More memories

At the retreat I can also remember dancing (with Paula Robins) to (Reach Out) I'll Be There by the Four Tops.  It was a 45 record that we played over and over.  I recall the short sheeting of the beds and I am sure someone got caught with "cigarettes"! 

Does anyone have any more photos?

Just been talking to Bomma about the retreat we went to with Richard Mann. To celebrate Mass, we all sat around sheets on the floor (which you can see in the photos). They were strewn with flowers and I think we broke real bread. Afterwards we all danced to I Can't Get No Satisfaction by The Stones and lots of other songs played really loud. Not exactly the meditative silence you think of when you hear the word retreat. The whole thing was such a powerful experience, but when we came back to school brimming with excitement and stories about what happened, the nuns were absolutely horrified. They probably thought we'd all gone completely feral and maybe they were right. I'm sure we were a lot harder to control after that.

Fabulous photos, Bomma. Particularly liked the one of the escapee! Also, those pictures from our time with Richard Mann brought back lots of happy memories. I still have a number of letters from him.

5 red with sister josephine

Remember the building site next to the school?  Builders with bodies!  Not much attention paid to math lessons as I recall.

Thanks for setting this up Bomma but I wish I could navigate it.  I seem to have lost some images I thought I posted.

SOME PICS FROM SCHOOL DAYS

SOME PICS FROM SCHOOL DAYS

UNLADY LIKE BEHAVIOUR

From left Jenny Carlisle, Veronica Owen, Therese Wynne (on top) June McIntosh.  If I remember correctly this may have been when I was asked to leave the singing group - they were singing Lemon Tree (couldn't hold a tune - still can't!) 

UNSEEMLY BEHAVIOUR

Christine Stanley and Paula Robins showing off their legs!  Paula with her pinnie undone - shocking!

SNOW TRIP

Hard to tell with this pic.  First two I can't remember.  Hidden Bernadette Leury, Veronica Owen, Geraldine Hardy and Doris Bonnici

ESCAPING FROM FORM 3A! (Veronica Owen)






RETREAT AT TEMPLESTOWE






Very alternative mass!  The nuns were shocked!











Helen Ryan, Father Richard Mann, Jane Perry

At the beginning!

Hi Girls.  Thought we might start at the beginning!  Cast your mind back to the late 1960s when you first walked into St Aloysius College starting in Form 1 (1967) or Form 3 (1969).  That first tram journey and long walk down Melrose Street, a bus ride along Macauley Road or a short or long walk from home!  Your pinny nicely folded in your bag (with your name carefully embroided on the side). Making sure you had your gloves and hat on just before turning the corner - those pesky prefects standing at the gate checking all was in order!


There is always so much to catch up with when we have a get together.  Jane (Perry) had the bright idea that we could write some stories about our lives at school.  I have a smart colleague (Minu - thank you) and she has shown me how to start a blog.  Please join in - you can write about your memories, post photos, comments, stories about your life then and now.

I can close my eyes and see where we sat in the lunch room under the commercial room!

Please send me email addresses of any "old girls" and I will add their names to the blogg so they can access this information.veronica.plozza@hotmail.com or veronicaplozza@nmit.edu.au