Remember the days of the old school yard

By Letters to the Editor
Updated January 17 2018 - 8:24am, first published January 16 2018 - 10:29pm

Remember the days of the old school yard

I read with great interest about the future of "our" "little school" in Lyons Street. Formally it was St Joseph's Primary School, I refer to it as my beautiful little school. The wonderful memories I have of my one and only school are with me every day. I sometimes drive past and remember the teachers. Most of the teachers were Loreto nuns, but there was one lady teacher I remember. Her name was Mrs Thorne, the most beautiful writer with lovely chalk writing on the blackboard every day. The nuns were strict, but great! From memory, I think I left at grade 7. Some of the students went on to become very prominent names in Ballarat and beyond. Some of the girls became television stars. Most of us "surviving girls" would be, as I am, in our eighties now. Those days were war days and most of us were very poor, but it has in later life made us appreciate what a gift life is. I still have the original photo of the year we won the Basketball, also a few others.

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