Penciled on back – 1964

Stamped on back with purple ink - L.C. SCOTT LTD. Photographer P.O. Box 265, Lower hutt. Phone 61-760

Pupils of 1940-49 at Shannon School 75th Jubilee (outdoor), 1964 1 B&W photo print

Taken outdoors. Left to Right - Back Row: Jack Birss, John Moynihan, Arthur Clough, Brent Bowler, David Law, Ashley Bowler, .?. Bowler, Mervyn Foot, Allan Hook.

Third Row: Shirley Thompson, ...?..., Verla Birss, ...?..., Doreen Thorne, Margaret McLean, Michael Munford, Harold Gray, Gregor Smith, Roy Miers, ...?....

Second Row: .?. Hook, Margaret Sinclair, Zoe Quinlan, Ruth Swindlehurst, Audrey Gardner, Joyce Mason, ...?..., Jan Bradey, Beth Cave, Grace Smith.

Front Row: Kay Quinlan, Beverley Easton, Valerie Walker, Shirley McLean, Lexie Thomson, Barbara Parr, Merle Haley, Doug Aitchison (teacher), ...?..., Shirley Easton, Joan Swindlehurst, Doreen Ward.

Most of the women have been identified by their maiden names.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Shannon Basketball Team Back row L-R Doreen Thorne, Norah Sell, Zoe Quinlan, Ella Robinson, Rona Birss Front row: Dulcie Pratt, Colleen Judd, Mavis Vinsen, Eva Judd Return to N.D. Clayton.”

Shannon Basketball Team, mid 1950’s. In this photograph nine young women in their basketball uniforms outside school buildings. They are from left to right:-

Back Row: Doreen Thorne, Norah Sell, Zoe Quinlan, Ella Robinson, Rona Birss.

Front Row: Dulcie Pratt, Colleen Judd, Mavis Vinsen, Eva Judd.

Basketball was the forerunner of netball.

1 B&W photo print

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”