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Sutherland School of Arts.

28 March 1896, Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), page 5

…Continuing from my visit last Wednesday. As you know, I walked down East Parade to have lunch at the Sutherland United Services Club. I had of course passed the School of Arts on the way from the station, as I did countless times 60 years and more ago. There was a billiard hall in there in those days, and the place could be a bit seedy – as it was apparently not long after that stone was laid. Oh my! I do remember flower shows – my mother won a prize there once around 1953. I sang there with Sutherland Boys Primary in celebration of the 1954 Royal Visit – and my mother won an electric jug in a raffle. This is interesting,…

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"BOOZE & POKER" At School of Arts SUTHERLAND'S CHARGE

26 January 1924, Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), page 6

…Continuing from my visit last Wednesday. As you know, I walked down East Parade to have lunch at the Sutherland United Services Club. I had of course passed the School of Arts on the way from the station, as I did countless times 60 years and more ago. There was a billiard hall in there in those days, and the place could be a bit seedy – as it was apparently not long after that stone was laid. Oh my! I do remember flower shows – my mother won a prize there once around 1953. I sang there with Sutherland Boys Primary in celebration of the 1954 Royal Visit – and my mother won an electric jug in a raffle. This is interesting, as the song referred to is what we sang that night in 1954: I don’t believe Vera Lynn ever expressed any partisan views, but in her autobiography, she revealed herself to be a staunch monarchist. Her belief that the country should be led by a monarch is reflected in her song “Queen of Everyone’s Heart”…