1995 School Magazine

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she is retelling the familiar stories of sleepless nights, wet sleeping bags, capsized canoes (the best record I've heard is four times in one day), and interesting food combinations. The cry of "remember when . . . " becomes more frequent as we relive the camps that transformed us from ba.re-faced innocents to the scratched and muddy legends we returned as a week later. Life as a Grammar girl isn't al1 Imbil and uniforms. There are the day to day things which everyone is familiar with. One classic example is the electronic library gate which has a l-rabit of setting off its alarm whether or not you actually have books with you. At some stage during her time at Grammar this happens to every student, regardless of her book-carrying or non-book-carrying status. One thing no Grammar girl has missed out on is the beloved Assembly. \flhere else, other than on Sports Day, is the true manner of our group displayed? -the quiet rebellion, some less quiet of course, with its muffled laughter a glad relief flron-r havlng to spend a great deal of time compacted like a knee deep blue and white puddle. At least we are entertained. The triumphs of our peers are on show, and nothing is more impofiant for fostering group spirit than hearing about the achievements of friends. Even at Assembly the spirit softly mlrrmurs along. Perhaps it is as a ray of sunllght reflected off a watch lace which dances around the Boys' Grammar shield, to

Yedr Ten Camp - 1982

ties and hats aren't the most memorable pieces of uniform. Who remembers getting fitted for a pair of school swimmers? It is amazrng how many people took the first pair offered in the hope of shortening the ordeal of buying the entire school uniform at once. Trying to endure a sma11 confining space while having armfr-rls of ciothes thrust at you as you attempted to remain somewhat decent, and remember which sizes of what had already been worn, is a true test of Grammar survival. If you can live through that then the worst is over, with the exception of camp. Ask a Grammar gid what Imbil means to her and immedi- ately you will see her expression change . It is not long before

the amusement of many, on one of those laid back mornings. Years after, when all those days are behind us, the ties to the groups of friends with arms outstretched eventually to encom- pass the whole school and beyond will still be there. Friends. That's what Grammar is to us. Together in spirit wherever we are, and brought to life in the stories countlessly retold. In our photos 1ie the memories of hnppy times with each other. That can never be taken away, none of it can, for in all the girls who have gone before us and those who will follow lives a timeless spirit. To quote a much used phrase "you can take the girl away from Grammar ..."

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