Message #1870

[EliB]

Thinking further back, at primary school there were 2 girls who died of leukemia. One was in the year above me (I was p4), but I'd known her at nursery. The other girl was a primary 7 and a popular girl in the school! I remember both times a lot of upset children and teachers, but there was no talk of counsellors or anything then. That would have been 1979 and 80.....maybe the "bringing counsellors in" was a few years down the line then - my friend's brother (who died during the summer holidays) died in '90 and my friend was murdered at school in 1991 - things had obviously moved on big time in the intervening years!