Back Row; Ken French, Stan Kelly, Richard Robins, Brian Middleton, Kenneth Fairley, Bill Collier, Peter Woodward, George Heron, B Weegram,Arthur Boagey, Derek Payne, L. Robinson
Third Row; A Fowler, Glenys Lee, Diane Fishburn, Sheila Ibbotson, Mr Shepherd, Diane Fishburn, Susan West, Janis Jackson, Barry Zeilinski
Second Row; Sandra Buckley, Beryl Cooper, Marion Davies, Eileen Muir, Elaine Leitch, Kathleen Cooper, Margaret Hardwick, Pauline Jeffrey, Christine Donnison, Eileen Smart, Ann Gemmell, Pat Cockburn
Front; Billy Chapman, Peter Tremple, Robert Welch, Mick Miles, Geoff Dougherty, Willy McTeer, P Isaacs, Ron Stokell, Ron Harvey
Date (of image) : 1959
Donor : Bill Henderson
Location
This school opened in 1954. There was great need for a school in the area where it was estimated that over 1000 houses were to be built in the early 1950s. The school was built to accomodate 240 infant and 320 junior children with an extra classroom for 'backward' children. The name 'Rossmere' was taken from a small nearby lake as the council wished at the time to preserve ancient traditions of the area.
Miss Pinkney was appointed head of the Infant Department and Mr Robert Wood (renowned local historian) head of the Juniors. Both teachers remained at the school until retirement.
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