Shirley Hunt's June talk...

....was informative and fun and very much enjoyed by the audience.
It is now available to watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/CYTGnRibaik
or by using the link on the Oral History page. 

We now have more than 160 class photos from the 1800's to the 1960's that I am just now finishing updating. Although most are from the original Royal Oak School and its replacement the 1952 Royal Oak School there are also examples from other schools that students from Royal Oak travelled to due to crowding at the home school or attended during other school years. These other schools include Mt. Newton High School, Prospect Lake School, Strawberry Vale School, Mt. View High School, MacTavish Road School, Keating School, Tillicum School, North Saanich School and Cordova Bay School. Did you know that some Royal Oak students attended as many as four different schools between grade 1 and 12 to accommodate the changing population?

Many of the students in the photos have been named but many have not so we could use your help with identification.

Also recently added to the blog is the 1964 Annual from Royal Oak courtesy of Shirley Hunt.

Our most recent video

Our speakers in May, Colleen and Norm Pimlott told us a memorable story and the video is now available for you to watch on YouTube at this link  https://youtu.be/d_JZlRGeo7Y
As usual you can also access it from our Oral History page.

Oral History by Doug Gait.

Another interesting account about growing up in rural Saanich that includes quite a bit of history about logging in the '40's and '50's. Find the link on the oral history page or go directly to YouTube using the link below.
Telling stories after school
Audio/video by Doug Gait
https://youtu.be/0hXuUIaqQPE

April 10, 2014

Don Fish's excellent talk is now available to watch on YouTube at this link
https://youtu.be/oNuLz-vsCJ0  or by visiting our Oral History page.

The Colquitz River Water Falls

A new video short by Heather Smith.
The Colquitz River Falls
https://youtu.be/nAgM2SFuG0A

Doug Rose

Doug Rose's oral history video is now available to watch on YouTube at          
http://youtu.be/56GjObCyl6c
The link is also on the oral history page along with all the other videos.

I hope you will watch Doug's interesting story.

December 15, 2014

Just in time for making goodies for the holidays we have just added the Royal Oak School Cookbook (1985).
Direct link........  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BHELvejJ64WG5IQlVDYm03VEk/view?usp=sharing
Blog page link.....

http://royaloakschoolyard.blogspot.ca/p/publications-books-and-links-etc-etc.html

 

and Heather Smith has provided the means for us carry on an old tradition.

 

Thanks Heather

 

New video

The oral history video by our October speaker Grant MacDonald is now on YouTube at  http://youtu.be/gCXgqnHFDlU  or you may watch it here by going to the oral history page. Enjoy.

Another Oral History Video.

Arnold Goyette's oral history video is now available for viewing at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgk2PF8rGSg     and also
from the oral history page.

We have some new and entertaining posts on your blog........

First is Mrs. Reed’s notebook. This little book from 1927 appears to have belonged to Mrs. H. H. Reed and was loaned to us by the WI. It was quite hard to read so Heather has transcribed it. Be sure to read the entry on how to drive the car. You can read it via this link.....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BHELvejJ64T2ZBS01EdWJ0Yk0/view?usp=sharing

 

Next is an audio/video conversation with Lorraine (Hilton) McCloy. This chat came about because she was identified as being in a class photo and she kindly came over to have a look. With her permission the camera ran as we chatted so I would not have to take notes. I’m glad we did this as it shows you don’t have to “be on camera”  to do an oral history video. You can see the result at.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Hp9pnqmJk

 

These news clips and more were also borrowed from the Royal Oak Women’s Institute. Well worth a read if for no other reason than noting all the family names mentioned. You or a family member are probably in there somewhere.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BHELvejJ64TDZOVWNSS3ZudWM/view?usp=sharing

 

A letter from Tanya Knight. This is great. Like many of the students that we went to school with Tanya moved away from Cordova Bay many years ago so this will bring you up to date on her life.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BHELvejJ64S2dVdlpKTDloelU/view?usp=sharing

 

Halliburton School has been mentioned by a couple of speakers and now we have some of the unusual facts as presented in their brochure. Could be quite a shock if you signed up in London and woke up in a tent with bees and chickens.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BHELvejJ64RTNvaG9Yb1RlM3c/view?usp=sharing

 

Enjoy.

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