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Charlestown Public School, Lake Macquarie NSW. 2nd Class c.1928

  • Charlestown Public School, Lake Macquarie NSW. 2nd Class c.1928

    Photo Ref: 4305

    Creators: 

    • Laycock, Mr Ken
    • Laycock, Mrs Freda

    Original caption: Charlestown Public School, probably Second Class 1928. L to R Back Row: Tom Hunter, Lionel Roberts, Frank Laurie, Heydon Leyshon, Arwin Rees, Billy Lappin, Harry Abrahams, (unknown), (unknown), Frank Emslie. Second Row: Carmel Morley, Valerie Ross(?) , (unknown), (unknown), Fred Gloverson, John Morley(?), Earl Rhodes(?) Third Row: Hilda Penman(?), Ruby Boswell, (unknown), Jean Snedden, Dorothy Drinkwater, Florence Vaisey, Freda Durham, (unknown), (unknown), Edna Pascoe(?) Front Row: Lenny Holmes(?), (unknown), Florence Askew, Dorothy Baker(?), (unknown), Joan Hannington(?), Melda Cooper, Emma Webster. Walkway linking old school building with new (1926) classrooms at rear. Original held by Freda Laycock (n. Durham). This photograph is one of a collection of images donated by Freda (nee Durham) and Ken Laycock in 1988. The Durham and Laycock families were early residents of the Charlestown area.

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