24 images of National V.P. Primary School and its replacement St. Catherines C of E School and all their pupils from the past.
The National School, St. Thomas Road. Photo by John Neale.
The National School building in 2014.
National School Infants Class c.1908.
National School c.1920's with Charles Causley 2nd on the left in the middle row.
National School from 1935
National School 1935. Photo courtesy of Liz Clarkson
National School in the late 1930s
Front row from left: Billy Uren, Charlie Sandercock, unsure, unsure, Bernard Desico, Robin Lampey, Kenneth May
Second row: Walter Smith, Charlie Cottle, Norman Hawkin, Fernley Branch, Peter Huxtable, Frank Furse, Derek Gerry, John Jury, Tom Trewin
Third row: Ruben Rickard, - - - Logg, unsure, unsure, Vera Currah, unsure, Joan Coleman, unsure, unsure, unsure, unsure, Peter Jury
Back row: Donald Farrel, Lucy Stoneman, Ida Cox, Phyllis Sandercock, unsure, Barbara Pike, Lorna Bradford, Lucy Kerslake, Joan Adams, Josephine Bickle, Barbara Hamlyn, John Hockin. Photo courtesy of John Jury.
National School c.1940.
National School in 1948
National School. Photo courtesy of Kathryn Hill.
National V.P. School in 1949. Photo courtesy of Kirsty Hamley
National School Boys’ Choir, trained by Charles Causley, winners of the cup in the Launceston Music Festival for Under 11’s, in approx 1953. Back row - David Earl, Michael Edwards, John Maguire, David Bridgman, Adrian Tolchard, Michael Stoneman, Andrew Worsley
Middle row - Geoffrey Parish, Keith Scoble, Roger Troutman, Michael Macoun, Alan Sheen, Leonard Stanmore
Front row - Christopher Sandercock, Kenneth Hepburn, Keith Nosworthy, Colin Gregory, Andrew Pepper, Roger Penwarden. Photo courtesy of Beryl Parish.
National School 1953 Launceston Music Festival Winners trained by Miss Stanbury, pianist Charles Causley. Lennard Hodge, Barbara Watkins, Edward Hutchings, Mary Kerslake, John Maguire.
Leonard Stanmore, Gwen Harris, Geoffrey Parish, Mary Lake, Myrtle Stephens. Photo Courtesy of Beryl Parish.
National School Boys Choir in 1954.
National V.P. School boys choir who won the Curtis Cup for best choir at the 1954 Launceston Music Festival.
National V.P. School Choir in 1954/55. Photo courtesy of Tarry Barriball.
A group of children from the National School visit the Launceston Fanciers Show in the Town Hall in 1959.
National School Maypole Dancers with the Mayor and Mayores of Launceston, Tasmania in 1961.
National School Choir in 1962.
National School Choir in 1964.
National School in 1962. .
National School Nativity play from 1967-68. Photo courtesy of Naomi Scudamore.
Article on the construction of St. Catherines School from May 1968.
National School 1973-74. Steven Brent, Naomi Allen, Shirley Browning, Ellen Waters, Marcus Wadland, Kevin, Thelma, Kevin Matthews are some of the children featured. Photo courtesy of Jane Packer
St. Catherines School 1977. Photo courtesy of Kevin Abbott
St. Catherines School. Photo courtesy of Kathryn Martin.
St. Catherines School 1978.
St. Catherines School 1978. Photo courtesy of Paddy Curtis.
St. Catherines 76-77 Photo courtesy of Nick Dyne. Back Row:Mrs Beer, Peter Wyatt,Karl Hockridge,Johnny Phillpotts,Nick Dyne,Andy Bridges,Paul Jones,Neil Partridge,Martin Baker,Tracy Trevalyon,Tonya Keat,Graham Burden,middle row- Mark Symons,Steven Hancock,Ian Clements,Steven Binding,David Tout,Caroline Nut(?),Tanya Bartlett,Tracy Pengelly,Jo Matthews,Alison Taylor,Karen Burge,Ian Gilbert.
St. Catherines 76-77 Photo courtesy of Nick Dyne. Back Row:Mrs Beer, Peter Wyatt,Karl Hockridge,Johnny Phillpotts,Nick Dyne,Andy Bridges,Paul Jones,Neil Partridge,Martin Baker,Tracy Trevalyon,Tonya Keat,Graham Burden,
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