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RY SCHOOLLooking BackPat Hollyhead has 101 fond memoriesof Guns Village Primary. For 24 yearsshe’s been Secretary at the InfantSchool and before that she was a pupilat both the Infant and Junior School,along with her four brothers.“I was born in Guns Lane in 1942 and cameto Guns Village Infant School in 1947,” shereminisces. “I was terrified. The office I workin now was the Head Teacher’s office andwhen you finished an exercise book youhad to take it to her to get a new one. Iremember shaking in my shoes as I stoodin front of her and she said ‘Patricia yourwork is very untidy’. When I said it wasbecause of my pencil, she told me that ashoddy workman always blames his tools!That memory has stuck with me ever since.NING!The Guns Village Primary School is one of 10 Community AccessPoints (CAPs) throughout Greets Green where residents canundertake some sort of learning. Sonya and Hannah’s role is to find outthe types of things which people want to learn at Guns Village Primary andto arrange courses or sessions to meetthose needs.“We’re already doing a questionnaire withparents to find out what the new parents /community room could be used for,” said Sonya.“As well as catering for parents, we’re also keento get the wider community involved. The dancestudio will be a great venue and we want asmany people as possible to benefit from it.”iWhat would you like to see take place atGuns Village Primary? Call Sonya on 07969918215 or Hannah on 07969 918256 to chatabout your ideas.“I also remember knitting when I was onlyabout five or six. We sat in front of theopen fire where Year 2 are now. We had toknit grey PE knickers and my knitting wasunravelled by the teacher so many timesthat the wool was all thin. Those knickersnever did get worn.“It’s always been an excellent school. I loveit. The new school will be magnificent forthe whole community. I’m excited aboutmoving there in the Autumn as it will begood to work in a lovely new office. But Imust admit that I’ll also be a bit sad to leavethis building.”The new Guns VillagePrimary School is being builton the site of a disused clay quarry– Hambletts Marl Hole. The clay wasused to make Hamblett blue brick alongwith flooring and roof tiles, paving slabsand kerbing. The works were the largestin the area in their day but the firmclosed in 1915. After that, the holeleft by the quarrying wasused as a landfill site.DID YOU KNOW?Greets Green Magazine June/July 2005 13