Westleigh College Reunion - November 13th 2016

                                                            

                                                                  

After some 56 years old school friends get together again!

I thought it was a great day, and many thanks to Miriam for organising  it.
The venue was great, the company was even better!

I hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as I did.

Here are a few stills I managed to get and I am hoping, perhaps, some of the other girls will send me some more.         

                                                           

                                                            
Hopefully there will be more to come. Stay tuned!

Some more from Miriam, just received - thanks very much, Miriam!

 

"What a wonderful afternoon we all had last Sunday. Although I’d been hoping to do something like this forever, it would never have happened without the help of a number of ladies on this list. 

To Elana, whose inspired choice the restaurant was, well done. Thanks to Rosie for the Westleigh blog, through which many of us have reconnected. And Elana and Robyn for following up on ladies they’ve kept contact with."

                                                                

                                   

    

                                                           

           

Another Class Photo of Westleigh Girls - Just In!

                                                                     

From Miriam Suss:

Hi Rosie
Hope it works.
I am the girl far left in the back row.

Thanks so much Miriam! 

I have never seen this before. A real 'blast from the past'!

This picture must have been taken in 1960, or earlier, as that was the year I left.

Although many faces look very familiar I can't remember all the names.

So far the only girls I can name most clearly are mentioned below:

Front Row – Faye ?, Carolyn Palmer, Pauline Amos and Charmaine Lehman.

Second Row – Elana Braianis, Wendy Sylvester (Killeen), myself, Diane Lehman and Rosalyn "Pippa" Law.

Third Row – Gail Clymo, Kay(lene)? Mottram and Kay Martin.

Fourth Row -  Miriam in the far left, Marilyn Richards, Christine White, Leonie Eastman, Anna Hansen and Jennifer Walker.

I may be quite wrong about the names and spelling. Sorry about that:( 

What a shame they didn't have our teachers there as well. 

My wild guess is that our teacher at this time was Mrs Oliver.

If any else can help please leave a comment. 

Some of My Class Mates From 1960

There was no such thing as an official class photograph at Westleigh College when I was there, not even a professional photographer for Speech Night or any other function.

Unfortunately these are the only photographs I have, and it took me quite a long time to find them, even though I was certain they were still in my possession.

Thankfully I persisted with my search.

The photographs posted here are the ones I took with a Kodak Box Camera which I received as a birthday gift from my parents. I suppose I was in grade 5 then, because these pictures were taken in Grade 6.



This first picture (above) is of my friend, Carolyn Palmer who had beautiful curly red hair and a great sense of humour..

This is Jennifer Walker.

For a very short time we both went to the same ballet school. I didn't stay there very long: it was quite an ordeal going into the city of Melbourne from Northcote, and then traveling home to Hawthorn by public transport when it was dark.

Here is another picture showing Jennifer and Carolyn.

On the right is Elana Braianis who was a very talented dancer and singer.

Like myself, Elana had an older sister at Westleigh College.

This photograph shows Leonie Eastman, Jennifer and Elana.



Fortunately I had written all the names of the girls on the back of each photograph so I know that in the bottom row - seated - we have Leonie, Jennifer, Elana and Marilyn Richards.


The girls standing are Anna Hansen, Pauline Amos, Rosalyn "Pippa" Law and Carolyn Palmer.


Unfortunately I never handed the camera to any one of my classmates to get a photograph of myself!

I have no idea how I looked in my school uniform back then. That may be a good thing.

Most of these girls started when I did, in 1954, although a few came later.

I have not had any contact with any of these girls since 1960.

Perhaps I should register here and see if that helps?