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Designed for people, now in their late 50s who were students at Petersham Public School, West Street, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia. This cohort generally started Kindergarten in 1956, and finished primary school in 1963. The original buildings on the site of Petersham Public School are now part of Petersham TAFE, part of Sydney Institute of TAFE. Apparently the interiors have been restored and maintained in wonderful condition.
Friday, November 26, 2010
The Effects of Aging
I am always intrigued about the way some people's appearance changes dramatically over 50 years, while other people still look the same. Do you recognise these faces from our time at Peto Public?
Petersham Public School Badge
Do you remember the very conventional school badge we had back in 1963?
The current school badge is much more interesting. But I suppose both designs reflect the environment that we grew up in. Creating bright interesting graphics is so much easier and cheaper these days.
The current school badge is much more interesting. But I suppose both designs reflect the environment that we grew up in. Creating bright interesting graphics is so much easier and cheaper these days.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Free School Milk + Milk Monitors
Remember the 1/3 pint of fresh creamy milk we had to drink every day at primary school?
Were you ever part of the team that moved the milk from the storage place to the individual class rooms, just before play time?
Were you one of the people who gagged on drinking warm, almost curdled milk in the summer months?
Did you take sachets of chocolate or strawberry Qik to school to make the milk more palatable?
Were you ever part of the team that moved the milk from the storage place to the individual class rooms, just before play time?
Were you one of the people who gagged on drinking warm, almost curdled milk in the summer months?
Did you take sachets of chocolate or strawberry Qik to school to make the milk more palatable?
Memories of Teachers at Petersham Public School
I wonder if some of you can help me remember the names of some of the teachers we had at Peto Public
Who was the very old male teacher with a white moustache who ran rugby league at the school?
Was it Miss Searle who ran netball and softball and PE generally for girls? She also had a normal class. Was is 4B?
- Mr Harry Baltins Class 6A in 1963
- Mr Hill taught 6B in 1963. He was also the Principal
- Mrs May taught 5A in 1962
- Mrs Penny taught 4A in 1961
- Mrs Wridgway taught 3A in 1960
- Who taught 2A in 1959?
- Who taught 1A in 1958?
- Who taught 1B in 1956?
- Who taught Kindergarten in 1956
Who was the very old male teacher with a white moustache who ran rugby league at the school?
Was it Miss Searle who ran netball and softball and PE generally for girls? She also had a normal class. Was is 4B?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Parsley Bay School Picnic, late 1963
Today Ian Andrews brought up the subject of the school picnic we had at the end of 1963. It is something I can remember very well in parts, especially the risque behaviour of some of the girls on the top deck of the bus that took us back to school at the end of the day.
There are snatches of memory of various parts of the day
Does anyone have photos of that day at Parsley Bay?
There are snatches of memory of various parts of the day
- picnic lunch under the huge shade trees - probably Moreton Bay figs
- Mrs Madigan, who ran the canteen, handing out ice creams or bags of sweets for the bus ride home
- playing games like tunnel ball
- the novelty of seeing teachers dressed casually on Picnic Day
- people making commitments to keep in touch after we all went off to different high schools in the next year
Does anyone have photos of that day at Parsley Bay?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
An Overview of Petersham, NSW
There is an excellent overview of the suburb of Petersham, NSW on Wikipedia. It includes a brief reference to Petersham Public School.
The day World War II came to Petersham Public School, NSW
On Wednesday 2 May 1945 at approximately 11.30am a Mosquito aircraft of the Royal Air Force 618 Squadron exploded in the skies over Petersham. Flight Lieutenant David George Rochford, RAF Volunteer Reserve and Leading Aircraftman Charles Broughton Boydell, Royal Australian Air Force, were killed in the crash. Neither man’s parachute opened at a sufficient height for them to survive. Both of the men were aged 25 years.
The body of Flight Lieutenant Rochford fell into the playground of the then Petersham Public School, now the West St Campus of Petersham College.
Leading Aircraftman Boydell’s body was recovered from the top of a shed over 100 metres away in the Petersham railway goods yard.
Blazing sections of the wooden aircraft were scattered across Petersham and as far away as Catherine Street in Leichhardt. Houses were set alight in Trafalgar Street, The Avenue, Searl Street and Railway Street, Petersham.
A Court of Inquiry was convened on 4 May 1945. It was hampered by the fact that many pieces of the wreckage were recovered by civilians and kept as souvenirs. 
The body of Flight Lieutenant Rochford fell into the playground of the then Petersham Public School, now the West St Campus of Petersham College.
Leading Aircraftman Boydell’s body was recovered from the top of a shed over 100 metres away in the Petersham railway goods yard.
Blazing sections of the wooden aircraft were scattered across Petersham and as far away as Catherine Street in Leichhardt. Houses were set alight in Trafalgar Street, The Avenue, Searl Street and Railway Street, Petersham.
A Court of Inquiry was convened on 4 May 1945. It was hampered by the fact that many pieces of the wreckage were recovered by civilians and kept as souvenirs.
In 1966 a memorial garden was dedicated to Flight Lieutenant Rochford and Leading Aircraftman Boydell in the grounds of what was then Petersham Girls High School. A plaque, silky oak trees and a flagpole were placed there in their memory.
In 1989 the site became part of Petersham College. In 1995 the NSW Branch and Petersham Sub Branch of the RSL and Petersham College held a service to mark the 50th anniversary of the crash under the Australia Remembers program. Florence Bell, with the assistance of other people including Petersham College staff, became involved in subsequent services.
On 2 May 2005, the 60th anniversary of the tragedy, a commemorative ceremony was held in Petersham Town Hall to honour the memory of Flight Lieutenant David George Rochford and Leading Aircraftman Charles Broughton Boydell. Unfortunately, by this time the silky oak trees planted in 1966 were dying and needed to be replaced. Petersham College asked the Boydell and Rochford families for their choice of replacement trees – the families chose tibouchinas.
In 1989 the site became part of Petersham College. In 1995 the NSW Branch and Petersham Sub Branch of the RSL and Petersham College held a service to mark the 50th anniversary of the crash under the Australia Remembers program. Florence Bell, with the assistance of other people including Petersham College staff, became involved in subsequent services.
On 2 May 2005, the 60th anniversary of the tragedy, a commemorative ceremony was held in Petersham Town Hall to honour the memory of Flight Lieutenant David George Rochford and Leading Aircraftman Charles Broughton Boydell. Unfortunately, by this time the silky oak trees planted in 1966 were dying and needed to be replaced. Petersham College asked the Boydell and Rochford families for their choice of replacement trees – the families chose tibouchinas.
Florence Bell was a fifth class student in Miss Webb’s class on the day of the air crash and she has donated a significant collection to the History/Archive Centre. Examples of the material which Florence has donated include the 1966 program of the dedication of the Memorial Garden, material and photographs on the 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 Memorial Services and letters from participants.
Letters from relatives of Flight Lieutenant David Rochford and Leading Aircraftman Charles Boydell are also included in the collection. Newspaper articles and other published articles on the crash add to the historical importance of the collection. The Florence Bell Collection is available for viewing at Petersham Town Hall.
Letters from relatives of Flight Lieutenant David Rochford and Leading Aircraftman Charles Boydell are also included in the collection. Newspaper articles and other published articles on the crash add to the historical importance of the collection. The Florence Bell Collection is available for viewing at Petersham Town Hall.
Welcome to the Peto Public blog!
G'day girls and boys
This blog is designed to encourage people who were at Petersham Public School in the class that would have started Kindergarten in 1956 and finished 6th Class in 1963.
Some people were at Peto for 8 years. Others would have come and went for only some of those years. The common thing is we would all have been under the eye of Harry Baltins as the scary disciplinarian! ;-)
John Young
yindi1951@gmail.com
+61 407 940 943
Updated 27-may-2024
This blog is designed to encourage people who were at Petersham Public School in the class that would have started Kindergarten in 1956 and finished 6th Class in 1963.
Some people were at Peto for 8 years. Others would have come and went for only some of those years. The common thing is we would all have been under the eye of Harry Baltins as the scary disciplinarian! ;-)
John Young
yindi1951@gmail.com
+61 407 940 943
Updated 27-may-2024
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Petersham Public School badge in 1963