From Blitz to Bliss and the Beautiful Darley Abbey ; When Gwen Tarbuck (Nee Lancaster) Moved From a Dreary London Primary to the Green Environs of the Old Vicarage School, Darley Abbey, in 1939, She Couldn't Believe Her Luck. And Even Though the Education Was so Laid Back That She Found Herself a Year Behind When She Went to Secondary School, She Still Regards It with Fondness 60 Years On - As Gwen, of Allestree, Recounts Here.

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When Gwen Tarbuck (nee Lancaster) moved from a dreary London primary to the green environs of the Old Vicarage School, Darley Abbey, in 1939, she couldn't believe her luck. And even though the education was so laid back that she found herself a year behind when she went to secondary school, she still regards it with fondness 60 years on - as Gwen, of Allestree, recounts here.

The article about past days at the Old Vicarage School, in Darley Abbey, reminded me of the happy time I spent there.

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From Blitz to Bliss and the Beautiful Darley Abbey ; When Gwen Tarbuck (Nee Lancaster) Moved From a Dreary London Primary to the Green Environs of the Old Vicarage School, Darley Abbey, in 1939, She Couldn't Believe Her Luck. And Even Though the Education Was so Laid Back That She Found Herself a Year Behind When She Went to Secondary School, She Still Regards It with Fondness 60 Years On - As Gwen, of Allestree, Recounts Here.

My family moved to Derby from London at the beginning of the Second World War when I was nine years old.

My primary school on the outskirts of Lon...

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