Getting Around

Getting Around School

You’d Need a Map

Here Elliot describes getting around his large school.

Down the Slopes

Here Sebastian describes his school’s layout making him late for lessons.

Bounced Downstairs

Here David talks about getting around school in his wheelchair.

Getting a Push

Here Joanne describes being helped by schoolmates to get around.

Power Driven

Miro describes the impact of getting his power wheelchair.

Splinters

Here Gordon describes the various ways he got around the school.

Pig Trailer

Here Tara describes how children would be transported around the school.

No Choice

Here Mark talks about the lack of access at his local secondary school.

Getting to School

Charabancs

Here Mavis describes her journey to school.

Independence

Jamie describes his journey to school.

Taxis

Here Donna describes her journey to school.

The Dangerous 60s

Here Gordon talks about his Invacar.

Horses

Here Etty describes going to school in a horse drawn bus.

Two Hoots

Here John describes his journey to school.

My ‘Cycley’

Here Jack remembers cycling to school.

Buses and Taxis

Here Joanne talks about her journey to school.

Horse Drawn Ambulance

Here Etty talks about her daily journey to school from her family home in Bow.

Round the Houses

Here Jane talks about her long journey to school.

‘Special’ Carriage

Here Simone talks about her journey to school by train.

Blue Buggy

Here Donna talks about going to school in a McLaren buggy.

Driving

Here David talks about being able to get his driving license at sixteen.