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I stayed at East Hills Hostel in 1967 & Broughton Hostel

 
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Terry
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:11 am    Post subject: I stayed at East Hills Hostel in 1967 & Broughton Hostel Reply with quote

My name is Terry Worth. I was 10 years old when we arrived in Aust. with my mum & dad (Brian & Jean) and sister Anna age 9. We arrived at East Hills Hostel in June '67. I think we we in 128A. Anna and I went to Hammondville School and another member made reference to the teacher as "nasty Mr Palmer" I remember my first day in his class. He slapped another kid accross the hand with a ruler. I did the same to my own hand to see how it felt. He saw me do this and said " I'll show you how to do that" and gave me one too! That was the only run in with him I had though. I remember Mr Palmer choosing a small group of kids to go to the Hostel to decorate the hall there for some function. I pleaded with to to be part of this group of kids and evetually he gave in and I was included. I also remember we all sang songs in the bus on the way to and from school. All the photos of the buildings, swings and wash houses bring back a lot of memories. Early in 1968 we moved to Broughton Hostel. We were the for nearly a year. I attended Burwood School there an met my best friend of 45 years Kevin Haigh who now lives Brisbane about 5 mins up the road from me. I think I may have a couple of photos. If I can find them I will post them.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:19 am    Post subject: Burwood/Broughton Hostel Reply with quote

Hi Terry, There are a few of us on this great web site from Burwood Hostel before your time though. I went back to Burwood Hostel for a reunion 2011 the huge house is still there and the rest is parks. I think Burwood was one of the better hostels to reside at. Cheers Katherine
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