The Inspiration
Searle's St. Trinian's was based on the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge and also St Mary's School for Girls, Cambridge. Searle, growing up in Cambridge, saw the girls on their way to and from school on a regular basis and they were the original inspiration for the cartoons and the character. Testaments to this fact can be found in the Perse School for Girls' Archive area where there are several original St Trinian's books, given to the school by Ronald Searle. He also based the school partly on the former Cambridge High School for Girls (now Long Road Sixth Form College).
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