24 May 08

The Damn Big Boiler

Abbotsholmian gals, pre-tub Sometime in the early 1970s, a girls’ boarding school in the British midlands burned down. The “progressive” independent school of Abbotsholme decided to become co-ed and integrate the hapless St. Vincents’ girls.

We ran about in the nick and had communal baths and did lots of things that we thought were outrageous (some of which really were, others not so much) and experimented wildly and generally lived a Hogwartian lifestyle minus the magic.

Today I met up with a friend from that time and immersed myself in a hot tub in Berkeley with her. It’s been thirty years, pretty much. Our bodies aren’t as lithe, but we have a jump on those kids: a little bit of wisdom. Oh but it goes a long way…

Posted by at 10:28 PM in Miscellaneous | Link |
  1. Lithe or not, you’re both gorgeous. What fun! You must write some more about the school: I didn’t know that about you!


    dale    25. May 2008, 08:12    Link
  2. :-)


    leslee    25. May 2008, 15:04    Link
  3. Lovely photo :-)


    Jennifer    26. May 2008, 07:36    Link
  4. Abbotsholme? Pica, you were at Abbotsholme school? How amazing! That’s where my two nieces were at school for a year or two. Small small world.

    Very nice photo.


    Natalie    4. June 2008, 18:25    Link

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