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his School blazer with the words First XV embroidered on the
pocket. He also identified an unlabelled plain blue rugby jersey,
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Maintenance team, who was a class mate of Mr Dundas’ for all
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o f t h e i r S e n i o r y e a r s , c a m e t o m y o f f i c e a n d h e a n d S c o t t s p e n t
of their Senior years, came to my office and he and Scott spent
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a n d w a t c h i n g N e a l A r m s t r o n g a n d B u z z A l d r i n w a l k o n t h e m o o n
and watching Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon
20 th th J u l y , 1 9 6 9 . T h e “ R e c Hu t ” w a s a b u i l d i n g p u r c h a s e d fr o m
20 July, 1969. The “Rec Hut” was a building purchased from
The Bank of New South Wales in 1955 and it stood where the
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S c h o o l ’ s t h r e e f l a g p o l e s n o w s ta n d . T h e y a l s o r e m i n i s c e d a b o u t
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PE teacher who joined the Staff in 1974 and introduced them to
a r c h e r y , w i t h v a r y i n g d e g r e e s o f s u c c e s s , a n d p l a y i n g s o f t b a l l o n
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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these memories and have added
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School, I would be delighted to hear from you.
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