... were what we wore at my old Grammar school!!

Recently I was reminiscing about my school days again and I came across a name I recognised.
The name was in an old programme which had the cast list of the School Variety Show of 1962.
I was in the show that year acting in a little fantasy play which was set in the roots system of a plant. In this roots system there was a board room and I was playing the part of the Minister for Pollination ..and that is about all I can remember about the plot although I do have one little reminder of the performance and that is this litle ink-stained photo which is the only school photo I actually have in my possesssion (as opposed to finding pics on the net)
minister-of-pollination
..i'll let you guess which one is me.

I digress....the name in the programme was 'Carol Fletcher' who was one year down from me. She was a very pretty but delicate looking girl but one who was highly talented and full of confidence.
In the variety show there was a section which was dedicated to famous American songs (remember it was 1962) and she appeared wearing a frilly dress with ringlets and carrying a parasol. She was about 12 years old at the time and she sang the song 'Sweet Annabel Lee' ..I think she also sang 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' with a few other warblers and the performances were very well received in the school hall.

I never really got to know her but nevertheless, one day, many many years later I was watching tele and I spotted a familiar face and the name in the credits confirmed it...she had gone on to earn a living as a performer although the route she took wasn't exactly as I would have expected as she had joined the troupe Hot Gossip and the tele show I was watching was the Kenny Everett show.
Take a trip down memory lane and watch this videoclip of Hot Gossip in 1978 even though it was rubbish then and is still rubbish now (maybe a little kitsch) :))
Carol is the zombified blonde one on the right hand side of the still and the one at the very end of the line when they are in single file.

As for me.. I went on to enter the school Christmas talent concert the following year and gave a rendition of 'Silent Night'...I failed on some of the high notes and I heard the giggles in the audience.:oops::oops:

This abruptly ended any thoughts of me ever acting or singing in public again! :))