Continuing the Storytelling of our History

Continuing the Storytelling of our History

Boarders’ High Jinks

The routine and discipline of the boarding house in the 1920s was strict with early mornings and rules of silence but mischief and pranks abounded. Midnight feasts and pillow fights were part of boarding house culture, but it was the arrival of the daughters of the Wirth circus family as weekly boarders that lifted the stakes. One claimed she could jump from the first-floor balcony with an umbrella but broke her ankle demonstrating the feat! Having the Wirth family in the school brought benefits for the boarders who were invited by Mr Wirth to a circus performance when it was in town.

Ms Carol Grantham
Head Archivist

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