Godwin Girls College, Palm Bay, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent

I too went to Godwin. It was very special-education not good, but we had great manners which have remained. We were taught respect for our elders then and made to wear our uniforms with pride. I remember all the teachers names and how they looked and have great memories of all my friends, most of them were boarders, we have lost touch, but I did arrange a reunion about 10 years ago which was a great success, one "girl" from Australia and another from France came too, several of us still meet regularly for a coffe and chat.

Is there anyone who can tell me more about the Godwin Girls School? My mother and her sister attended the school and they were evacuated during the war to Dorset but returned to the school when the war was over.

My mother taught here Sep 48 - Dec 48 her name was Margaret Roscoe - any memories?

I went to Godwin Girls College at the end of 1950 as a boarder. As an only child it was great to have lots of friends around. I played hockey for the 1st team and you couldn't miss us in our scarlet blazers. I'm in touch with only one friend from those days and spent a wonderful time with her in Paris before Covid struck. We looked back on our days at school together with old photographs. Happy memories,

I went to Godwin Girls College at the end of 1950 as a boarder. As an only child it was great to have lots of friends around. I played hockey for the 1st team and you couldn't miss us in our scarlet blazers. I'm in touch with only one friend from those days and spent a wonderful time with her in Paris before Covid struck. We looked back on our days at school together with old photographs. Happy memories,

I went there in the 50’s I don’t remember very much about it. I was a border my cousin was there at the same time. I live in the USA now.

I went there in the 50’s I don’t remember very much about it. I was a border my cousin was there at the same time. I live in the USA now.

Writing this on an iPhone at Foreness Point across the road from the college, I vividly remember a large black & white photographic print I used to have of my mother, head back, beaming a broad smile with long strands of hair blown across her face.
In her late teens or early twenties, she was standing outside the front of the college amidst a regimented group of smartly dressed schoolgirls. All their signatures were scrawled somewhere along the bottom or on the back, I think.
That photograph, along with all the others I had of her and her side of the family, going back to the turn of the century, I lost possession of about ten years ago. Devastating.

In some capacity, she taught at the college - although, as still young, probably in a junior assistant position. I vaguely remember her mentioning a variety of roles physical exercise tuition or some such. She said she was very happy there. It would have been within a few years of the end of WWII - late 1940s.
Her name then, pre-marriage, was Jean Turner.
Into the following decade, she worked for the US Air Force, then stationed nearby at RAF Manston in the early years of the Cold War.

I went to Godwin 1953 as a boarder aged 7. Names I remember are sally clough, Jane states, Mary channer,. Nurse power. Miss Byrne was my form teacher, miss freestone was headmistress. Mrs Bennett was head and she had 2 daughters Caroline and Sheridah. Would love to hear if anyone remembers any of the names. I was Christine willett.