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Hi All - again, hope this finds you well and that Chris Davis and Dave Stott are all improving. They're the only ones I am aware of that have been on the sick list recently. I have sent out an email to see if our Riverina locals wanted to get together somewhere around the 7th July and probably in Ariah Park. When I have a date and confirmation of venue I will put out another email in case any of you outside the area want to come across. These get togethers are always a good fun day out. Secondly, a bit of a heads up and a question for you all. As you may be aware, I have been on Col Semmler's back since 2014 to get him to write up some memoirs as his memory seems to be somewhat better than many - LOL. The Covid shutdown gave him the impetus and he has been very diligent...some might say that Messrs Bladwell and Thompson would have been proud of him :0). Suffice to say that sometime between now and our next reunion in 2022 we should have something for you to read. I anticipate the end product will be a collective effort and if you are interested in contributing your memories let me know as they too can be added in. So start winding back your memories 50 something years back and jot down some of your memorable moments. Things that come to mind are your 1st year experiences, the streaking craze, out bush adventures, seances, dances, gala days, dorm raids, dining room raids, Muck up day etc. List could be endless. I have quite a few photos as well. I do not envisage a published tome but more something to be printed and bound and left for you to reminisce and perhaps left with your descendants to read. And finally, some questions - in 1968 who was the Mutch Dorm 8 prefect? We are pretty sure Howard Briggs was Dorm 7 and Mad Dog Davidson may have also had one of the three dagging holes out the back. And speaking of those two dorms - where was everyone else as those two dorms would have housed a max of 20-24 and according to the 1968 class photo there were 42 of us so if you include Ken, Bill Sheridan, Phil Young and Bruce Adams who were Prefects that year that still leaves at least another dorm's worth somewhere. So, if you can remember, can you let me know what Dorm you were in that year and the prefect. John
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Update
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Hi all, I hope this finds you well in these strange times. Fortunately for me, and I hope it is the same with you, most of this is quite normal as I don¡¯t go out that much anyway and the two things I would normally go out for during the week are still running. Just heard from Col (Semmler) ¨C he rang Chris Davis for his birthday only to find him in hospital ¨C St Vincents in Melbourne. Chris had not been feeling well and collapsed ¨C had the ambos been any later he may not have made it. Seems he had an issue with one of the valves in his heart and had to be opened up to fix it¡all recovering now but still in hospital. Chris I am sure everyone joins with me to wish you a speedy recovery. Speaking of Col ¨C it seems that the small amount of pressure I have been putting on him for the last few years is finally paying off and he is writing up some memoirs of our time there ¨C so looking forward to reading it. J Had a couple of catch ups with Geoff Fox who many of you will know had been overseas and had made it back to Berrigan to go into isolation for a fortnight but in his caravan at his cousins place. From last account all was well with him and by now will be out of iso. We would have had another get together by now of the RIverina group but this lockdown has put paid to that for the time being. When we know the travel restrictions have been lifted I will get to organise the next one. I think we agreed to meet in the metropolis of Ariah Park ¨C which should make for an interesting day. Looking forward to when that does happen. Will also post Chris¡¯ news up on our FB page. All the best for now John
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Hi all, Hi all. A great catch up today. Started off with coffee at Mock Orange as planned for the early birds and then lunch at the Wagga boat club overlooking a very low and muddy Lake Albert. At lunch we had the western contingent of Col, Kel and Zac who arrived in separate vehicles ?. The NW contingent of Chris Davey and Neil and Narelle Crawford. The southern contingent of Chris Davis and an apology from John Fowler and finally the Wagga contingent of Col, Doug and yours truly. Don was also an apology as he is gallavanting around SE Asia chasing Messrs Phyllis and Fox and also John Rees who is still working and couldn't get away. The next gathering will be in the town famous for its Wowsers, Bowsers and Peppercorn trees - Ariah Park in mid to late April and I will start looking for dates in late March. The pub has been recently renovated and apparently does great meals and Chis Davey's homework was to check out the Cafe coffee. It goes without saying that all are welcome to these get togethers... if you can make it - partners as well. I finally found (I am sure it wasn't lost Peter :0) ) the copy of the original attendance register which I brought along to coffee. This was the one Pete Fraser got for us back in 2013 and which I thought I had given back to him. I found it in a place I hadn't looked. Over the course of the next few months I will improve my original spreadsheet I made back then to include some more of the data - things like your original phone number and where and when the School thought you went after you left. Not 100% sure but it might not contain everyone especially those who may have arrived in 5th form for instance. I will then post it up in the files. Some of you have indicated that you haven't been able to view the album I put up the other day. To view the albums you need to login (/g/YAHS64/) and therefore need to use a password. If this is you then please get back to me and I can try and sort it for you but I cannot see your login details and so there are only 2 options for me...I can either delete you from the site and then re-invite you and you can set that part up again - (login and pwd) or try the 'lost password option'. Finally, to everyone on the list - Happy Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. John
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2019 Photos
Hi All, I have uploaded my photos to the 2019 reunion album. Have a look under photos. More of the older albums to come. John
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Welcome
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Welcome everyone to Groups and our little group. You may well find other groups with people who share a common interest - examples of groups are common interest in cars or a particular car...or any and every hobby you can think of. Just do a search from the link at the top of the page when you log into the group page. Also when you log in you can do things like manage your email. Not that there will be a lot on this group but you can choose to receive emails singly or in a daily digest. Also, I am slowly getting the photos off the old site back up on to here. We now have 26 of us that are on here but still quite a few who haven't accepted their invitations so I might have to re-invite them because when it comes to organising reunions or staying in touch generally, it is quite hard. For those that have FB account but haven't joined our group do a search on YAHS64. Quite a few of us don't but many partners do so encourage them to join as well. Next Thursday a few of us are catching up in Wagga for an Xmas get together. For the early birds we are doing coffee at Mock Orange in the Lake Albert Village shopping centre followed at around 12 for lunch over at the Boat Club. All welcome but if you haven't already done so please let me know ..partners also always welcome. Russ is currently home recovering from Gall Bladder surgery - I think he is almost back to normal as he is already back to his grumpy self :0) which is great to hear. (I can say what I like here because he hasn't joined) Hope everyone else is going along OK ...and I hope the drought breaks soon. John E
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