Here is the slide-show from the 2024 Reunion Lunch.
Posting it so you can check that your 'Follow this Blog' or RSS Feed is working.
The Next Gatherings... 2025; 2027
It seems everyone had such a good time at our recent reunion that they want to do it again, and soon.
Your organising executive therefore appointed a sub-committee with wide-ranging terms of reference, culminating in a motion to which there were no dissenting votes, and reported back with the following policy recommendations:
1. An annual informal lunchtime gathering
No speeches, no slide-show, no School Song.
We will book tables, but will need to know numbers closer to the date.
Venue: the General Gordon Hotel
20 Swain Street,
Sydenham NSW, 2044
Sydenham railway station, Metro, buses, handy. Parking probably not good.
Claim the date: 17 October 2025, from 11:30 am.
A reminder will be sent one month before, asking for expressions of interest.
2. A Three-Year Formal (Lunchtime) Reunion
With all the usual hoop-la.
We will book the same space, but will need to know numbers well beforehand.
Venue: Oatley RSL and Community Club
23 Letitia Street,
Oatley NSW 2223
Oatley Station handy. Parking a problem.
Claim the date: 15 October 2027, from 11:30 am.
A reminder will be sent starting from one year before the date, asking for expressions of interest.
Boomalacka,
Lee and Steve
Tom Jones Rhymes Again
To What End?
I’d worked for long enough; I’ve earned my rest.
The pressure got too much so I let go.
I got fed up with too much change at work.
The game had changed; I finally said no.
I don’t do much these days; I just relax.
I take a walk, lunch with a friend then snooze.
My golf and bridge keep me quite occupied.
This is my time to do the things I choose.
My work still interests me; I want to stay.
While I still have the strength, I’ll carry on.
I won’t give up while I can still give more.
Why waste the skills I’ve built up for so long?
Though most are glad when work comes to a stop,
some opt to carry on until they drop.
From snatches of conversation heard at the 55 year reunion on 18/10/24.
Tom Jones
Something of a Record...
Paul Darnell writes...
Recently came across these 45’s when cleaning out a box of stuff from the old family home at Bexley that I’ve had stored for years.
I seem to remember there was trading of records amongst some of the lads.
You will notice that I seem to have obtained these shall we say cult classics from messers Freestone and O’Dea respectively.
Not sure of the circumstances of the transaction but hopefully I didn’t part with Jimmy Little's Royal Telephone and Little Patti’s Stomping at Maroubra in exchange.
It might jog a few memory cells amongst the lads.
See you at the reunion.
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