos to illustrate how four family generations had all attended Walford Village School, including one school photo with her father in it that was dated 1928.

She recalled how, at Walford Primary School, when she attended in the 1960s, there was a round hotstove with a guard around it. She said: “We didn’t have cenral heating like they do now, so in the winter we would take our frozen milk over to the stove so it would thaw out.”

Jeanie Sherwood, whose father also attended in 1928, discussed her experience at Walford Primary School in the 1960s. She told the Ross Gazette how lovely it is to see that the new buildings on the school grounds have been designed to fit in with the original buildings.

In conjuction with Walford Primary School, the lunch was organised by the Walford Community Support Scheme. They said: “We are helping local people in need with the small things that make a big difference.”

Members who are helped by the volunteers of the scheme enjoy a lunch, once a month, at the school. This time, because students are learning about Ross’ history, Walford Primary School invited the grandparents of Year Four to enjoy the discussion.

They will then report their findings as part of the work the pupils undertake as their involvement in the Ross Gazette’s digitiation project.

Walford Community Support Scheme hope that the event also raises awareness about the work that they do, so that those in need know where they can go.

A spokesperson for the Support Scheme said: “We have volunteers ready to help people, we just need to know who they are and where they are. Events like this really help to raise awareness and let people know we are here.”

The Walford Community Support Scheme have set all of the pupils at the Primary School a competition to design a poster that explains what the Support Scheme do. Entries close on Friday, October 26th, and one winner from the Infants and one from the Juniors will win a voucher for the Toy Box in Ross or a Book Token.

The winning posters will be displayed to raise awareness about the Walford Community Support Scheme.See this week’s paper for more stories like this, available in shops and as a Digital Edition now.