Two weeks ago, I posted about my former school, St Andrew's Turi, and the fire there in 1944.
Last week, I followed this with the account, "After the Fire", of what happened next.
Finally, the school was re-opened. The governor, Sir Philip Mitchell, tells of the events on Saturday 28th February 1948 when the school was formally re-opened.
Last week, I posted about my former school, St Andrew's Turi, and the fire there in 1944.
The school magazine also contains another section, entitled "After the fire", which depicts the blitz spirit under which the school came to terms with what had happened, and in due course re-opened.
From 1984 to 1988 I was fortunate to attend St Andrew's School, Turi, in the highlands of Kenya. The school had a pleasant climate. At an altitude of c. 8,000 ft, it was often still very warm, but the cooler nights meant that the school had what we used to call "real grass". Contrast much of the lower lying parts of Kenya, where the grass is brown in the dry season and so always has a wiry texture. The school aimed for an admission that was a third African, a third European and a third Asian, making for a thoroughly cosmopolitan education.