b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N Gschool for some years before she left in about 1924. She was suc-ceeded by Miss Thurlow, who held the position for almost twentyyears. Her room lay next to the front door, between the Churchand the Hall. Rodney Knock writes: Miss Thurlow taught us snotty-nosed urchins with skill, firmness andimagination. We learnt unmodified cursive from the start She sentme a telegram when I passed my Intermediate Certificate about eightyears later. She drove an exceedingly small car (a Fiat Bambino),which she parked near the tram stop. Cars were so uncommon thenthat this was easy to do.She also introduced the boys to the world of finance by run-ning the Penny Savings Bank at the school. Miss Thurlow left theschool during the Second War to join the Land Army.At this time, both the Nimmo girls, Molly and Sheila, were assist-ing from time to time with the younger classes. In the early 1930s,MollyNimmostartedakindergartenclassforveryyoungboys.However, when she left a few years later to teach at the PlunkettStreet School at Woolloomooloo, the kindergarten closed. In duecourse, Molly (by now Mrs. Lee) returned to teach transition. Then,in the late 1940s, Miss Carter and Miss Hillika taught at the school,while Mrs. Abjornson and then Mrs. Booth took Remove and 1C.When Mrs. Pat Furmage and Nick Brown joined Bill Nimmoand Mrs. Booth in 1959, they were the first new full-time membersof staff in twenty years. Nimmo assured Mrs. Furmage that shewould be queen in your own castle, and so she was for twenty-three years. Bill Nimmo guarded the dignity of his female teachersby denying them the pleasures of blowing a whistle; nor could theybeseenoutsidetheschoolwithouttheirhatandglovesalthough they could carry the gloves. After more than twenty years at the school, Mrs. Ellen Boothfinished full-time teaching in 1972. Mrs. Judith Hemming took herplace for a year, and then Mrs. Naomi Turner took 1A and 2A until1976. She was succeeded by Miss Claire Mullaney, who moved totakeoverTransitionafterMrs.Furmageretiredin1981.MissPriscilla Redman arrived in 1982 to take the 1A and 2A classes,before she too moved to Transition when Miss Mullaney moved on4 0'