On Saturday afternoon, group photographs were taken and the reunion cake was cut, and the reunion dinner was held in the evening. While some wounds from yesteryear were still fresh in the mind, Nicola said, "Life goes on."Īll three agreed time was a great healer and it was good to catch up with old teachers, fellow pupils and members of the community.Ībout 230 people attended the reunion and celebrated with a get-together and photographic display on Friday evening at the West Taieri Rugby and Scout Hall at Outram. No-one from Taieri Ferry School attended the reunion. "I went to Outram School after Henley closed." The thing about Henley School is that it was like a family - everyone knew each other so well because it was such a small school. She, too, was only 5 when the doors were closed. Nicola Lord (13) was one of the last pupils to attend Henley School before it was closed by the government during the school reviews in 2003. Mr Irving said the fire meant he, his sister and the 15 remaining pupils on the school roll, rather than make the short jaunt across the road to school each day, had to catch a bus for an hour each day to get to school. We had to go to school at Mosgiel District High School after that." We used to live across the road from the school. "We had only been there for a year when it happened. Mrs McLeod said she could still recall the sadness when their beloved school was destroyed. They studied at the school for one year before it burnt down in 1946. Twins Adrian Irving and Anne McLeod (70) were the youngest former pupils of Otokia School at the reunion. Photo by Jane Dawber.Much water has flowed under bridges since the schools at Henley, Otokia and Taieri Ferry were closed.īut emotional wounds were easily reopened at the weekend, when former pupils, staff and members of the communities surrounding the schools gathered for the first Henley, Otokia and Taieri Ferry Schools and District Reunion at the weekend. Former Otokia School pupils (from left) Anne McLeod (70), Jessie Irving (93), Adrian Irving (70) and former Henley pupils Nicola Lord (13) and Pearl Harvey (94) cut the official cake celebrating the reunion of the Henley, Otokia and Taieri Ferry schools and districts in Outram at the weekend.
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