Alice is looking forward to half term, as she
has not been well again. She thinks it
is probably something that she ate, but Alice is trying to hide out in bed
until she feels better. She is avoiding the Sister, who appears to be a matron-like presence at the college and helps
students when injured or poorly.
After half term, Alice has a practical exam, which
will include performing in Modern Dance.
There will be an external examiner coming in to watch not only the
students’ performance, but also to access the college standard. These checks
were long before the OFSTED inspections that we are familiar with nowadays. Alice wants to do particularly well in her
practical assessments, as she has been struggling with her dissertation. She refers to a “row” about it, which has
left her “a little bit sore”
Alice has joined The Physical Education
Association of Great Britain. It will
provide literature and keep her up-to-date on schemes, which will be important
as she goes forward into work. The cost for the year when earning will be £2.2s
- £48.12 in today’s money.
She has also been busy with swimming lessons
and has enjoyed teaching children to swim. The college used the Bedford Modern swimming
pool for their swimming lessons, which you can see as it was in Alice’s time
from the photograph below.
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| Bedford Modern Swimming pool 1950s |
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| Students practising their Modern Dance, Bedford, 1950s |
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| Article from the Daily Telegraph |
Alice finishes her letter with reference to a “Peeping
Tom” incident at Dartford College of Physical Education. Girls at the College caught the man and
surrounded him with cricket bats and rounder clubs, which Alice finds highly
amusing.
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