1. Singing for the 1953 Coronation.
2. Here's how it appeared in The Sun.
See that above page at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24766838
Note: May2023. The NFSA does have the sound and newsreels of the above childrens' 1953 Coronation event. We are working on how to access it or make it available.
An interesting letter sent to James after the event.
3. Fancy Dress, 1952. Mickey = Frank
4. Fancy Dress, 1953. Horsie = David.
Plus my childish scrawls on the back of the pock -ridden print telling of the names at that 1953 party. Back row is first group...
5. We must have gone on an 'outing'. To where? These three photographs, though blurred and indistinct, have a certain magic.
6. Can you tell who is (or was) who?
7. Today's kids would each take 100 digital images at such an event.
8. Amazing gathering of the Fort Street girls (taken by Sarah on her trusty Box Brownie):
Back row: Vicky, Carolyn, Elizabeth, Lyn, Dorothy
Front row: Margaret, Diana, Janet, Susan, Adrienne
Seated: Valerie
9. Non-Acason teachers: Lance Richardson, Elizabeth Tate, Mr Reinhardt (Headmaster)
10. The front gate.
11. John Fullagar sent this photo to remind us of the singing
12. National Fitness Camp, 1953. Medicine Ball game. Left to right:
Paul Gaskin, Ron Mattiske, Jim Denny behind David Cohen, Bruce Morgan,
?, John Kable,?, Ross Bonthorne holding head, John Pym, Stephen
D'Alton; Ray Lowenthal is wearing skull cap in other line . Can you
name anyone else?
13. Tunnel Ball, 1953. Left to right: ?, ?, right ear of Ross
Bonthorne, John Pym, ?, Paul Gaskin, Brian Bagnall, Ron Mattiske, Jim
Denny, David Cohen. Can you name anyone else?
14. Dangerous-looking log contest, 1953. Left to right: David Cohen, John Kable, Brian Bagnall, Bruce Morgan, Peter Edelman.
15. And the girls went to Fitness Camp, too. Here's Sarah's picture
of (left to right) Janet Green, Susan Keating, Diana Rea, Tony (?),
Adrienne Apps, Carolyn Gillings, Elizabeth Pearce.
16. John Fullagar sent this reminder of our tie/badge sets.
17. Little Angels record coronation message to the Queen.
18. Newspaper report of recording session (17 above).
Find that above page at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24766820
19. 1951 letter to Paul Gaskin's parents outlining procedure to join the Opp Class