Reflecting on my twenty three years at Thurlow School the overall impression is one of a busy, happy and swift passing of time. Looking back, the first thing that impressed me in 1967 was how light the new building was, after the old school at Gt. Thurlow where I had been teaching before. That had been dark and had just one window high up in the wall. The rooms were heated by tortoise stoves, a bucket of water was kept close to them to counteract the dry air. Those stoves were useful to thaw the milk on frosty mornings. They were a far cry from the hot, blower type heaters in each room of the new school, and the low, large windows of the new building gave it a light and airy atmosphere.

Being a new school it was equipped with things we had not even been able to think about before. Boxes of large, wooden play apparatus, a wendy house and an outdoor paved area to use them on. The floors inside were tiled and rather noisy when the wooden toys were used indoors. The child-sized furniture and lots of cupboard space took a bit of getting used to as well. There was also the change from outside lavatories to the facilities for each classroom with their own toilets, wash basins and cloak rooms. And each class had its own craft sink and shelves. What luxury!