{"id":19,"date":"2018-04-23T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:11:45","slug":"d-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"D block"},"content":{"rendered":"

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D block was the dominion of modern languages. German, French, and latterly Spanish. The school had twinning arrangements with schools in a least two of these countries and I recall children from Kamen<\/a> in Germany coming to visit and accompany their \u201ctwins\u201d in lessons. I have no idea what they made of black country accents, or the area of Sandwell in general come to that!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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From Sandwell Evening Mail 8th March 1983<\/p><\/div>\n

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German was on the lower level and French up a flight of stairs<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>D block always reminded me of going on holiday- waiting in the departure lounge for the teachers to turn up, and the day dreaming of far away beaches and golden sunsets. I never quite got there, or had much time for the languages either but there was something quite endearing about the block nonetheless.<\/p>\n