Girls’ High School, Kandy Mem’ry will picture ...

Girls High School Kandy was started in 1879 as a Wesleyan Missionary school by Rev Samuel Langdon and his wife who was the first principal.

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It began with 11 students at the Wesleyan Chapel in Katukelle, and has now thousands on the roll with about 200 teachers. It became an assisted, fee levying school and is now a government school.

Kaule as our Matron - strict with her ruler on your palm when you needed punishment, but kind and concerned, and not too conservative. I had no problem with boyfriends since that species avoided even glancing at me. But romances sprang up with Sunday service at the Methodist Church which meant Kingswood College boys were present, and church organized Thursday evenings of getting together and once in a while a campfire of girl guides and boy scouts.

"Meeting with zest our opponents at netball

Those were great matches we played on the pitch

Dancing and games and debates in the School Hall,

If but our life could be once more so rich!"