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	Camelsdale Memories Whether they were the happiest days of you life or not! Happy, sad, amusing or poignant; here are some school memories. Please feel free to view the memories. Click on the 'Memory' to see the full memory including any photographs about the memory.

		Date	Memory	Details
		September 1904	School opens in Camelsdale	Camelsdale was the first school to be built by West Sussex County Council. It was a one classroom, all age school with a seperate entrance for girls and boys. At the time the school leaving age was 13...
		September 1939	Evacuees	An entire school was evacuated from London to the area, complete with their own teachers. The school premises were shared in a shift system, with the local children attending in the morning and the ev...
			Evacuees	To elaborate on the previous memory on Evacuees, I wouldn''t like people to get the impression that we only went to school for half a day. The shift system was alternated with the other half day being ....
		June 1944	D-Day	I have a particularly vivid memory of my Father taking some, or all of the school, to the top of school road to observe the D-Day build up of military hardware passing on the road through Camelsdale a...
		March 1976	John Noakes from Blue Peter	John Noakes, Blue Peter presenter,visited the school to collected 22 sacks of old wool and cotton for the 1975/76 Blue Peter appeal.The money raised was to be used provide a pony and equipment for the...
		October 1981	Pebble Mill at One	The school visited Hollycombe Steam fair to take part in a film being made for Pebble Mill at One. The children had the run of the roundabouts while being filmed. Wildly excited at "free goes" a numbe...
		May 1987	Gumdrop	Val Biro, author, brought his car 'Gumdrop' to school. He talked to all the children in the hall. showed slides and autographed books. He was very good.
		April 1988	Dinner Plates	When school dinners were served at the school there was always a stack of blue plates at the hatch,in amongst the blue plates was one yellow plate and one green plate,there was always a mad scramble t...
		June 1991	Jill Gascoine	The actress Jill Gascoine opened the School Summer Fete on Saturday 15th June. It rained off and on all day, but the PTA still managed to make £1900. I believe that this is the only time a "famous" pe...
		November 1996	Your name's not Hamish!	A reception child was being asked a question, and before they could answer, Hamish called out. The teacher turned to Hamish meaning to say "Your name's not..." However, what she actually said was "...