I remember it well .......... or do I?

Of infants and primary school at Telopea, I remember:

• the Bristol demountable buildings
• when York Park was a park 
• Mr Fry in his flowing black gown
• flavoured 'milkshakes' at the tuckshop (vanilla, sugar and milk just mixed in a cup)
• Mrs Woods, Miss Shakespeare and Miss Walsh
• the tuckshop below the north wing
• tuckshop sandwiches wrapped in white butcher's paper
• the dental nurse in white with her set of 5x8 student cards
• the Goitre tablet every Monday morning out of a huge brown glass bottle
• tepid milk at recess
• using an acorn cup as a whistle out on the oval or in the bus
• Saturday morning swimming races at the Manuka pool
• celebrating Empire Day at the Capital Theatre and then building a bonfire for Cracker Night
• playing in the recorder band (still have my sheet music book)
• being caned with the bamboo part of a feather duster by Miss Harrevil in 1st and 2nd class
• Enid Blyton and the Magic Faraway Tree books read by Horrible Harrivil
• Miss Harrivil started my love of reading
• the one act play, 'The Crimson Coconut', starring Sandra Smith as Madame Gliserinski
• singing pop songs from songbooks purchased from the newsagent
• under the arches
• RE once a week for half an hour
• not being EVER, EVER allowed to play in/near the Telopea Park drain
• the bitumen playground, where the assembly hall now stands
• having class photos taken outside our class rooms, where a car park now stands
• NSW Avenue actually accessing the front of the school
• no fences around any school in Canberra
• when the road around the school was 2 way
• playing 'Queenie Queenie?' at recess
• playing hop, step and jump in the quadrangle before school
• NOT being allowed to play hop, step and jump before school (early days of OHS?)
• playing the stepping game using the letters of your name (I always used my full name, Suzanne Upton, to get full use of the 'u's and the 'z'. Three 'n's was a real bonus too!)
• hopscotch on the bitumen and taking a flying leap to get the last step
• Allan Johnson singing'Rock Around the Clock' at my 9th birthday party (first crush?)
• the old Children's Library behind the bus depot at Kingston
• riding an old Malvern Star bike everywhere
• when a subject name contained no more than 2 words

Most of these memories I share with many of you.

Back to the drawing board to think about high school .................