PAST and present staff and pupils at a primary school in Yate are being invited to a memorial evening to remember a former head teacher.

Glenys Anderson, who was in charge at North Road Primary School for 17 years, died in August following a lengthy battle against cancer.

Known to hundreds of children and their parents who attended North Road between 1988 and 2005, Mrs Anderson moved to Scotland with her husband Iain after retiring.

However, after her death, her friends and former colleagues back in Yate felt they wanted to pay tribute to her with a special evening of remembrance which will take place on Friday, September 26 (6pm) at the school.

Former deputy head teacher at North Road, Carol Williams, said: “Glenys contributed so much to the school and local community and I think many will want to attend the memorial.

“She will always be remembered for energy, sense of fun and enthusiasm for life. She was a great listener and shared people’s joys and sorrows, encouraging everyone to take on life’s challenges and always give of their best.”

Mrs Anderson, 69, was born in St Andrew’s, Bristol before moving to Somerset and attending Lyme Regis Grammar School as a border.

After leaving school she trained at St Matthias Teacher Training College in Fishponds. Whilst on a holiday job at Butlins in Minehead in 1964, she met her future husband Iain and they married in 1968. The set up home in Bristol where she began her teaching career and became a deputy head at Glenfrome Primary before her appointment as head teacher at North Road.

After 39 years of teaching, the couple moved to East Fife and loved their cottage on the Forth Estuary where they could walk their two dogs on the beach. They both threw themselves into community life especially the local folk club, country dancing and U3A Added Mrs Williams: “Mrs Anderson, as she was known to hundreds of children and parents at North Road Primary School, will be remembered with great affection.

“Unfortunately her last years were marked by her fight against cancer and Iain’s developing Motor Neurone Disease.

“She remained, however, cheerful and good humoured till the end.”

During the evening, there will be a collection for Maggie’s, an organisation which provide support for cancer sufferers.