Autobiographical memories
“The Scottish dancing with Ms Gümoes and the excitement we felt from getting the answers right on the general knowledge test, that she also set!” – Beena Shah
“Learning about dhow eyes and Kenyan history with Miss Gümoes.” – Lise Melvin
“Miss Gümoes and Scottish dancing...” – Naida Meghji
“…and of course who can forget Miss Gümoes.” – Rahim Virani
“...learning English with Miss Gümoes” – Soraiya Verjee
“Miss Gümoes – Scottish and Highland dancing.” – Fazilah Khalfan
“...being terrified of Miss Gümoes…” Saira Chaudry
“...doing a spice project.” – Davina Lanigan-O’Keeffe
“...loved all the dance lessons, tap/highland with Miss Gümoes.” – Julia Darker (nee Schwendermann)
“Scottish dancing (I have actually used that skill from time to time so thank you Ms Gümoes).” – Caitlin Dean
“Scottish dancing with Miss Gümoes and all the dance displays.” – Katie Keith
“compulsory dance classes!” Kanvaldeep Mehta
“Scottish dancing.” – Natasha Tundo
“Fun, fun, fun – dancing with Sheila Barker and Ms Gumoes” – Sian Austen-Brown
“Tap dancing classes with Ms Gumoes in the big Hall.” – Rania Barakat
“My favourite teacher was Ms Gumoes and I enjoyed all my classes with her! – Keval Kantaria
“Linda Gumoes, of course…” – Jessica Dance
“My first memory of Banda was picking my older brother Justin up from school and witnessing a kid getting a rollicking from one of the teachers. Yep it was Gumoes for sure. Feared her for the whole of my Banda days.” – James Farrar
“Scottish dancing, ballet and tap.” – Kari Challen
“sugar-overloading at one of Miss Gumoes Cookery Competitions” – Davina Leonard
“teacher who went above and beyond Miss Gumoes…” – Sian Turner
“Ms Gumoes and ballet,” – Soraya Pugh
“loved the cooking competition Ms Gumoes always did an excellent job in organising.” – Celine Thompson
“Scottish dancing.” – Tisi Hausrath
“I can still do cross stitch.” – Michelle Shepherd
“Folk dancing with Ma Gumoes.” – Jackie Batcup
“A shout out to Ms Gumoes.” – Lindsay Watling