Former pupil Gerry White recounted his memories of attending St Peters in the 1940’s:
St Peters Roman Catholic School in West Street at Christmas time was in 1944 a joyful place. On the last day of term Mother Aloysius the head teacher addressed the School with a cheery Merry Christmas everybody .The School replied Merry Christmas to you Mother Aloysius. She had provided a religious tract for every pupil They were to be found inside our Catechism Book some depicted scenes of the Nativity, and others were the scene depicting no room at the Inn where the virgin Mary and her husband Joseph plus a donkey could be seen a bright Star shining from the East could be seen in night sky. At that time my classmates were Colin Brown, Michael Guile, Raymond Reid.
Michael Thorpe, David West, Harold Cole, Philip Townsend, John Rose, Peter Smith and Daniel Murphy. The girls were Dorothy Page, Bonita Moncur, Hazel Norris, Rosa Walsh, Wendy Murphy, Patricia Cooper, June Ellis, Maureen Laker and not forgetting Jackie Stanton.
During the afternoon we had no lessons instead we wrote each other little notes which were posted in post box provided by our form teacher Sister Baptist.Then before final bell , the post box was opened and each got a number of friendly notes to take home By the school gate the teaching staff of Sisters Paul Mary Mercy and Baptist with Misses Syrett and Hagarty waved every one off.
