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The
Chessmoves Blog*
21st June 2001 - Chessmoves
is online. Only a home page but it's UP!
Early
October 2001 - have been hibernating with the website, but
offline all of my free hours have been spent typing out EVERY
CHESSMOVES for the newsletter page, after converting them to
pdf files. Once this has been completed (it's VERY labour-intensive)
I will return to scanning photos from the archives - I am aiming
at a two year period of setting-up before the site will reach
a maintenance level. So, the gaps in photos, especially, will
be gradually filled.........
October
20th - have spent all weekend, scanning and converting about
fifty photos and reducing them to fit onto individual web pages...the
baby did get fed, the five year old annoyed the heck out of
her dad and I got the washing done. Check out these years especially
- 1946, 47, 48, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 82, 84 and 86.
October
24th - went to CHS today and saw the archives for the first
time - there is a dearth of class photos for the 80s and 90s....so
if anyone could lend me some for scanning, that would be brilliant.
And also we are missing Prospices for 1992 and 1993 - if anyone
would wish to donate a copy, we would be ecstatic - I promise!
This week, I will try to finish the 40s and then, will do a
year at a time each month or so.
Located
the original 1946 Prospectus in our archives - have a look in
the Tour pages. Also there are some photos of building works
over the years.
Sunday,
October 28th - have uploaded a new section within Photos
- called Private Collections - am indebted to Nicola (née Donkin)
for lending me her wonderful photos of school life in the middle
fifties. Also, I have added a collection of photos (mounted
on paper with some tongue-in-cheek text) from Final Day 1960.
This latter series were, I think, exhibited at the big Jubilee
Reunion.
November
2nd - have finished the Forties ones - so see 1947 and 48.
Also have lots more of 1953, 54, 56 and a smattering of 1961.
Also, I have added a guestbook link for those who want to leave
a message on whether they like the website, what suggestions
they have for future directions, etc. I managed to find one
guestbook site that filters out offensive language! (I haven't
been able to find one without banners - this is better than
the many ones I have found on the net that are plastered with
self-promotion.) Use the email for sending more private information
such as contact addresses or specific messages for me. (November
13 - just trying a NEW guestbook as the last mob used popups
when I did a trial entry. I don't like advertising popups!)
Late
December 2001 - have been busy on the home front - eldest
autie son has suddenly developed severe epilepsy. So, after
the dust has settled with Xmas, will be getting up each year
sequentially, starting from 1951/2 in complete batches. Each
month, I will get a batch of two years from the archives (they
seem to have about 50-70 photos for each of the years) and get
them online.
February
2002 - finally got 1951 up - have discovered that many of
these older photos are dark and don't look good as jpegs, even
when scanned at a high resolution...so a few are slow-loading
gif files. I have trimmed many to reduce their size (in kilobytes).
And often, there are so many faces crammed into the photos,
as in the choirs, that clarity demands gif format. Nearly every
one is dark - with the scanner, I can lighten them, but not
all.
February
22nd 2002 - 1950 is now complete! You will notice that many
photos are listed as 'unknown' regarding subject. Contact me
if you can help.
April
2002 - have had a hiatus for two months as my father succumbed
to lung cancer after only a short illness. So resuming web work,
starting with contacting former students for gallery bios (see
below). And also will work on constructing a map of the school
for the tour pages.
One
day I hope to replicate the Gallery of Honour from the school
entrance, which will feature, not just those from the CHS wall,
but the many unsung others, who have made significant achievements
in their careers.....
Late
July 2002 - the Gallery of
Honour has begun to take shape.
August
2002 - spent several hours
taking almost 70 photos throughout the school classrooms and
grounds. I've already been drawing up layouts/plans of the school
classrooms and converting them into transparent gifs. I hope
to have the Virtual Tour operational by mid-August.
October
2002 - uploaded
the reunion photos. Lachie is going into weekly daycare so I
can finally do some uninterrupted webwork! Hooray!
November
2002 - took digital photos
of the new construction works. Have uploaded those and also
some from the archives, taken of the 1990 flyover construction.
1952 is up! Loved the group photo taken on the 1952 Final Day
- in the photos/collections section. And the 1952 Choral Festival
program, 1953 swimming sports program, 1953 Speech Night program.
1953 has just been uploaded!
December
2002 - have uploaded four
profiles from the school's own photo gallery into our Gallery
of Honour. And my sister was renovating a room and her children
found her old scrapbook with some V Theatre programs and an
old SRC Rag - so have a look at the Memorabilia section...and
also the Cuttings section within the Photos category.
January
2003 - Michael Stocks, a violinist,
has kindly done a midi (strings) version of the school song
and I've embedded it in the School Song page to come on automatically.
February
2003 - Visited the school to
take some photos with my Polaroid kids' digital - the camera
when you can't own an expensive model! Left the kids in the
new staff room and did a quick tour, which is on the Construction
webpage. Also began a new section so that I can follow up any
questions you have. All the newsletters are now up-to-date.
Some more programs are in Memorabilia. And a cutting on Glenys
Beasley.
March
2003 - Several more gallery
entries have been uploaded. 1955 and 1956 are complete. Unfortunately,
many donated photos are dark photocopies and I'm desperate to
get originals, if anyone can help me. I've uploaded a miscellaneous
collection of 1955 photos to the Photos/Collections pages. Memorabilia
is getting bigger and also there are many cuttings on Glenys
Beasley, Neil Twitt, Philip Gibbons and Peter Jacovou in the
Photos/Cuttings section. March 6th: we were offline for
three days with domain problems, not of our making. I was SO
happy to see the site back online today. March 9th - I've finished
1957, 1958 and 1959. Still more cuttings and memorabilia.
April
2003 - I have scanned from
1960 - 1965 (just need some free time to upload them) In the
background, I have been busy creating mock-ups for the flyer,
advertising hoarding, tickets and booking form for the dinner
dance, plus visiting and liaising with Leonda and our entertainment.
My eldest autie has become severely mentally ill as well, requiring
hospitalisation, so I'm doing my best to accomodate everyone!
By the way, anybody wishing to see this site in the Tempus Sans
ITC font it was created with (and not the default one Times
New Roman) - you can download it here
and save it in your C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
May
2003 - Finally got 1960 - 65
up, plus lots of memorabilia, some more collection photos and
prefect induction photos too. I was REALLY upset to see that
there is a total absence of 1960 and 1961 class/sport photos...as
I feel for the ones that were students then. Contact me if you
can fill the gaps. May 16th: Two nights ago, I set up
the Dannii page for current students mainly - and tonight I've
been busy creating a new Music page as I am well aware of how
'hot' CHS is with music. And 70s teacher photos are up too.
May 20th: Just doing a mammoth task with 1971 (so many
magazine photos)...and the famous Dance Band is up! Just beginning
to start categories of Music, Speech Nights and Drama. May
31st: Uploading 1969 and 1970. Look at the Prospice mag
photos from 1969 and 1971 in the Collections area. (A big thank
you to anyone involved with the magazines then, for taking these
wonderful shots!) Found the article on the infamous break-up
prank of 1968...that's in Photos/Cuttings.
June
2003 - Music is expanding slowly
- put a page up for Mr Trevare. And I've uploaded quite a few
1967 teachers' photos. Working on finishing 1968.....June
20th: Just finally did 1967!
June 22nd: And
1968! Started a rowing section.
July
2003 - Finally uploading 1966.
I have spent hours and hours doing a huge powerpoint presentation
of all our photos. Have scanned 1972 and 1973 so will be doing
those soon. July
26th: Finished uploading the
Dr James' album for the Forties students. July
27th: 1972 is up and 1973!
July
29th: Found some great 1969
aths and Staff vs Students softball photos incorrectly labelled
1976...please check them in the private collections page. Plus
another group of photos from Anna Cooper. Also check out the
Music section for the 1976 choirs and "HMS Pinafore".
(The latter is printed on the popular satin photo finish of
the time so it's a little fuzzy.)
August
2003 - Hooray! 1975, 1976 and
1978 are up. (There is nothing from 1974 in the archives.) I
had to crop some feet and floor in the 1976 photos because some
of the photos had lost their surfaces. August
11th: 1977
is up! Also many more cuttings...including articles on the Brinsley
Road school.
September
2003 - Received some wonderful
photos from Geoff James for 58, 59, 60 and 61. Plus many swimming
programs for 62, 63 and 64. Plus a 1960 Speech Night Program
and Report. So check out the Memorabilia section. Many thanks,
Geoff.
October
2003 - Charles Lewis has a
webpage featuring the relationship that Warragul HS and CHS
have shared over the many years. He was at Warragul HS during
the 1947 and 1948 reciprocal visits. The link is listed on the
main index. October
25th - Howard McPherson, a student from 1945-47, sent me
two photos of the main building (c1945) and a great 1947 staff
vs students basketball match. Many thanks Howard.
November
2003 - Finally uploaded 1979,
1980 and 1981. Have scanned all the photos from 1982 to 1986....about
to start creating their pages for uploading. November
9th - 1982 and 1983 are up. November
25th - finally uploaded the past three newsletters. These,
of course, have no photos....save for Mic's gigs ad....photos
are only available to members in their printed newsletters.
1984 went up tonight too.
November
26th - uploaded the 1984 musical "Free As Air"
(the Drama section now incorporates Musicals). 1985 and 1986
are up. You must see the great 1985 swimming photos. Also, if
you go to the Private Collections section (Photos), there is
a HUGE selection of photos taken by the Magazine Committee (1985).
One thing I should mention is that the school has said that
the recent privacy laws affect this site, with regard to the
photos that have all the names printed underneath (sigh)...so
I've been told to crop them. I do scan them WITH the names...for
the archives. If any past student needs a name/s from one of
those affected photos, please email me.
December
2003 - The 1963 Reunion is
up! Xmas
Day
- Uploaded some photos from 1958-1963, kindly lent to CHESS
by former students.
February
2004 - Back after busy holidays. Scanned and uploaded more
cuttings. February 16th - uploaded some programmes and
cuttings on various concerts/musicals.
May
2004 - Should explain that the reason (I've been unable
to spend more time on the site lately) is that our third son
has just been diagnosed with a disability - so looks like three
on the autism spectrum) and I've been flat out with assessments
and early intervention. At least the newsletter got out! And
I've attended every CHESS meeting.
October
2004 - Check out David Bridie's Gallery of Honour entry!
March
2005 - Tribute to Michael Aikman. Photos of the completed
Stage 3 project. Updated the reunion and AGM details.
December
2005 - 40s and 50s cocktail party photos uploaded.
January
2006 - Amazed that I was given (for archives) three old
speech night programmes from 1941, 1945 and 1946 - in pristine
condition. Uploaded to Memorabilia section. Also photos from
Sylvia Thomas and newspaper articles from Esme Owen uploaded.
October
2006 - 60s reunion photos uploaded.
March
2007 - Alan Day sent me a rare gem - a photo of Form 1A
from 1945. And also grateful thanks to Ian Jenkin for his four
photos from the late fifties. Have a look in the Photos section.
May
2007 - Dot Browne OAM joins the Gallery of Honour (Sport)
June
2007 - Harry B. Schooley (one of our former exchange students)
joins the Gallery of Honour (Education).
November
2007 - Was sent a farewell letter for Form 6 students from
Mr Slattery - in Memorabilia. Plus Brian Laffin kindly lent
me 7 huge staff photos from 1992 to 2000. Brian is a grandparent
of a prep student in my son's class and it was a real coincidence
that we linked up at school bell time. I mentioned that I was
busy working on this website and Brian mentioned that he was
a former CHS teacher! It's a small world. Many thanks Brian!!!
April
2008 - Mammoth task of getting 1987 class photos online
- all have been in those old sticky albums so difficult to scan.
There is also a staff photo for that year on the teachers' page
plus the 1993 and 1994 staff photos. Uploaded a sample of our
school song CD to the School Song link. Have added several more
cuttings and the odd piece of memorabilia. Plus indebted to
Mark Carter for identifying some teacher photos. I've moved
the newspapers cuttings to their own section. Plus created a
special VALE page for former Principals, teachers and prominent
past students.
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Whilst
I'm here, I would entreat any past CHS students
to seriously consider joining up. Annual membership is a
modest $20.00 and, right now, we really need your subs to keep CHESS
viable. There will be no more March mailouts
so if you want to get the printed newsletter, you must join up. There
are ongoing expenses with hosting this site, newsletters and organising
reunions....so please keep CHESS financial
so that we can maintain links with all of our former students.
