Memories From Students
Mabel, Ethel Keveren 1929-31
My mother’s maiden name was Mabel, Ethel Keveren: she lived at ‘Bankside’, Hollis Road, Hatherley, Nr. Cheltenham, Glos. and joined St. Gabriel’s in September 1929 for two years, finally qualifying as a teacher of infants and small children.
Above: The group of college friends called
the 'mokes' on the college lawn just before final exams. Mabel, Ethel Keveren
(Kevie) is fourth from the left.
Below: The college swimming team in 1931 with
Mabel, Ethel Keveren sat holding a trophy cup.
On the 3rd of December 1931 she received a letter from
the Board of Education, Whitehall, London S.W.1 informing her that she was
recognised as a certified teacher. On the 9th of February 1932 she received
a letter from the Willesden Education Committee appointing her to St. John’s
Church of England school at Kilburn, N.W.6 as a member of their staff at a
salary of £180.0.0. a year subject to a deduction of 10% as from the
1st of October 1931.
My mother married in 1932 but continued working at St. John’s for a further two and a half years and then returned to Cheltenham. During her time at college she was a founder member of the college’s swimming and badminton teams also that she won the badminton singles championship.
This text, and the scanned photographs, were supplied by Ms Keveren's son, Anthony Lightstone, in December 2009.
