Royden House Junior and Senior School [????- ]

Well it had its faults that's for sure...but what should be remembered is that in the 60s and early 70s the 'ESF' was pretty much a closed shop, taking care mostly of the expat children of the Hongs There were no 'international' schools back then, not like we have today, so it was ESF, local schools or public schools....and Royden House took up a lot of the non-Chinese speaking (or those preferring to be educated in English), non expats in the traditional sense of the word back then, in the form of Indonesian, Korean, Macanese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Thai, etc. Oh and the two daughters of an expat on local terms who was basically told by the ESF, we'll take your son because it's more important that boys get a decent education. Best thing that ever happened to me as my brother became, at that time, a bigoted product of this place. I spent two years at Sacred Heart Canossian School before being put into Royden House and those two years were absolute nightmares for my sister and I. Rock on memories of RH.

There was more than one boys get mouth-wash in one assembly, sometimes.

I dont recall the four choices. I think we had a specific meal for each day. This was at Kennedy Rd. However, I could be wrong and this may have changed at Sing Woo Crescent where most of us ate out anyway. At Kennedy, the only food I did try was on Mondays and that was Roast Chicken with Rice. Otherwise I did not bother. Regarding the mouthwashings with soap, there was more than one boy who succumbed to Mrs Rudge! It was not a pretty sight by any stretch of the imagination.

Fred...which years were you there?

I remember Mrs. Gill...she taught economics...were they related in any way?

78-80 and 82-84 ... more than enough if you ask me. What about you Fiona, when were you at RH?

They weren't related ... but I think everyone assumed they were (us students anyway).

aaaaah i was there before you Fred from 1969 to 1975.... i didn't really apply mself...and got away with it ....i left with one HKGCE in English - as a native English speaker it would have been pretty bad not to have managed to get that!!!! was then packed off to a crammer in England where i got 5 O Levels and 2 A Levels in a year an a half

Yup...slightly before my time. By the way, Royden House is now called Sear Rogers International School. The students there have it good, school has been cleaned up (somewhat) and classrooms have air conditioning now. In my day we had to sweat it out during the summer with the windows open and all the wonderful summer smells coming in from the street (not forgetting the ones emanating from the class itself). Did you ever come back and settle in Hong Kong Fiona or did you decide to stay away? For those of you who might want to see if Mrs. Strange or any of the old teachers are still there here is the contact info: Sear Rogers International School 110-118 Caine Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Tel: 2547 5479 Fax: 2547 0673

stay away? not likely....i ran back here as fast as i could!!!

How it has changed though...how it has changed, not all for the better in my opinion. Time for a cup of coffee, it cures all.

greetings, I'm an ol'alumni having attended only KinderGarten+ in the sixties, but have always wanted to go back to re-live the first moments of consciousness . I have been searching for RHJS in vain, only to learn from you the school name has changed 8) furthermore would greatly appreciate a site where I can input this address to know the exact location of the school, for the school's official site only has a map of the "other" school in Kowloon .

http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx?x=833513&y=815969&sx=833513.60961&sy=815969.15156&z=2 MrB