Former pupil's wartime memories as school hits 150

Anita Ward, 91, visited Burton Green's primary school as part of its birthday celebrations

A 91-year-old woman has been sharing her memories of hopscotch and ration books during her time at primary school, as the school marks its 150th birthday.

Burton Green's village primary school, near Kenilworth, opened on 2 October 1874 and still uses the original buildings.

Anita Ward visited the school as part of its birthday celebrations and spoke to current pupils about her time there.

Ms Ward said she started attending the school in 1938 and the outbreak of World War Two the following year "altered everybody's life".

The former pupil recalled pupils carrying around gas masks, while packed lunches were relatively basic as families had ration books for items such as butter and sugar.

Despite that, she said she did not feel scared at school and she reminisced about hopscotch being "one of the favourite games" in the playground.

Current pupils said there was still a painted hopscotch area in the playground at the school, which is now called Burton Green Church of England Academy.