Have found the site on Arusha school
Found a name I know would like to contact Sarah Holland
Can my address be forward to her ?
I’m sending Sarah a bcc of this email, and will leave it to her to contact you.
Thanks for mail about Sarah, she has been in contact, which is great
I should give you some things I remember about school. 1960 -1966 ish
Myself and my brother Philip lived in Mbeya in the 60's and travelled up to school in an old EA bus which took
three days. There were about 6 of us including Louisa Sossi and her brother, Najib Kahn and others I can't
recall just now. On one trip the bus left the road and rolled over and a photo has been attached, I'm the one
leading the group ot the back of the bus.
There are things I remember about school like having to clean shoes on the grass in the quad at weekends.
The big picture in the dining room and that food, I seem to remember dark brown minced beef on toast or was the Mbeya School where I also went.
I read something about tunnels in the river bank which we used to do as well it must have been a trend at school.
Remember making dams in the river as well.
I'm not sure but a coulpe of some of us making a big hole outside the bathroom window on the playing field side
to find spent bullets and cases, goodness knows where thay came from, I still have them somewhere.
The bell made from a railway track, the giant tortoise, which I believe is still alive.
Avocado pears that were eaten to keep the strengh up due to the poor food.
I seem to remember doing nativity plays on the cricket field or was that some other school in africa?
I used to come up from Tanga later in my school life and and asian chap used to come to Moshi to collect
us in a tatty old Ford van which used to backfire all the time.
Climbing up Meru and trips into local game parks
Well happy days but I'm not sure I felt that at the time
Richard Dawtrey
South House Arusha School
