St. Marys High School
Kalang Avenue - St Marys - 2760 - New South Wales - Australia
Kalang Avenue - St Marys - 2760 - New South Wales - Australia
14th November 1998This project is dedicated to the students of 1965 (WHERE ARE YOU?). The year of the final Leaving Certificate. There was no dropping back a year if you didn't make it. The kids following were being taught a different system. "The exam was too hard", they said and gave the upcoming students an extra year to prepare for the horror. Naturally, it was just an excuse to add more work.
Three students, of the class (year) of 1965, arranged to meet after almost 25 years and during that conversation reminisced about those days. There was one other there that day and he too was from the same year. The four were: John Mobbs, Jeffrey Moran, Graham Clarke and David Dalton.
The school has changed but the students have not. Even after 25 years I (Graham) could pick each of the guys out of a crowd without any trouble. We had all spent some time together after graduation so a strong friendship had been forged even then.
Remember our last day, they call it "muck-up day" now. Remember we wrapped the Admin block up in toilet paper. Remember the school assembly that day? The cadet band marching out to raise the school flag. . . remember the fool at the back of the band in the leather jacket and motor bike helmet playing the trumpet? Yep, that was me! John was the Drum-Major! Sorry John, C.U.O. Drum-Major. (salutes) Ah, you remember us now!
That was the only day you ever saw "The Sainty Gazette". John and I had spent days trying to get the damn Gestetner to work. We eventually got it done but what a job. Neither of us had ever tried anything like that before. Or ever again for that matter.
David was there that day but he wasn't in the band so I'll have to let him tell you what happened to him. Jeff had been extracted from school earlier that year by his parents and set to work so he was not there either. . . well, not physically, I was wearing his leather jacket and helmet. In fact, I had ridden his motor cycle to school that day. So he was kinda there.
This page is going to be a "work in progress" so, since you have read this far you are probably one of the kids there that day. And since you're on the internet let us know who and where you are:
VISIT our group's Email List and see who's been found.
OR
SEND an email to: stm65-owner@yahoogroups.com
LINK: St Marys Senior High School LINK: Wikipedia - St Marys Senior High School LINK: St Marys - Class of 72 LINK: St Marys - The Town
24th November 2000The Saga Continues
Welcome Paul Mills - Paul was not a 1965'er but over the past years he has accumulated a vast amount of information on the years 1961 to 1965 at St Marys High.
Paul can be contacted by email on our LIST
13th September 2008The 50th High School Reunion
Ex-students assembled at St. Marys Band Club on Saturday the 13th of September 2008 to commemorate the official opening of the school on September 11, 1958 by the Deputy Premier of the day Mr. Bill Heffron. The function room booked held 500+ people and it looked FULL.
The Reunion was organised by the St. Marys High Ex StudentÕs Association which now has it's own website http://www.stmh.com.au
Here is what we have so far:
ROLL CALL
Photo Gallery
If you can contribute to this project please email stm65-owner@yahoogroups.com or visit our Class of 65 Group.
We need class photos and MORE members.
Links
CLICK HERE for Paul Mills website
CLICK HERE for SchoolFriends
CLICK HERE for Aussie School Pals
