IN recent weeks we’ve looked back at the history of the Sidney Hall in Weymouth, once in Newstead Road, where the Asda supermarket now stands.

It was used as a hospital for treating injured soldiers and was also used for dances, discos, bingo and roller skating.

But we left something out, as Annette Day, of Charlestown, Weymouth, kindly got in touch to inform us of.

It was also used as a school.

It became the Holy Trinity School, taking over from a much smaller school in the town centre, close to St Mary Street.

Annette said: “I went to school at the Sidney Hall from 1945 to the winter of 1947 between the ages of nine and 11.

“I was a Navy child so I got shoved from pillar to post and I’d never stay at a school for very long.

“The Trinity school at Sidney Hall was an interesting school, there were local patches of land where the kids could grow vegetables.

“I remember the classrooms being by the balcony and it could be terribly draughty. We had open fires and I’d remember sitting around it trying to keep warm.

“We’d take it in turn to read aloud and I remember one of the books being Scott of the Antarctic.

“It was so cold that it seemed very appropriate. Another thing I remember in the school was a load of stuffed animals.

“There was a lot of taxidermy in there – I think my favourite was a baby white seal.”

At the age of 11 Annette left the school to attend the Weymouth Grammar School.

Later, the Holy Trinity School was moved to Cross Road in Weymouth.

• Did you attend the Holy Trinity School when it was at the Sidney Hall? If so, we’d love to hear your memories. Contact Looking Back on 01305 830973 or email joanna.davis@dorsetecho.co.uk.