Petersham Public School, Class Lists 6A and 6B in 1963

Can you think of any names missing from our class lists?

6A Class List

Gayle Ablett

Deidre Acheson

Helen Assaf

Janet Austin

Pat Beed

Dominique Calnan

Franco Di Carlo

Barbara Chessell

Gail Dawkins

Betty Fenn

Cathy Gray

Helen George

Janette Hancock

Angelika Lamberger

Lyn Newborn

Denise Ryan

Vicky Trainor

Ian Andrews

Keith Ash      (deceased)

Jimmy Coskerie

Mark Egan

Victor Elton

John Harris

Alan Hibburt

Paul Kilvert

Carl McGrath

John Harris

Murray Rogers

Frank Whitling

John Young

6B Class List

Paul Isbister

Andie Georgiou

Jimmy Georgiou 

Alex Papanis

John Pearce 

Sam Scuderi

John Young
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+61 407 940 943

27-may-2024 

Who remembers Linda Woodward at Peto Public School?

I had an email from Linda Woodward yesterday.

Linda is in our class photos in 1957, 1958

Reunion of Peto Public Class of 1956 -1963

Wow,  what a great night it was on Saturday 9-apr-2011 at Divino Restaurant, Audley St, Petersham!

Barbara Chessell described at as being back at school again,  but there was no teacher in the classroom!

One thing that struck me as unusual - we have not heard of anyone from our class cohort who has died!  In the same age cohort at Fort Street BHS we know of about 8% who have died from illness or motor accidents.   So maybe growing up in Petersham helped breed us tough and healthy and careful!

The following group photos are all the work of Ian Andrews,  or his partner Kate. Please bring any typos or spelling errors to John Young's attention.

Fig.1 Back row L to R: Lynne Newbon, James Coskerie, Murray Rodgers, Keith Ash, Tony Stathakis, Alan Hibburt, John Young, Sam Scuderi.
Front row L to R: Barbara Chessell, Angelika Lamberger, Andy Georgiou, Victor Elton, Deidre Acheson, Pat Beed, Betty Fenn, Ian Andrews

Fig. 2  Back row L to R: Carl Magrath, James Coskerie, Murray Rodgers, Keith Ash, Tony Stathakis, Pat Beed, Alan Hibburt, John Young, Ian Andrews, Ian Pratt.
Middle row L to R: Janet Austin, Janette Hancock, Lynne Newbon, Angelika Lamberger, Andy Georgiou, Victor Elton, Deidre Acheson, Pat Beed (hidden) Betty Fenn, Sam Scuderi.
Front row L to R: Rhonda Dagg, Barbara Chessell, Miae Common (sitting, Angelika's 2nd daughter).

Fig. 3  L to R Janet Austin, Rhonda Dagg, Janette Hancock, Carl Magrath, Barbara Chessell, Lynne Newbon, James Coskerie. Angelika Lamberger, Murray Rodgers, Andy Georgiou, Keith Ash, Victor Elton, Tony Stathakis, Deidre Acheson, Pat Beed, Betty Fenn, Alan Hibburt, John Young, Sam Scuderi, Ian Andrews.

Fig. 4 James Coskerie, Murray Rodgers, Andy Georgiou, Keith Ash, Victor Elton, Alan Hibburt, Carl Magrath (hidden).

Fig. 5  L to R: James Coskerie, Murray Rodgers, Andy Georgiou, Keith Ash, Tony Stathakis, Ian Andrews (sitting), Sam Scuderi, Alan Hibburt, Carl Magrath, John Young.

Fig. 6 L to R: Janet Austin, Rhonda Dagg, Janette Hancock, Lynne Newbon, Barbara Chessell, Angelika Lamberger, Pat Beed, Betty Fenn, Deidre Acheson.

Fig. 7 L to R:  Rhonda Dagg, Janet Austin, Janette Hancock, Lynne Newbon (rear), Barbara Chessell (front), Angelika Lamberger, Pat Beed, Betty Fenn, Deidre Acheson.

Fig. 8 L to R: Rhonda Dagg, Janet Austin, Janette Hancock, Lynne Newbon, Angelika Lamberger, Pat Beed, Betty Fenn, Barbara Chessell, Deidre Acheson.

John Young
0407 940 943
yindi1951@gmail.com

Wests Under 14 Hockey Team at Lewisham Baptist Church

Lots of boys from Petersham Public School played in a Hockey team that was formed at Petersham Baptists Church, due to the energy of the late Rev Ivan Kilvert.  From memory it started about 1963,  but I am open to better memories.

History notes from Richard Acheson, received 18-mar-2011

Can't tell you when it started, however-

1964 the team won the U14 Western Suburbs District Zone competition

1964 the team also combined with another Western Suburbs U14 team for the finals and that combined team won the U14 Sydney Competition

1964 Brian Booth (former Australian cricketer and hockey player) presented the trophies at the Petersham Baptist Church Hall

1965 the team again won the U14 Western Suburbs District Zone competition

1965 half the team was taken by Wests management to play in a U16 preliminary final on the day that the U14 team was playing a preliminary final. This left the U14 team short of players and it lost the preliminary final. Rev. Ivan Kilvert was not very happy!

1966 the team played as Petersham in the U16 St George competition

1967 the team played again as Petersham in the U16 St George competition in 1967

I have a memory of Penelope Kilvert falling off a swing and breaking her arm during a game, and a Canberra team coming up and playing us, and also playing a combined St George U16 team about then)

The team disbanded after 1967 as the the Kilverts moved to Adelaide and a number of players were too old to play U16.

1968 Jimmy Georgiou played in the lower grades for St George

1968 John Birchgrove (a member of our team) and myself played in U16 St George Competition for Blakehurst.

1968 Blakehurst were Premier's in the U16 St George Competition.

1968 A bloke called Ian Hollywood played for Blakehurst in 1968 and I believe he went on to play 1st Grade for St George and represent Australia.

The source for this fountain of information is a box of old trophies in the back shed...  that rekindled some memories. The dates may not be totally accurate, but they're pretty close.

There was also a bloke with a Yugoslav or Serbian background in the team 

I also think a bloke called Bruce Holten may have played for us when he was in primay school but may have dropped out. The majority of the team were in the Boys Brigade, and the church may still have those records.

As well, the name Mick Malpass has floated up in the grey matter, his father was a fireman, but I can't be sure. (Note from John Young: The father of Terry and Gary Malpass of Petersham Primary School was a fireman,  but I cannot recall either Malpass playing hockey.)

Richard Acheson
e: balagara@gmail.com

PPS: Reunion - I need more money!!!!!

STATUS

Bookings hit 38 yesterday and 2 high probabilities!

• Alan Hibburt confirmed yesterday that he is coming.
• Sharon Malpass contacted me via Janet Austin's adverts and is coming to the Reunion with her husband.   Sharon started Kindy same year as us, but managed to move ahead of us,  finishing 6B in 1962 to go onto Dulwich Hill Girls, then nner and my DHHS.  Her younger brother, Phillip Malpass, was in our cohort.  Sharon is the cousin of Terry Malpass who was in out class cohort.  All the Malpasses and Janet Austin lived within a literal stones throw of each other in Allans Ave, Petersham.

PAYING FOR TICKETS


I have to pay a substantial deposit to the Divina Restaurant next week.  So I need you $60 per head paid before close of business next Monday 4-apr-2011, please.


Still trying to work out who deposited $120 cash into my bank account about 8 weeks ago now.  Please drop me an email or an SMS to 0407 940 943 if it was you, please.

If you still need to pay you can do so in 1 of 2 ways

• post me a cheque to

John S Young 

PO Box 929

Spit Junction  NSW  2088

• or better still, by direct payment via the Internet if you can cope with that technology!

Bank:      St George Bank
BSB:       112 879
A/C:        437 586 518 

             ref:          PPS (your name)  or your phone number       

n.b. the reference is important so I can match payment to your names

STUFF


Jan Austin did an advert in the Sydney Morning Herald and Daily Telegraph 6-8 weeks ago.  It has been successful in helping link us up with about 6 people who were not already on our horizon.  Not all all them were in our 1956 - 1963 class cohort.   


It is interesting how many people moved forward or backwards between 2 cohorts, because of the birth date, illness, or other issues, such as overcrowded classes.  I think I was only in Kindergarten for part of 1 year, before being banged up into Transition and 1B,  before rejoining my original cohort in the next year or so.


The other thing that is interesting is tracking the siblings of people in our class cohort.  For example,  many pupils in our cohort had brothers or sisters in classes 5-6 years ahead of us, or several years after us.  


Amazingly I can still remember many of these siblings, i guess because

• Petersham was a fairly small community in those days
• we all walked to or from school in the care of older siblings or an older pupil who lived in the same street
• Petersham Public School was very much the centre of the local community - we went to a school within walking distance, public or catholic
• we interacted with the same kids at weekend sport, Cubs, Scouts, Boys Brigade or church youth groups
• we went round to the houses of school mates to play after school or at weekends
• our parents didn't ferry us around by car all the time!
• there were very few formal out of school activities, unlike today,  so I can remember spending a fair bit of time at the homes of school mates,  and getting there alone, on foot,  or cycling, from quite an early age

PHOTOS

• Still looking for some of the missing class photos,  or photos of out of school activities in the years 1956 - 1963
• Because not everyone has their photos in digital format I am hoping to bring a scanner and my laptop to the Reunion Dinner
• Then I can scan any photos you bring with you and they can be shared with everyone else that we have made contact with while arranging this Reunion.

John Young
0407 940 943
yindi1951@gmail.com

Reunion of Class of 1956 - 1963, Petersham Primary School NSW

Boys and Girls 

We are getting together for an evening of nostalgia and lots of laughs at the effects of 48 years since some of us have laid eyes on each other. 

Saturday 9-apr-2011 

from 1800 - 2200

Divina Restaurant 

98 - 106 Audley Street, Petersham NSW 2049 

Tickets $60 pp which includes some beer wine and soft drinks

Partners are welcome

RSVP as soon as possible to John Young by email to yindi1951@gmail.com

Below you will find an incomplete set of the annual formal Class photos.  You will see we dont have 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 5A or 6A at this stage.   Do you (or your mother!) have any of the missing photos hidden away in a shoe box or buried in a very old family photo album?

John Young

Petersham Public School

Class of 1956 - 1963

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20-mar-2011

Petersham Public School NSW Class of 1955 - 1962

The following photos were supplied by Graeme Grubb.

 Fig. 1  Class 2A 1958, Petersham Public School NSW

Fig. 2 Class 2B 1958, Petersham Public School NSW

 Fig. 3  Class 3B 1959, Petersham Public School NSW

Fig.4  Class 4A 1960, Petersham Public School NSW

Fig. 5  Class 5A 1961, Petersham Public School NSW

Fig. 6  Petersham Public School Rugby League Team 1959

Fig. 7  Best mates Harold Graycar and Graeme Grubb

John Young

Petersham Public School

Class of 1956 - 1963

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20-mar-2011