A special Happy 100th Birthday to Nancy Learmonth (Beech) (Class of 1939)

Published on May 30, 2022

Nancy Learmonth (Beech) (Class of 1939) celebrated her 100th Birthday on 23rd May, 2022. The OGA community wishes Nancy a very special Happy Birthday!  

 

Nancy attended Somerville House from 1936 to 1937. She completed 2 years up to her Junior year and graduated at the end of her Junior year. In 1936 she came 2nd in her class and received a class prize of a book and in 1937 she came 1st in her class and received a class prize of a book.

Nancy lives independently in her house at Camp Hill and she still speaks fondly of her days at the school. Nancy's daughter, Anne Learmonth (Class of 1982) and Anne's daughter, Charlotte Dixon (Class of 2017) also attended Somerville House from 1978 to 1982 and 2013 to 2017 respectively. 

Pictured left the three generations of Somerville House old girls at the celebration of Nancy's 100th Birthday celebrated with a high tea at Victoria Park. (From L to R Nancy Learmonth (Beech), Anne Learmonth and Charlotte Dixon.

 

Nancy Learmonth (Beech) in school uniform  in first image and pictured far right in the second image

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