We ran a workshop for the staff to prepare for the presence of girls and more female teachers at the school. The Senior Common Room had just been relocated to a new room, along with its sign ‘Masters’ Common Room’. I pointed this out, that Masters were not the only inhabitants of the Common Room. Later that day, Mr Bass had found a screwdriver, the plaque was removed and never seen again.

I became the first female to lead a school assembly. As I walked back into Mr Morris’ room in my black gown, I remarked to him that a ‘minor miracle had occurred, to which none of the Headmasters’ portraits (hung in the Main Hall) had fallen off the wall.’