Stephen
I was at STHS between 1964 and 1967 so remember some of those who finished in 1969. I looked up the site today after a couple of people had mentioned about reunions in other years and the article in Column 8 about the 1956 reunion and John Mason who I know though our sons sailing together. I came to STHS ex Arncliffe Public School which was a bit different than most. In the year ahead of me where two mates from Arncliffe , Ray Dean and Malcolm Kite. I was also mates with Paul Glanville so its disappointed to learn that he is now dead. My contact details are;
Geoff Lanham
Does anyone have any old class photos or year book from the 1964-1967 era. Mine didn’t survive some of the moves.
Regards
Geoff Lanham
In the Matter of Our Mr Brookes - Sat, 16 Oct 2004
G'day Stephen
Yes, Geoff Brookes is happy to be found. Jenny, my wife, found your web site through an ex-STHS student, Greg Dunstone.
I started at STHS in 1966, along with Reg Byrne and Bronwyn Marshall (who was on the English staff with Reg). Reg and I were great mates long after STHS, although I lost touch with him a few years ago. Keith Hurst was the Social Sciences master and, in addition to being a keen wielder of the cane, smoked Craven A cork tips through a revolting cigarette holder (he was almost on a par with Fin Cook with the fags).
I remember your year very well. I'll have to check back over my old mark books, but there were some good Commerce and Economics students in it and I recall at least one significant drinking event with some of them after the HSC.Maurice Cohen was one of them and I remember the beard referred to in the trivia quiz, which made him a truly fearsome sight.
The Class of 1969 were a great mob - good blokes who were great fun to teach. I'd be glad to have the chance to meet up with them again if you hold any more reunions.
Regards,
Geoff Brookes
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Mr Brookes came to one of our informal gatherings at the Oatley pub. You can read all about it by clicking here.
2004 Reunion - Some feedback
From: "Derek Lewis"
To:
Subject: STHS 1969 Pages
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:20:44 +1000
Stephen,
It's late Monday night...every reunion has been terrific, this last one with the telegrams and balloons ...talk about wild and crazy..I doubt that I can cope with the distance of another 5 years before us guys get together again...geez....given the circumstances (and I'm talkin' big picture) it might be be good for us to meet annually...yep, one day of the year...suggest that we may need a set day and a set venue...it's an idea...probably somwewhere in the city where we can lob in ...no organisation ...too much...take care...it's an idea...we have sometin goin here...cheers...
Derek
Hi To All
Congrats to the organisers Lee and Steve etc on a job well done it was great to catch up with everyone and see how we are all maturing with age like good bottle of wines or was that stale bottles of beer!
Well done and see you at the next one if not before
Graeme Murphy
Stephen,
it was a truly delightful evening,
you're a good man
I'll make sure to use my pull with Jonesie to get the next reunion to fit my
scheule too,
thanks again,
boomalaka, etc
Graeme S
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for organising last night’s reunion.
It’s the first one I’ve been to since the 10 year get-together back in 1979 in Sussex St, City, and I certainly enjoyed seeing all the familiar faces again.
Thanks.
Graham Warn
From: "Jean Price"
To: "Stephen Gard"
Subject: thanks
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:39:33 +1000
Hello Stephen,
Thanks for your news and am glad the reunion was another successful one. I've read the email to Norman and he was very interested to see the photo - thank you for keeping him up to date.
Norman came home yesterday for a visit to take part in the AFL GF fun we have here each year. It was all a bit much and after a couple of hours (just before the game started) he wanted to be taken home. It really tired him and he was out of his comfort zone - but at least he had a bit of time with us. He said to me today he realized how he has deteriorated. He is, however happy and that is good.
Thanks again,
Jean Price
To:
Subject: STHS 1969 Pages
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:20:44 +1000
Stephen,
It's late Monday night...every reunion has been terrific, this last one with the telegrams and balloons ...talk about wild and crazy..I doubt that I can cope with the distance of another 5 years before us guys get together again...geez....given the circumstances (and I'm talkin' big picture) it might be be good for us to meet annually...yep, one day of the year...suggest that we may need a set day and a set venue...it's an idea...probably somwewhere in the city where we can lob in ...no organisation ...too much...take care...it's an idea...we have sometin goin here...cheers...
Derek
Hi To All
Congrats to the organisers Lee and Steve etc on a job well done it was great to catch up with everyone and see how we are all maturing with age like good bottle of wines or was that stale bottles of beer!
Well done and see you at the next one if not before
Graeme Murphy
Stephen,
it was a truly delightful evening,
you're a good man
I'll make sure to use my pull with Jonesie to get the next reunion to fit my
scheule too,
thanks again,
boomalaka, etc
Graeme S
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for organising last night’s reunion.
It’s the first one I’ve been to since the 10 year get-together back in 1979 in Sussex St, City, and I certainly enjoyed seeing all the familiar faces again.
Thanks.
Graham Warn
From: "Jean Price"
To: "Stephen Gard"
Subject: thanks
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:39:33 +1000
Hello Stephen,
Thanks for your news and am glad the reunion was another successful one. I've read the email to Norman and he was very interested to see the photo - thank you for keeping him up to date.
Norman came home yesterday for a visit to take part in the AFL GF fun we have here each year. It was all a bit much and after a couple of hours (just before the game started) he wanted to be taken home. It really tired him and he was out of his comfort zone - but at least he had a bit of time with us. He said to me today he realized how he has deteriorated. He is, however happy and that is good.
Thanks again,
Jean Price
The 2004 Reunion - Another Success
Saturday 25 September, St George Rowing Club: another great get-together.
If you couldn't get there, be assured, you were missed, and mentioned. Certainly not forgotten. All the apologies and messages of friendship we had received were read aloud to the group, and they added to the warmth and fellowship of the evening. Trevor White's video of the 1999 reunion played continually; the STHS website, with all its images and anecdotes, was available on a laptop computer; The Year 12 1969 class photo scowled at us from on our placemats.
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| "Was that us? Way back then? And what was that guy's name, again?" Left to right: Tony Pearsall, Graeme Murphy, Lee Riding, John Booth, Graham Sephton, Jeff Camarsh. Back to camera: Mark Eastwood. Note Bill Gray's balloons in STHS colours! |
The food was fine, the beer was cold, the lemon squash was tangy, and the room was awash with affection and laughter. For me, as always, it was like finding another forty brothers I'd forgotten. We are already planning the 2009 reunion, which Tom Jones has volunteered to co-ordinate.
We are at an age when commitments seem to control our every waking moment: kids marrying, parents perhaps leaving us for the last time, in addition to professional demands. It may be hard, at present, to find room for an occasion like this, and choosing a date to suit everyone is close to impossible.
Nonetheless, be assured, the reunion spirit is alive. It seems to me we'll always be there for each other. So, see you at the next one... or the one after.
Stephen Gard
Lee Ecclestone
Organisers
STHS Reunion 2004.
Graeme Sephton - Mon, 09 Feb 2004
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:29:44 -0500
From: Graeme Sephton
Subject: A request
To: Stephen G
Dear Stephen,
In the great STHS tradition of shit-stirring, I am doing my bit over here as you will see below.
For those in Aus concerned about the manipulation and effective control of American opinion via the very suckie corporate media we are submerged in over here, I would offer this somewhat grassroots opportunity to participate.
Check out my web site at www.foiac.org and consider whether you would be willing to write a blurb encouraging our current school "old-boy" network to contribute, and to further circulate this among my old compatriots. Because of the requirement that non-profits over here are required to be non-partisan, it would be best (less constrained and probably more effective), if you are so inclined, to write the preamble yourself.
Obviously, (and unfortunately!) what happens in the US does have considerable potential for negative impact on you and the rest of the world. But you "fureners" are not allowed to participate in the political system over here, IE your favorite US political movement or candidate cannot accept money from OS. But a non-profit such as mine is allowed to.
And if/when this litigation succeeds, then it might dramatically impact the current media-as-mouthpiece of government relationships. (The media is supposed to be the "watchdog of the government" over here.) There are about 50 people over here who occasionally give various fairly small donations but we need more to pay decent lawyers. (Yes, 100%, all donations go to those guys in the black capes. )
(The attached letter currently being sent out gives a little more background.)
The media itself is a weapon of mass distraction (as many wits have observed) and therefore destruction too. The US is like a very big imbecile with dangerous weapons - not evil, just dumbed down by a very manipulated corporate media.
I will be over there this year in September, if your interested in having a beer and a chat,
Regards and best wishes for 2004,
Graeme
From: Graeme Sephton
Subject: A request
To: Stephen G
Dear Stephen,
In the great STHS tradition of shit-stirring, I am doing my bit over here as you will see below.
For those in Aus concerned about the manipulation and effective control of American opinion via the very suckie corporate media we are submerged in over here, I would offer this somewhat grassroots opportunity to participate.
Check out my web site at www.foiac.org and consider whether you would be willing to write a blurb encouraging our current school "old-boy" network to contribute, and to further circulate this among my old compatriots. Because of the requirement that non-profits over here are required to be non-partisan, it would be best (less constrained and probably more effective), if you are so inclined, to write the preamble yourself.
Obviously, (and unfortunately!) what happens in the US does have considerable potential for negative impact on you and the rest of the world. But you "fureners" are not allowed to participate in the political system over here, IE your favorite US political movement or candidate cannot accept money from OS. But a non-profit such as mine is allowed to.
And if/when this litigation succeeds, then it might dramatically impact the current media-as-mouthpiece of government relationships. (The media is supposed to be the "watchdog of the government" over here.) There are about 50 people over here who occasionally give various fairly small donations but we need more to pay decent lawyers. (Yes, 100%, all donations go to those guys in the black capes. )
(The attached letter currently being sent out gives a little more background.)
The media itself is a weapon of mass distraction (as many wits have observed) and therefore destruction too. The US is like a very big imbecile with dangerous weapons - not evil, just dumbed down by a very manipulated corporate media.
I will be over there this year in September, if your interested in having a beer and a chat,
Regards and best wishes for 2004,
Graeme
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