In 1955, when she was eleven and had passed her 11+ examination, Gill progressed to the High School for Girls, Denmark Road, Gloucester, but the relatively easy school journey from Estcourt Road changed in 1960 when her parents bought Cranham Close, a large house with an extensive garden which included a tennis court.
The house was situated on the outskirts of the small village of Cranham, about six miles from Gloucester by the shortest route. It had originally been two cottages but by the time the Rogers moved in it had been converted and extended to make a very fine family home.
The house fronted onto the main A46 road from Stroud to Cheltenham. To get to school, Gill and her sister Pauline caught the bus from outside the house to the Brockworth junction where the bus then went in to Gloucester. When that bus was taken out of service, Gill either commuted in to Gloucester with her father or caught a different bus - but she had to walk much further.
This picture was taken from an upstairs window at the front of the house, looking across the main road to Cranham Woods. It was a beautiful place to live but its location meant that many of the things Gill used to enjoy, such as after-school activities, were curtailed.
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