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Ellianne Sat 26-Sep-20 17:14:16

I've enjoyed Jane10's thread on school mottos so much that I thought I'd ask if anyone can remember their school houses? Ours were Faraday, Scott, Nightingale and Curie. Quite a mixed bag, but seeing as it was a mixed school 2 of each gender was good.

Pantglas2 Sat 26-Sep-20 18:52:54

We had colours as well for houses, Chewbacca

In primary school, Crafnant = red, Cowlyd = blue and
Geirionydd = yellow (all lakes above the school)

Comprehensive, Aled = blue, Hiraethog = green and Crafnant & Geirionydd as above

All Sports days, eisteddfodau and suchlike meant points for your house through the year - it got very tribal!

MayBee70 Sat 26-Sep-20 18:57:59

I must have been in a house at my school but I can’t remember anything about it. I was in the Bullfinches in the Girl Guides, though. Does that count?

Goodbyetoallthat Sat 26-Sep-20 19:13:15

Similar to Septimia but instead of Hanover we had Plantagenet.

Jayt Sat 26-Sep-20 19:18:40

Gordon, Innes, Seafield. I was in Seafield.

Sparklefizz Sat 26-Sep-20 19:24:50

Septimia I was in Windsor, and other houses were Tudor, Stuart, Lancaster, etc.

Were you in Guildford?

Dwmxwg Sat 26-Sep-20 19:26:48

My school was castles. I was in Windsor, yellow. Then we had Uffington, red,Highclere, green and Donnington, blue.

Beauregard Sat 26-Sep-20 19:30:01

Royce (red), Nightingale (green), Shaftesbury (yellow) and Pasteur (blue).

ayse Sat 26-Sep-20 19:31:54

Chichester (Day House, colour green), Bristol (Day House, colour blue), Babbington (Boarding House, colour violet), Elliot (Boarding House, colour red) and one other that I can’t remember.

Soroptimum Sat 26-Sep-20 19:42:13

Junior school - Llewelyn, Maddoc, Powis and Caradog
High School - Barnes, Beresford, Boughy, Venables
School I was Bursar for 23 years became a sports college and the pupils and staff voted on new House names. They elected Woods, Radcliffe and Charlton - and Sir Booby came to open the school!!

Ellianne Sat 26-Sep-20 19:46:27

and Sir Booby came to open the school!!

Sir Booby? Great one, made me laugh!

Puzzler61 Sat 26-Sep-20 19:47:59

At primary school it was Malvern and Bredon.
At secondary school it was Grafton, Charlton, Avon and Abbey.

All names are associated with the Worcestershire area.

I was in Malvern (yellow) , then Grafton (blue).

BBbevan Sat 26-Sep-20 19:51:34

Dacorum ( blue) Tudor ( green) Salisbury ( yellow) and Halsey ( red) in grammar school. We didn’t have houses in primary school

BBbevan Sat 26-Sep-20 19:53:28

pantglas were you in Trefriw by any chance ?

BlueBelle Sat 26-Sep-20 19:54:02

St joans ( mine) green
St Ann’s yellow
St clares blue
St ... ow gone blank red Now I ll be thinking all night

Cherrytree59 Sat 26-Sep-20 20:00:30

Lancelot (Blue)
Galahad (Yellow)
Gareth. (Green)
Bedivere (Red)

I was in Lancelot (Blue)

MamaCaz Sat 26-Sep-20 20:05:35

Ours were ranges of hills. I was in Pennine, and its colour was red.
I can't remember the others.

Though, as far as I remember, I don't think these were really 'houses'. The only time I remember them having any significance whatsoever was on the annual sports day.

BlueBelle Sat 26-Sep-20 20:06:55

St Hildas red whoever she was phew

Pantglas2 Sat 26-Sep-20 20:09:26

Close BBBevan - Ysgol Dolgarrog and then Dyffryn Conwy, Llanrwst!

Tigerdove Sat 26-Sep-20 20:51:54

Mine were Assheton (blue), Grey (yellow), Stamford (green) and cannot remember the colour of Warrington, maybe red

Jaxjacky Sat 26-Sep-20 21:00:23

Junior school, Hampshire rivers. Hamble (red), Itchen (Blue), Meon (Green), Test (Yellow)

089fraZZeledApricot Sat 26-Sep-20 21:11:09

Being a girls school the houses were named after well known women:
Bronte
Curie
Nightingale
Fry

Septimia Sat 26-Sep-20 21:11:12

Yes, Sparklefizz. I was in Tudor, 1962-68.

annep1 Sat 26-Sep-20 21:21:51

Charlotte (Bronte)
Octavia (Hill)
Elizabeth (Fry)
Florence (Nightingale)
I was house captain of Charlotte.

I can still remember our house song which was sung to the tune of Robin Hood.

Niobe Sat 26-Sep-20 21:23:10

varian

Atholl, (yellow), Douglas (green), Lochiel (blue) and Montrose (red).

Varian, Douglas was definitely red, I still have my house badge! I think Montrose was green.you are obviously one of the old girls !

lemongrove Sat 26-Sep-20 21:27:39

What amazing memories you all have....now, can you remember where you put your specs an hour ago??