SR IMELDA'S COMMERCIAL CLASS, 1958

This is another photo from Rosalita Bambrick's collection of school pictures.  This lovely one is of Sr Imelda's Commercial Class of 1958.  Again, Rosalita is able to supply most of the names but we are hoping that you can help too.

Sr Imelda's Commercial Class, 1958

FRONT, L-R:  Kathleen Power, ? ?,  Josephine Cook, Mary Power, ? ?, Rosalita Bambrick, Patricia Ann Roche,  Mary Fagan 

ROW 2:  ? ?, ? Hall, Polly Kelly, Yvonne Snow, Rita Luby, Margaret Murphy, Marie Harvey

BACK:  Sharon Horan, ? ?, Betty Baird, Madonna Healey, Joan Hurley

Sr Imelda's reputation was widespread and the graduates of her Commercial Classes were always in demand.  The offices of St John's clamoured for them and their office skills.

Rosalita, this is another lovely stroll down Memory Lane and we are loving every step of it.  Thank you very much for sharing with us.  If anyone has a photo or a memory that you would like to share on our school blog, please just send it to mcallistersmith@gmail.com.  It would be wonderful to hear from you!

DOWN MEMORY LANE AGAIN

I am so very grateful for all the wonderful photos that I am sent and I love them all.  As dear old St Patrick's is no more, all those photos are historically important and I love every single one of them.  

Today's photo is a real beauty and it was taken 70+ years ago!  I received this prize from Ellen Efford Power who is a graduate of St Patrick's.  Ellen's mother, Kay Barron Efford, grew up on Hamilton Avenue and was also a Graduate of St Patrick's Convent. Kay Barron is pictured here with her classmates.  Ellen said the photo was taken about 1947.  I am especially pleased with this photo because it is, I think, the only one I have seen of the interior of the Deanery Avenue School, which has long since disappeared.

Ellen has identified her mother as the girl in the last desk, far left, next to the row of empty desks.  However, she is unable to help us with any other names.  My sister, Doreen,  recognises Winnie Sullivan, third right, standing.  As usual, I am counting on someone out there coming to our rescue with a few more names. 

St Patrick's Convent School,  Deanery Avenue, circa 1947

Thank you very much, Ellen, for sharing this beautiful memory of your dear mother and her school friends.   

YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH MUSIC!

You can't have too much music or too many musicians so today I am posting another of Rosalita Bambrick's great photos. It is of another, larger, group of music students and it is also circa mid 1950s.

Rosalita has again given us some names, a couple came from other sources, and I am trusting you good people out there to supply us with some more.  

St Patrick's Convent Music Students, circa mid 1950s

The names we have are:

Front Row, far left, Connie Jackman, 7 left ? O'Keefe

Second Row, 3 left Rosalita Bambrick, 9 left Polly Kelly, 10 left ? Horan, far right, Marie O'Toole
THIRD ROW,  5 left Sheila Carew, 14 left ? Cahill

FOURTH ROW, 1 left ? Horan, 2 left Rosalie Horan, 3 left Dorothy Nugent, 5 left Marie Carter, 6 left Madeline Kavanagh, 7 left ? Power, 8 left Joan Tobin, 9 left Maureen Antle, 10 left ? English

FIFTH ROW, Mae Follett, Elizabeth Cahill, Eileen McGrath, Margaret O'Keefe, ? Tobin and Marie Jardine
(If you click on the picture it should enlarge for you.)

Rosalita has reminded us that Mother Gerard and Sr Imelda were music teachers.  I remember Mother Francis also taught music back then.  Thank you Rosalita.  I think this photo should get some gray cells working!