Kelston High School
50th Anniversary 2004 Kelston High School
50th Anniversary 2004
This site was started on 14 December 2002 by
Warwick Hughes a foundation pupil of Kelston High School in 1954.
I had my primary schooling at Glen Eden 1946-53
and I have posted three 1940's Glen Eden class
photos on my website of family photos, go to the 1940 decade.
The 50th Anniversary Reunion of Kelston Boy's High School, Kelston Girl's High School and the (nearly forgotten) Kelston High School was held during Labour weekend (22 to 24th October) 2004.
Click here to view many Kelston photos from 1954-58 most of
which have been kindly sent in by Peter Curson. I can be contacted at wshughes at sign iinet.net.au if
you have any KHS photos to include. Update Nov 2005, I
have just posted this 
1954 IIIa
photo kindly loaned to me by Marcel Fournier. I have a higher
resolution scan if people email.
Recollections of 1954 by Harold Moores (new in May 2004)
I noticed that any references to KHS have been swallowed by history now that there has been a KBHS and KGHS for so long. However, we old timers remember that KHS did exist as a co-ed school for the four years 1954 to 57. In 1954 KHS drew pupils mainly from New Lynn, Titirangi and Glen Eden primary schools. Before that most pupils would have gone to Avondale College.
At the 50th I enjoyed meeting with some old mates from 1954 at what is now the girls school, there were many features still recognizable and many memories exchanged about our days at KHS 50 years ago.
1958 Prefects photo sent in by Judy McMillan (Rush-Munro)
Judith's memory is pretty tops too, she sent in all these names : rows
are a bit unclear, from back left row
Jeffrey Miller Neil Jacobsen David Durrant Marcel
Fournier Hugh Ensor
Jim Southgate Graham Coleman Harold Moores
Ivan Smith John Butler Heather Lawrence Heather
Barton Sue McBride Rae Trewartha Gillian Floyd
Warwick Hughes Peter Innes
Rosemary Gardner Anna Crawford Glenys Young Pam
Donald Sharleen Tomlin Eileen Haywood Ngaire Goodey
Elizabeth Evans Peter Curson Miss Islay Blake Jim
Ross Mr Colgan Shirley Vaughan Mr Len McKillop
Judith Rush-Munro Don Walker
Pilot Officer Jim Southgate was killed in ~1959 when an RNZAF Canberra bomber crashed on exercises near Singapore.
I can remember if we played cricket at "home" on a hot day there was chance of some refreshment in the Armstrongs' watermelon patch. Joy Armstrong was a cousin of Jim Southgate who lived over the road from Southgate's not far up West Coast Road from KHS. My fathers parents lived at the bottom of Archibald Road, on the banks of the Whau Creek, so the area had been a haunt of mine for years, exploring and messing with derelict boats. My mothers father, William Edgerley had been headmaster at New Lynn School and I am sure mother said they had lived in the old school house that faced Great North Road on what is now KGHS. As I recall, the school caretaker, Mr Kemp, lived there when we started in 1954. As I understand it, my mother and father met because they both caught the bus there in the 1930's.
For those cyber wanderers who do not know, Kelston is in the western
suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand.
As soon as people contact me I can start a page in alphabetical
order, people can post their email addresses, comments,
memories and any photos if they wish. My recollection is that Les
Colgan, the first headmaster was able to choose his teaching team and
that we were very lucky to start out high school years with such good
teachers.
Please let me know of any errors. Thanks to all those who assist.
Looking forward to meeting up in 2004.
Kelston Boys High School has a web site www.kbhs.school.nz
Email admin@khbs.school.nz
Links
Oldfriends school pupils site, enrol free and find those school mates you have not seen for decades.
To see some class photos from Glen Eden School in the 1940's
Posted 9 Feb 2003, last updated Nov 2005