Everything is different here at Penrith South.
Everything!!
Even me.
Haven’t yet ascended to a
Non-prompted recitation of The Pater Noster
But overall …
I’ve quit my low-down ways.
(Mostly!)
Before:
Penrith Primary School Yr 5
After:
Penrith South Primary Yr 6
I want to be good,
I can be good,
I will be good.
… but, for how long?
Note:
Comparing the group photos from the two schools shows a stark difference. Unfortunately, I only have the Prefects photo from Penrith South but my memory of Class 6B (B for Bruce) was that it had a similar disciplined look and feel.
If anyone has a copy of the Class 6B photo, I would love a copy. In fact anything from that year would be great as the photo below is the only one I have from my stay at Penrith South.
I’ve published Class 5A’s photo before, sorry for the repetition.
For the class list see: 365 Short Memories – #70.
For other posts about the antics at Penrith Primary, look at Short Memories #42, 43, 50, 51, 54, 70, 82, 83. (When time permits – if ever – I will adjust the categories to make this easier.)
Class 5A – Penrith Public School
Now here is the photo from Penrith South:
Penrith South Primary – Prefects 1967
Quite a different look, don’t you think?
Anyway, in this photo are the following people (please forgive misspellings & bad memory):
Back Row: Glenn Flint, Stephen Abbott, Phillip Coleman, Peter Blatch.
Middle: Wendy Simpson, Mr Bruce, Glen Davidson, Mr Smith (Headmaster), Joanna Hawkins
Front: Glennis Williams. Linda Venturini, Ione Salter, Max Cowan, Peter Sokol, Louise Rowlands
365 Short Memories 
Hi Max
Knew all the faces but couldn’t put names to faces.remember allof them a really good lot!!
Yes, I had a bit of help with some of the names. I am hoping someone can give me a copy of a photo of the entire class.
They were a good group at Penrith South.
So were the guys at Penrith Primary but I doubt that any adult could have possibly seen their (our) “goodness’, probably the best they could have seen was a bunch of “scallywags” … I dread to think what the worst perception could have been.
[…] * A fellow South Penrith Prefect introduced me to my trainer. The culprit was Stephen Abbott, one of the nicest blokes you could ever meet, but I think I cursed him every morning for a long time for the punishment I was to be meted out by the Sergeant-Major of the Penrith Swimming Club. Stephen is in the back row, 2nd from the left of the Penrith South Prefects photo … you can see it at 365 Short Memories #92 – I Think I Can, I Think I Can … […]