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Newtown Girls

Posted by peter cook on 21/7/2025, 6:55 am

Newtown Girls School Group VIII. Postcard photo dated (posted) September 1905.

Re: Newtown Girls

Posted by Norman Dunn on 21/7/2025, 9:38 am, in reply to "Newtown Girls"

Lovely photo Peter.
Isnt it sad that todays schools dont believe in having class photos taken which I think is a big mistake.
I have lots of class photos and as you know I oftens put them on the board hoping to obtain names.
Class photos I dont have are St Aloysius Girls because their Head Mistress wouldnt allow male photographers into the school.
I would have loved to see my late sister Marian on a class photo but because she attended St Aloysius there's none

A great example

Posted by Norman on 21/7/2025, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Newtown Girls"

As I said above its a mistake to stop class photos.
A couple of years ago I had a 1930s Quay Class photo on the board asking for names. Robert Noble who lives in Bristol is 98 this October and he saw himself on the photo and I of course sent him a copy. He had never seen himself on a class pic and was amazed. A lot of families didn't purchase class photos because people were poor in those days. I have a pic of my mams class but she wasn't on it cos she was kept off school the day the photographer was coming. That was to save the embarrassment of not buying a copy.
This is why they should always take class photos

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