They started secondary school in September 1975 and were curious to see their school 50 years later. We had a lovely chat, and a wander around the school, and they talked to some students from the Graphic Novels Club.
They left me a hatbox for the Archive.
It is my favourite kind of gift, full of very personal items - not of any intrinsic value, but bursting with personal significance and memories.
First is the GCH summer boater, complete with weathered ribbon, and chewed elastic. The current students enjoyed trying it on.
And at the bottom, a report book, and vocab lists.
Small things, but full of wonder for today's year 8. They liked the boater, they wanted to write with ink, and they all though that to have permanent record of reports in a book might be a good and a bad thing...
But most of all, they liked talking to women who had been at their school and still loved it. 3 women who have been friends fro 50 years, all because of GCH.
