Terry Heskey YHS 1955 Ex-Yallourn resident, Elsie Heskey, passed away on 20th May 2006 at Atherton, Queensland. I have enjoyed reading the YOGA Newsletters and the article from John Lewis in the June 2007 edition was of particular interest regarding the mid-1950s education system at the YHS. It is the first time I've seen any form of explanation to questions I had pondered since those school days - but it wasn't all bad. On the positive side, I learnt to be a "Tar of Pinafore" and a "Gentleman of Japan" by courtesy of Mr Pyers; the ability to think quickly and duck for cover by courtesy of Mr Mitchell hurling the blackboard duster at a space where my head had been and into the poor kid sitting behind me - a very important lesson when later in life one has muck thrown at you....and finally on that magnificent last day of Term 1 1959 when Mr Ellis invited me into his office for a "Don't come Monday Fortnight" talk. I remember his parting words - "You'll carve your own niche in life". As hard as those days at school appeared at the time, we were taught to take a few "knocks" and were all the better for it when we had to face the real world outside Yallourn.
