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First pupil says farewell after 50 years
By Emma Rink,
Nursery World,
29 May 2008
A council nursery in Nottingham preparing to shut its doors in July has united its first and last registered pupils for the farewell celebrations.
Jim Allcock, aged 60, met three-year-old Sophia Moore at Croft Nursery School in his first visit in 50 years (pictured). He was tracked down after head teacher Barbara Breakwell wrote a letter of appeal to the Nottingham Evening Post which was spotted by Mr Allcock's sister. Mr Allcock, who joined the nursery in 1952, told the local paper, 'I'm sad that it's closing - it's still a nice, pleasant environment. It's tucked away and quiet. I've known all my life that...
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