Gill studied both French and German at 'O' level and, as part of her course, in 1958 went on a school-arranged group exchange to families in Chateauroux. Gill went to the home of Genevieve Langlois, one of five children who lived with their parents....
....in a large, detached house within walking distance of the town centre. During this holiday the group visited several chateaus in the Loire and Paris, and went to Versailles.
Gloucester High School for Girls had a connection with Chateauroux so Pauline's penfriend also lived in the town. Gill visited the family - Pauline's friend Michelle Laurent is on the left in this photo.
The Rogers family took a holiday in France - picture shows Gill, right, with Bea and Pauline somewhere on the French coast. During the holiday they....
....stayed with the Laurent family in Chateauroux. Bea and Don stayed in their flat while Pauline, Gill and Michelle slept in a caravan in someone's drive.
The Laurents owned a flat in Biarritz where Pauline and Gill stayed in 1962 while Gill was waiting for her 'A' Level results. Her father sent them by telegram - an A in French, an A in German and a C in Latin. She had also passed scholarship German which won her a state scholarship to university. This was the last year they were awarded, so the honours board in the school hall records Pauline and Gill as winning the last two scholarships.
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