b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N G4RetirementK eira,theFoleyhomeat128CarringtonRoad,wastheNimmosfamilyhomeforaboutfifteenyears.Inabout1954, the head lease from the Church of England to theFoley family expired and the house was to become a hostel forDutchimmigrantsuntilitwaseventuallypulleddown.Atthattime, there was a shortage of accommodation in the area and so Billtook his wife to stay at the Royal Hotel in Randwick, which wasownedbythePfeifferfamily.HeretheNimmoslivedforsomemonths, until they moved to Daintry Crescent, where Eileen wasto die some eighteen months later, in 1956.Thefollowingyear,1957,markedNimmosfiftiethyearofteaching. Old Boys from both his schools, Sydney Prep and CoogeePrep, organized a dinner and presentation for him. He was delight-ed, and continued at his post for another seven years.Thenin1964whenNimmowas78,thefiftiethanniversary ofthefoundationoftheCoogeeBoysPreparatorySchoolwas celebrated. The Parents & Friends and the Old Boys organized a magnificent Testimonial Dinner for him at the Rex Hotel in Bondi on12th June. It was attended by hundreds of Old Boys, staff past andpresent and friends of the School. At the time, he had no plans forretirement but soon his health began to deteriorate. The followingyear, in May 1965, Bill Nimmo retired from active service.In retirement, Bill continued to play some golf and, in particu-lar, he spent a lot of his time with the Randwick Rotary Club. In1966 he wrote:I am now Senior Active (in Rotary) and often wish I were more Activethan Senior. I became a member when Bill Lawrence first inaugurated theClub (in 1948) and I have always been proud of my association with itsmembers and its ideals.On 25th August, 1967, Bill Nimmo died at the age of 81. HisfuneralattheRandwickPresbyterianChurchdrewfriends,6 0'