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After a bath or wash the children are allowed a little quiet time in their dormitories before lights out. The dormitories vary from school to school, but there has been a definite effort to make them for confortable and homey in recent years. The children normally have colotful blankets or duvets. Most of the children have cherished teddies of various shapes and forms. Earlier even the younger boys did not bring their teddies to school as they would be tesed. Now even the older boys have no problkem with keeping their teddies. The children may read or chat quitely with each other. Then there is a lights out time in hich they are moy allowed to talk and expected to go to bed. The children have a full day of activities and thus most quickly fall off to sleep.
There are strict rules here about talking at night -- that is, no talking after lights out. If we did not have this rule boys would not get a proper nught's sleep. ... no running is allowed in the school house, for safety reasons. Christopher Pilling, 11.6,
Believe it or not, this term theschool has started having duvets on the beds, which are nice and very warmbut almost every night mine doesn't fail to slip off my bed. Timothy Snipe, 11.4
The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1978
"Psst, shut ip!" said Whittome.
"Oh, all right," said Plang.
Silence strikes the dorm for ten mins.
"Hey guys!" shouted Whittome.
"Shut up!" said everyone. -- Geoffrey Forster
Shortly after lights out things get going.
"What shall we do tonight?" says Edsall.
"ER ... I've got a good idea," Whittome answered.
Then a pillow fight breaks out between us but stops almost as soon as it starts.
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?" -- no reply. "The next one to talk is going to be in trouble."
Matron leaves the dorm and finally we quieten down. -- William Venn
Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
One night everyone in our dorm was awake except Ruth and Melaine. Suddenly a noise came from Ruth's direction, she was mumbling. It sounded as if she might be getting married, because she kept saying, "Do you tale this man to be your husband?"
Connie Sanderson, Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
