......." Your Mum was much more than a matron to literally hundreds of boys. She was a discreet confident to many of us, me included. Her partnership with Jane Massen was, frankly, pretty exceptional. No-one talked about "pastoral care" then, but that is what it was, well ahead of its time as a concept. She was ever-present come rain or shine and especially in the summer we saw lots of each other as she took an interest in my passion for cricket............ And yes, I ate plenty of lemon cake whilst she knitted and chatted!"

"Teen-age boys are quite capable of doom and gloom, and prone to introspection. She’d seen it all. And she knew how to make you appreciate the privileged life we led. Of all the people who taught and cared for me in my education, it is the optimists who stand out and who had the most influence on me.  She was among the very best of them."

A.