The
Aurora
Newsletter of the
Old Hamptonians Association
Issue No. 10
March 2001
Your Committee
President’s Report
It is with a great deal of pleasure that we
announce the SECOND official function of
the reactivated Old Hamptonians
Association.
The venue was again agreed because of
the advantage of an undercover area for 800
people.
A garden setting around the covered area
with seating is also available to guests.
Groups of each 10 year periods 1930, 1940,
1950, 1960, 1970, 1980 have been
designated with a barbeque allocation. Bring
along your sandwiches if you wish.
Remember it is BYO drinks.
A coffee / tea bar has been set up in the
School Hall. The old Hampton High School
are offering a free 12 month’s
membership (2002) to any current
member who signs up four (4) additional
proponents with their $10 payments to
our association.
Photocopier available.
A photocopier will be on hand on the day
for people who wish to exchange photos
etc., of the school’s past history.
Live Band
We have also engaged a live band from
Midday to 2.00 pm.
So come along and make our 2nd
Reunion of the Hampton High School
a great success.
A Picnic / Barbecue
Saturday 24th March 2001
Sandringham Secondary College
Holloway Road, Sandringham
11.00 am to 3.00 pm
President:
Geoff Grant
Vice President:
Christine Hargreaves
Secretary:
Wendy Laughton
Treasurer:
Ian Grahame
Public Officer:
Don Brown
Committee:
Elaine Grant
Terry Guinan
Barry Harman
Berice Jones
Deirdre Simpson
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Aurora Production and Data Base:
Bruce Bathols
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Fax
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Mobile
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Mail Address for all correspondence:
Old Hamptonians Association
C/-Mrs Wendy Laughton
Birchwood Park RMB 6095
Tubbarubba Road
Merricks North Vic 3926
Email:
[email protected]
Donations
Honor Boards are located in this area, as
well a memorabilia display of our old school.
Ample car parking is available
within the grounds of the Sandringham
Secondary College. We ask that you bring
along your families and friends, and certainly
your memorabilia of your school days.
A gold coin admission is being charged,
and a Monster Raffle has been arranged.
It will be an informal day, and we hope with
the help of our Group Co-ordinators we will
add to our current data base of 600
registrants, with many more names of past
students and teachers.
Free Membership Incentive
To help add to our current data base, we
Membership - not enough details
We have a concern regarding some
payments being received by Wendy
Laughton. Insufficient details of the payee
name and address have caused some
members not to be recorded, and
therefore these people are not receiving
their Aurora Newsletter.
We would appreciate hearing from you,
if you are able to help establish the
whereabout’s of:Bruce Baird, Robin Girdwood,
B S Hume,
P L Rogers,
B Smith / Stainfoot.
Old Hamptonians Association - Aurora - March 2001
We are pleased to acknowledge the
following former students of Hampton
High School for their generous
donations.
Chris Pearce
Russell Phillips
Lorna Coy
Debora Skewes
Barbara Webb
Michelle Davidson
Helen Elvery
Allan Collis
Bob Lloyd
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Over to you ..... Letters received
Judy Carr (nee Reddie)
Doncaster East 3109
November 2000
Dear Editor,
It has been interesting to see in ‘The Aurora’
names and photographs of people
remembered during that time, and it has
certainly rekindled memories for me of what
was a relatively short time at the school. Other
names from that time are: Daphne Evans (now
Hall), (she and I have caught up since school
days), Pat Kirsten (who was my very best
friend for some time), Ailsa Ferguson, Eunice
Trimble, Janice De Wit, Merle Morgan, Greta
Hayton, Janice Mitchell, to name but a few.
In my time, the boys and girls were segregated
when out of class, so I don’t recall too many
of the boys’ names during that period.
I was in Grade 2E in 1950, and 2C in 1951.
The explanation for that is I was dealt the
ultimate humiliation by being kept down a
year, and repeating Form 2. This is probably
a rarity in these days of ‘enlightenment’, as
nowadays this would probably be seen as
detriment to the student’s self esteem, and
be counter-productive in terms of the student’s
performance. All I can say is, all these years
up the track, that if ever a student deserved
to be ‘kept down’, then I did! Not unusually, I
scored well in those subjects I enjoyed, and
abysmally in those that I didn’t, but as there
weren’t enough of the subjects I did enjoy to
have me elevated to a higher grade, I did the
crime, and thus the time.
There are a number of teachers whose names
and the subjects they taught are still fresh in
my mind, even after all this time. There
was Miss Marshall, who took Music, (and
who is mentioned in a letter from Ian
Davidson in the September ‘Aurora’). This
was one of several teachers whose job I
no doubt made difficult by my behaviour.
One vivid recollection I have of one of
her classes was when I was acting the
fool (as usual in any class that didn’t
interest me) when Miss Marshall’s
patience snapped and she strode up to
where I was sitting and slapped my face.
Can you imagine something like that
happening now? The parents would be
up to the school in a flash, and if really
aggrieved, have the incident splashed all
over the papers, and perhaps even sue
the school!
I also recall Mr McGregor who took
History, Miss Elliott, who I think took Art,
Mrs Thurgood, Maths (another teacher
who I probably drove to distraction), Mr
Toussaint, (who also took Maths), and Mr
Tritschler was principal or headmaster as
was the title then).
Extremely interesting to have my memory
jogged with photos of the prefects. Apart
from the girls, the photo also included Ian
Alexander (Head Prefect 1950), who I
remember having something of a crush
on at the time. My other recollections of
the prefects relate to their being
responsible for ensuring that if we left the
school grounds at lunchtime, we had to
be wearing hats and gloves (if you don’t
mind!).
Judith Richards and Daphne Evans. Sitting on Mr Tritchler’s car.
Form 2E Dec 1950.
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Here are some ‘extracts’ from my
autograph book - perhaps someone will
recognise themselves from the
contributions!
In a parlour there were three
A girl, a parlour lamp and he
Two is company no doubt
That is why the lamp went out
Janet Rayner 2E 1950
Life is mostly froth and bubble
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in another’s trouble
Courage in your own
Rhyll Reed 2C 1951
There was a young lady of Slim
Who was so uncommonly thin
When she drank lemonade
I am sad to relate
She slipped through the straw and fell
in
Beverley Flynn (undated)
While shepherds washed their socks
by night
All seated round a tub
A bar of’ Velvet soap came down
And all began to scrub
Merle Morgan 2E 1950
Above - Judy Carr (Reddie) and Pat
Kirsten. Form 2E - Dec 1950.
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WEB SITE News
Photos Deleted !!
Membership Subscriptions
We have recently discovered that our
previous Alta Vista Web Site has been
withdrawn. We were notified in late
February that AltaVista no longer supports
free “Community” or family photo album
facilities. All of the family albums and
school facilities such as ours have been
wiped from the system, effectively without
notice. Needless to say we are not too
impressed. In the meantime we shall
investigate a more permanent facility and
advise you of the details in our next issue.
As an interim measure, an information
“link” will be placed on website www.bookmate.com.au, so that as soon
as a new “Old Hamptonians” web site is
established, the details will be published
there.
... Ed
Scrap Book
Corner
1st July 2000 to 30th June 2001
Membership $10-00
Subs to be forwarded to:
Mrs Wendy Laughton
Birchwood Park RMB 6095
Tubbarubba Road
Merricks North Vic 3926
We appreciate your support - thankyou
GST is not applicable to this Organisation
Drama at School Hall
(Across the Road)
Back:
Ross Dimsey,
-Richard Evans
Front:
Val Eaton, Dianne Tipper,
Robyn Thorn.
Forms 4 and 5, 1958
There are hundreds of photos
of our history in various scrap
books, folders etc. We have
received several items for
publication. We will attempt
to publish as many as
possible given space
constraints.
This selection was fowarded
to us by Deidre Simpson
(Fox), and covers the mid late 50s era.
Deirdre Fox in front of Mr
Galbraith’s V W. - 1958
After the 1957 fire, many students were
relocated at various other schools in the
local area until rebuilding was completed.
These two photos were from the Bentleigh
High School campus - 1957..
Photo above - end of 1956, Form 5 Back:
Diana Brown, Marilyn Doherty, Vivienne
Schokman, Front: Julie Gunn, Val Cooke,
Shirley Pascoe
Photo left - now every picture tells a tale !!
What were we doing in the long grass ??
.. and what about the audience at the rear ??
Only Rex Grimmer with Marjorie Maynard,
and Roger Indian with Norma Paul can give
the real answers !!
Right - Another view of the “Den of Iniquity”
Donald Coupe and Deidre Fox
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Old Hamptonian Bayside’s Citizen of the Year
This article and photograph was published in the
“Bayside Advertiser” 29 Jan 2001.
BLACK Rock’s David ‘Mac’ Roberts has been named as
Bayside’s Citizen of the Year.
A familiar face in Bayside, Mr Roberts was one of the first
students to attend Hampton High School “way back in the
1930s”. He has enjoyed a long association with Bayside
throughout his life.
After completing his schooling in Hampton, Mr Roberts was
married and later enlisted for the army.
“I’ve developed a pretty strong affinity for Bayside, which is
why it was great to move back here after living away from the
area for a while,” he said.
Despite a stint in Moorabbin, he maintained a strong connection with the people of Bayside, notably through a 30-year
association with the Highett Youth Club and as coordinator of
the Red Shield Appeal in Black Rock and Beaumaris.
“When 1 first heard I’d been named Citizen of the Year, my
immediate thought was why me?” he said.
“But it’s a very nice thing to happen and I’m pleased to accept
it on behalf of so many people who do so much in the community.”
Away from his career as an accountant and the many hours
he dedicated to the Highett Youth Club, Mr Roberts still managed to find time to help others in the community.
He was president of the former Moorabbin Citizens’ Advice
Bureau and a member of the Immigration Committee of the
Uniting Church, which sponsored migrants.
“I’ve been fortunate to meet a lot of wonderful people, including some of the new Australians who are still members of our
local community,” he said.
Before gaining his position on the board of management of
Mayflower, a retirement community in Brighton, he was also
the treasurer of Chapel Court, which was responsible for providing independent living units for elderly citizens.
“I suppose I’ve had a pretty good innings,” he said modestly.
“But I’ve also been lucky enough to have good health and the
support of a loving wife.”
His long association with the community continues today as
Our congratulations go to Old Hamptonian David
Roberts, well known simply as “Mac” who has been
given Bayside’s highest honour after being named
Citizen of the Year.
publicity officer for the Sandringham Life Activities Club, which is
aimed at encouraging older people to remain active, and keep fit.
Squatting on a
Board of Success
Bob Lloyd, an old Hamptonian
from 1939 to 1943, is the inventor
of the classic Australian Board
Game “SQUATTER” . This report
is by Christian Tatman, and was
initially published in the Bayside
Advertiser, 18 December, 2000.
Driving through country Victoria and NSW
as a sales rep, Bob Lloyd was taken by the
scenery: sheep, more sheep and mile after
mile of paddocks.
He was also struck by a thought - no one,
to his knowledge, had developed a game
about farming.,
And the rest, as they say, is history. Mr Lloyd
went on to develop Squatter, a board game
in which participants literally play for sheep
stations.
Squatter inventor, Bob Lloyd looks at the CD ROM version of the game with Newhaven
Primary School year four and five students John, Lewis and Rikki.
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“Squatter” - continued
The winner ends up as “the wealthy squatter”. Mr Lloyd said one
of the attractions of the game was the big money, such as $10,000
notes - involved.
As players move around the board, they face all the obstacles
and hardships real farmers do such as fencing repairs ($500)
and spraying for weeds and insects (cheaper at $100).
Released in the early 1960s, Squatter is now reputedly the biggest
selling board game developed in Australia, with sales just under
500,000.
A CD-ROM version was released late last year.
Mr Lloyd recalled the first 15,000 copies sold out in just of 13
weeks, making it a best seller.
He was coaxed by a relative to move with the times and get the
game on to CD-ROM.
“A relative said if you don’t get this on CD-ROM you will get left
behind. I didn’t even know what a CD-ROM was,”
Mr Lloyd initially worked on the game for four years. He did not
lose heart after it was rejected by games manufacturer John
Sands.
Instead, at the urging of a friend, he wrote to then Victorian Premier
Henry Bolte about his game. The friend reckoned Mr Bolte, with a
background in farming, may be sympathetic.
Mr Bolte referred the matter to his Minister for Agriculture, who in
turn suggested the Wool Bureau - because of Squatter’s link to
sheep farming - write to John Sands.
Mr Lloyd was given an interview with John Sands’ games selection
committee after the Wool Bureau’s letter.
Despite the inherent fun of the game, Mr. Lloyd had a serious
reason for developing it.
He felt a calling, partly due to his Christian faith, to do social work.
Yet, with a young family, he was concerned about the drop in
income.
Money earned from his top selling game enabled him to make
the move - he went on to do a variety of social work, including 13
years in the migration field.
“It (Squatter) breached the gap and enabled me to send my
children to private school,” he said.
Mr Lloyd was born in Hampton in 1926 and went to Hampton
Primary School, and Hampton High School.
He has lived in South Gippsland for the past 20 years before
moving back to Bayside several weeks ago.
Bob Lloyd, 74, and his wife, Rosemary, decided to move to
Sandringham to be closer to friends.
Re-Union Reminder
We hope to see you at our re-union on Saturday 24th March
2001. Plenty of nostalgia photos to view, also a photocopier
will be available for anyone desiring copies of any item
NOSTALGIA !!
The students that make up our history came from many areas, and especially from the several “feeder” schools in the local area.This group is from
the 5th Grade at Sandringham East primary school - 1951. At least 50% of the students shown here went to Hampton High School. See if you
can recognise any.. those identified are Back Row - Maitland Neil, Barry Widowson, John “Potto” Wilson, John Burke,?, Malcolm Douglas (The
Adventurer), Peter Harris, Bruce Bathols (your scribe), Graham Seely, Ramon Lopez.
3rd Row - Max Beveridge,?, Alan Mance, ?, Peter Allat, Terry Alford, ?, Ian Morey, ?, ?.
2nd Row - David Kirkham, ?,?,?, David Nance, ?, John Meadows (look closely - he is holding a frog in his right hand), John LeBeouf, Whelan (?),
Tony Brindley (who supplied this photo - thanks)
Front Row - Noel Thompson, Peter Clarkson , Peter Loh, Ronald “Eggy” Ryan.
------ sorry for mispelled and the forgotten names, it’s been a few years !!
We would be pleased to publish pen picks and current details of any of these former students. It is difficult to accept that all those shown here are
now or close to 60 years of age. What a tremendous amount of history could be availiable.
Old Hamptonians Association - Aurora - March 2001
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More letters ....
Thanks
Theo Tatton
PO Box 57
Hampton Vic 3188
Dear Editor,
I have been meaning for some time to write
to thank all involved for their excellent work
in re-establishing the
Old Hamptonians
and publishing “The Aurora”.
I was actually President of the original Old
Hamptonians Association in (I think) 1955,
preceded by Stan Crellin and followed by Alan
Cook. I have a double claim to being an old
Hamptonian, having been a student in Form
V in I954 and then returning to teach at the
old school from 1965 to 1979. My mother
was also President of the Mothers Club for
several years in the 1950s.
Two more years down the track in 1957, the
Master Mariners Certificate was produced.
In 1962, Donald met a beautiful lass, Joan
who was with her parents in Maritius, and
that year married.
Living in Bombay, Donald worked through the
Gulf as Chief Officer in which time two boys
were born - Mark and David.
Donald worked on ANL Dominion Far East
Lines cruise ships in 1967. Then the whole
family moved to Durban, South Africa for
three years.
Finally in 1970 Donald came back to
Melbourne to settle.
1973 saw Donald aboard again to Nauru, also
with Australian National Lines.
In 1983, he was promoted to Master and in
1993 retired.
In 1967, Siubhan was born here in
Sandringham Hospital.
Mark is teaching in Melbourne and doing
a Masters Degree, and David is living in
Wheaton USA with wife and daughter and
hs a Masters Degree in Engineering.
Siubhan has two sons, married a Dutch
person, and is living in the Nederlands.
This letter was not signed nor had a return
address, We think the author is Donald,
but we are not sure. The letter has been
slightly edited to maintain clarity, and is
published in good faith as it involves an
“Old Hamptonian”. Apologies if we have
missed anything
.... ed.
More Nostalgia - from the 1943/44 era
In a recent issue of “The Aurora” the words
of the school song - The Best School Of All were printed. However the words as printed
were a little mixed up (though still a fine effort
if done from memory) and the correct wording
is herewith for interest.
It’s good to see the school we knew,
The land of youth and dream;
To greet again the rule we knew,
Before we took the stream.
Though long we’ve missed the sight of
her,
Our hearts may not forget;
We’ve lost the old delight of her,
We’ll keep her honour yet.
We’ll honour yet the school we knew,
The best school of all;
We’ll honour yet the rule we knew,
Till the last bell call.
For working days and holidays,
And glad or melancholy days,
They were great days and jolly days,
At the best school of all.
To speak of fame a venture is,
There’s little here can bide,
But we may face the centuries,
And dare the deepening tide;
For though the dust that’s part of us,
To dust again be gone,
Yet here shall dwell the heart of us,
The school we handed on.
Prefects 1944
Boys - R Bismire, O Fisenden, A Anderson, W Harrold, R Page, K Crook, D Pearn, G Grant, G Randle
Gir;s Standing - R Dentry, H Hovendene, J Chandler, B Sullivan, D Whyte.
Sitting - M Ray, D Henshaw, E Atkins, J Foster, J Hammond, D Royle, S Glenn
I still well remember standing proudly with
other ex-students to sing the song at school
speech nights in St.Kilda Town Hall in the
late fifties,
And finally on this topic, does anyone have a
sound recording of the song? I would like to
add it to my collection of nostalgia music, so
if anyone can help I will be grateful.
Swimming Team - 1943
Have a listen to this ....
Dear Editor,
Donald H Leslie, and Old Hamptonian
from 1942 - 1948, studied as a cadet
with the British India Lines, a P & O
Group for three and a half years.
After exams, a 2nd Mate’s Certificate of
Competancy was achieved.
4 - R.Dark, H Woods, N Robinson, R Page, I Bickerstaff.
3 - B Davis, W Harrold, A Foster, M Knights.
2 - L Horne, R Callard, B Stanley, G Golby, R Sindley.
1 - Ferrero, K Crook, Brooker
From the Editors Desk
Senior Cricket - 1943
3 - W Harrold, Goddard, H Woods, B Kentish.
2 - N. Pearn, G Jones, B Campbell, R Harper.
1 - J Buckley, O Fisenden (Decd), I Bismire
Old Hamptonians Association - Aurora - March 2001
Next issue, we will publish some photos from the
2001 re-union. Also, we seem to have a shortage
of material from the later school years - 60s, 70s,
80s. Do you want to find anyone? Say hello here,
send them an “Aurora” message
...... Bruce B
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