School started a year early

It may be of interest to some that Woy Woy High actually enrolled the first intake of students in 1961 but it was not officially opened until 1962.

I started my first year of high school there in the first term in 1961 in the then new building in Edward St.

I attended first, second, third and part of fourth year before acquiring an apprenticeship in Gosford.

I started school at the existing Blackwall Rd school in kindergarten and then transferred to the new infants school in Park Rd which is now the site of a retirement village, then back to the old school for my primary years up to sixth class.

Living in Victoria Rd, I had the convenience of jumping the back fence or walking across the road to attend school.

In 1987, I accepted an invitation to attend the Woy Woy High 25th anniversary to find that there wasn't a table set up for year 1961.

This anniversary reunion was held at the bowling club in Burge Rd.

Hopefully more reunions will happen in the future.

Online submission, 8 Aug 2012

Graeme Hancock, Holgate