Memories of St Marys

Images from Geoff Jagoe's Photo Albums

In Sptember 2001, I attended a reunion for St Marys High School in Sydney's western suburbs. It was 30 years since my final year at St Marys.

These photos are for my friends from my youth: from my first years of schooling at Tumbarumba in the Snowy Mountains region of NSW, then for a year at Auburn North Infant School, then onto St Marys South Primary School, finishing at St Marys High School in 1971.

I have included some photos of the cars we drove and worked on so enthusiastically in our youth and later.

Also included are my photos from the reunion. It was good to catch up with old friends and loves and to see that those bonds are still strong. An amazing part of the night was the old ghosts and problems that were laid to rest after so many years!

It was a fun evening, Let's hope it won't be another 30 years before we meet again!

Cheers,
Geoff

PS:For my convenience, all names are as we knew them at the time.

 

Tumbarumba kindergarten - 1959
Tumbarumba infants- 1960
Auburn North - 1961
St Marys South - 1962 - 3rd class
St Marys South - 1963 - 4th class

St Marys South - 1964 - 5th class
St Marys South - 1965 - 6th class
SMHS-1966-Form1A
SMHS-1967-Form2A
SMHS-1968-Form3A

SMHS-1969-4thForm
SMHS-1969-Hockey
SMHS-1970-5thForm
SMHS-1970-HockeyPrems
SMHS-1971-6thForm

School Assembly photo from the magazine, 1967.
Teachers from 1968 Speech Night magazine.
Mike Darling [front left] teaching a group of cadets - 1968 magazine.
Geoff Jagoe as an air cadet.
Muckup Day - St Marys 1970

Graham Mercer being a hoon on the school grounds.
Mike Darling riding beside the oval at the back of the school.
Caslereagh Drags


Phil Brunskill following the bus on excursion - police car following Phil!
Geoff's red minivan at Amaroo dirt circuit.

Geoff in the University Car Club's "special".
Geoff's Moke stuck in a hole.
Geoff in the navigator's seat for Jim Reoch, early 80's.
Front view of Geoff and Barb's P76 rally car, 1985.
Geoff when working for Pacific Film, late 70's. I finally got long hair!
 


 





St Marys Reunion 2001 - the railway station, not really all that different St Marys Reunion 2001 - front of the school, totally different St Marys Reunion 2001 - the bell's still there! St Marys Reunion 2001 - Graham Mercer St Marys Reunion 2001 - Mike Darling and Sue Blood





St Marys Reunion 2001 - typical crowd scene St Marys Reunion 2001 - Dianne Cowled and Karl Kunze St Marys Reunion 2001 - John Kendrella, Les Hansen, Mark Stanley and Sue Blood St Marys Reunion 2001 - Peter Cornell and John Kendrella St Marys Reunion 2001 - Mike Darling, Phil Brunskill and Lionel Hodder





St Marys Reunion 2001 - Graham Mercer St Marys Reunion 2001 - Geoff Jagoe and Lyn Ellison St Marys Reunion 2001 - Sue Blood giving a speech, Phil Brunskill in background St Marys Reunion 2001 - Sue giving more of the speech St Marys Reunion 2001 - speech from the other side





St Marys Reunion 2001 - another crowd scene St Marys Reunion 2001 - Mike Darling St Marys Reunion 2001 - Stephen Grieve and Craig Willis St Marys Reunion 2001 - Dianne Cowled, ??, Rhonda Cowled St Marys Reunion 2001 - crowd scene: Rae Darling, Sue Blood, Mike Darling, Graham Mercer, Phil Brunskill





St Marys Reunion 2001 - Sue Blood St Marys Reunion 2001 - Craig Willis, Geoff Jagoe, ?? St Marys Reunion 2001 - Phil B drawing the prizes St Marys Reunion 2001 -Rae, Mike, Graham. St Marys Reunion 2001 - Sue and Geoff





St Marys Reunion 2001 - Les Hansen, John Kendrella, ?? St Marys Reunion 2001 - Leo Kennedy and Sue; Phil B and Peter Cornell in background St Marys Reunion 2001 - Terry Manly and Lyn Ellison St Marys Reunion 2001 - Bill Dudenhoeffer St Marys Reunion 2001 - Phil Brunskill, Peter Cornell and Craig Willis

   
  St Marys Reunion 2001 - at the park the day after the school reunion   St Marys Reunion 2001 - "Back to St Marys" the day after the school reunion. Craig Willis, Graham Mercer, Dianne Cowled, Geoff Jagoe, Phil Brunskill, Karl Kunze.