Waldorf Teacher Training
When Freemount closed in 1945 Pat found herself penniless but was determined to attend the teachers training course attached to Michael Hall. It was arranged that she should pay her way by working in the kitchen and helping Mrs Swatham with the boarders in the mansion.
Now her heavy workload and responsibilities gave way to being a student and living in a community committed to working with the high ideals of Anthroposophy. She found the emphasis on artistic subjects wonderfully healing. She was lucky in her teachers who included Cecil Harwood, Francis Edmunds, William Mann and Elizabeth Jacobs. Each day was a revelation. The slow process of creating a new life began, including bonding with her new partner.