Caversham Main School Can anyone from Dunedin remember when Caversham school was 2 schools, they were called Caversham Main and Caversham InfantsI was there mid -late 50'sCaversham Main had been damaged in an earthquake before i went there. There used to be a big board helping to hold up n inside passage wall. I was running down there one day fell over and bruised my hip very badly on the board. My brother got the strap for running inside They said I'd been punished enough by the fall so didn't get the strap. It wasn't long after this they pulled that school down and rebuilt. It became Caversham School and the other one became Colage St. school They divided the pupils up by where you lived. We lived Lyndsy Rd so went to Colage St
corporal punishment had teacher who used to use Tsquare as weapon of choice,bend ya over put a Z on t square and wack on ass,didn't hurt but if he made you bend over bt blackboard the moment he wacked ya you hit ya head on the lip of blackboard,very rarely would he use the cane but one day 2 of us gotit only later did he say we really pissed him off so he gave us the cane instead of t square,after that i wondered why guys would PAY to be whipped.
Who was in Palmerston North in the 60s? Remember the Nicoberg coffee lounge, Ricky's night club (or whatever it was back then), the Flamingo etc. etc. etc. And the Ballroom Astoria when they stopped having old-fashioned stuff and opened up for 'real' dances with the latest bands? My boyfriend at the time was in the local music scene and I loved it!
Came out from England in 1960 and settled in Feilding. Was only 10 years old then, but by the time I was 14 I was really into the 60s thing. Went to Feilding High but used to hop on a bus every Friday and Saturday night and head over to Palmy!
I used to go to Surry Street in Caversham quite a lot as, two of the group, The Inbetweens,[Tony & Paul], lived at I think No.40, and they were friends of mine. I used to help run their fanclub.Oh memories. The Inbetweens won the 1970 Battle Of The Bands.Used to go to the Ag. hall dances when they played there.
Aniseed balls were just lovely - 5 for a penny. Was it you soldiermum who put them in milk? I have never tried aniseed wheels - don't know what they are actually. Do you remember the fortune lollies - had little messages on them. Fizzy fruits were another favourite of mine.the 60's as a child on the east coast of the north island (Te Araroa). no power. rode horses everywhere.My mum made all of our clothes. we lived on a farm. even to school. the 70's was at college in murupara, had power and took bus to school, milk in bottles. moved to taupo in the early 80's and man have i seen some changes! still like aniseed wheels when i can get them...