Taken from the School Magazine in the 1930's.

"A very successful debate was held on November 3rd, the motion being that "The Bridgwater Carnival should be abolished". The motion was proposed by Joan Goodall and seconded by Phyllis Menhenick, and was opposed by Eileen McKenna who was seconded by Joan Kidman. The motion was defeated by a large majority of votes."

" . . . On March 9th twelve members of the Field Club gave a lantern lecture on "The Romance of Soap". The slides were kindly lent by Messrs. Lever brothers and were very much appreciated . . ."
(I thought this referred to soaps on the TV till I thought about it!!)

"House Choir Competition"

"A choir competition within the school itself was held for the first time in the Summer Term. This idea arose as a result of the presentation to the school of a silver cup by Madge and Norah Wilkins, who expressed a wish that it might be competed for by the four houses in some kind of musical competition. House meetings were held to elect choir leaders, who then chose their choirs which had to consist of not less than fifteen and not more than twenty-five girls.

"Two songs were selected for the competition. These were "Where the bee sucks" a unison song, and "Fairings", a two-part song.

"For the next few weeks, the house choirs in the hall and gymnasium practised earnestly under the guidance of their leaders, and on July 27th, the last day but one of the term, the competition was held, several of the staff kindly acting as judges. Afterwards Miss Hockenhull criticised the singing, and said that the chief fault was that the choirs seemed asleep! This, however, did not apply so much to the Quantock choir who won the competition. The Mendip choir was second, the Brendon choir third and the Polden choir fourth. The proceedings ended with the presentation of the trophy to the choir-leader of Quantock House."

P. Fleetwood, M. Lewis, M. Meaker

"At a meeting of the Committee held on January 22nd, the suggestion was made and carried that each form should take charge of a portion of the grounds. Since then Form I has been working in the shrubbery; Form II in the hedge; Form III in the orchard, Form IV around the pond, Form V in the chrysanthemum border, and Form VI in the rose beds."

L. Venn, Secretary

"At the beginning of the year the Company entered for a handicrafts competition . . . the six articles sent in were: a jig-saw puzzle, a toy gymnasium, a toy hospital, a kite, a camp toothbrush-rack and a stool. To our great surprise we won the first prize which was a morse-buzzer."

." . . On Whit-Monday fourteen Guides accepted the Scouts' invitation to their Jamboree at Carston to meet the Chiefs, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. It was real Jamboree weather and the field was ankle-deep in mud . . ."

" . . . a large bell tent was purchased and has been christened the "Cutty-Sark" . . ."

P. Hall