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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.
August 2008 - Finally located missing albums from the school and have spent hours and
hours scanning them. Up to 2000 which gets really tricky as the school decided to scrap the class photos and go with individual portraits which are incorporated into software
programs to produce cluster photos. Trying to get these altogether into big powerpoints for the 80s & 90s Reunion in October.....before I upload them here. Marguerite Moors
(Neagle) has kindly sent me a disc with missing photos from the early sixties. Wonderful! Plus an old schoolfriend has gone to a lot of trouble to send me cricket photos. I've
revamped the Gallery main page as also the Photos directory.
March 2010 - 1990 is live...and I'm gradually uploading this decade. There is no 1988 nor 1989 as these photos are completely missing from school archives. I have also tendered my resignation to CHESS, effective the end of 2010 as my family commitments (my eldest children's disabilities) are important and I'm re-prioritising my life. I will endeavour to get photos online up to 2000. Hoping that someone will take over the newsletter but I think that this will be an online production for paid-up members only with a live link, rather than a hard copy.
November 2010 - have spent three days updating committee, mission, projects, archives, pages. The photos of the new archives room are online. Plus was emailed 3D 1964 so that is live. This site is almost 100% Arial font which is much more user friendly. The 1991 Silver Jubilee photos are now online. Plus found five Dannii Minogue visit snaps in school archives. There are four previously undiscovered 1950 football photos and I'm hoping that someone can let me know if the year is right. I can see Mr Jenkins in one of them. Plus Noni has sent me a lot of brilliant mid-fifties (onwards) group photos. Thanks Noni!
*Potted history of the Chessmoves website
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