SPECIAL EVENTS:

During Arbor week (arbor means trees) they would go on a walk (excursion) up Elizabeth Drive. They would have to make notes about what birds they saw, but they turned it into bird watching instead.

Each year on the 24th May for Empire Day they would hold a concert in the Memorial Hall. They would practice for weeks and weeks before and they would sing accompanied by Miss Rogers playing the piano. Each person would represent a country. Mr. Barr represented Australia and held the Australian flag. The boy behind him represented South Africa and he held a piece of box thorn. The boy holding the box thorn behind Mr. Barr stabbed him in the backside with it and Mr. Barr jumped forward and had to start reciting his poem when it wasn't his turn.

This is Mr Barr during our interview with him.

 

GETTING TO SCHOOL:

They used to have bags that they would hang over their shoulders to carry their books in.