Photo: Joyce Trotman (middle left) is celebrated.
Guyanese Quaker made guest of honour
Ninety-seven-year-old Joyce Trotman was guest of honour at a secondary school prize-giving this summer
A ninety-seven-year-old Quaker was guest of honour at a secondary school prize-giving this summer. Croydon Quaker Joyce Trotman from Guyana, was invited to speak at Charter School in Bermondsey after her autobiography Dis Gyrl: The enchanted life of Aunty Joyce Trotman was published this April. Joyce taught in Bermondsey for fifteen years before moving to Croydon in 1987. ‘It was a wonderful, joyous and heartwarming experience,’ she told the Friend. ‘I’ve never been happier than when I was in a classroom, and this felt like I was back in school. The whole atmosphere with the staff, students and parents was wonderful. The principal had the full page of the cover of my book on the wall and he asked me to read the section about my experiences at the Bermondsey school. I’ve always said that when God gives you an assignment, he makes it possible for you to do it, and I stood and did it!’
