Dear Editor

My childhood friend, Barbara Freeman (nee Woodruffe), sent me the a clipping from your issue of Wednesday, June 26th, and she has encouraged me to write some memories of Ross High School.

I believe my brother, Raymond Moses is in the 1949 school photograph which accompanies the article.

My father, Ernest Moses was Town Clerk of Ross-on-Wye for many years, and I attended Ross High School from 1942 until 1948. It was predominantly a school for girls, with boys up to the age of 11.

The principal was Miss Morling, a lovely  lady  who was also a member of our Methodist Church. I have many happy memories of the school. One curious thing I remember, is that on the wall opposite the entrance, at the top of Copse Cross Street, in the early 1940s, was a rather formidable poster entitled Keep Death Off the Roads, depicting a lady absolutely shrouded in black, rather scary for five-years-olds just starting school.  

There was a fairly large hut in the garden of the school, where the Kindergarten and Class 1 were taught.

I vividly remember a Miss Bebe, who could be pretty fierce. We always suspected that she wore a wig. My brother led her a merry dance.

June Davey (nee Moses)See the full letter recalling school memories in this week’s edition of the Ross Gazette, or subscribe to our online edition here