tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post5339380190662756899..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: The fortunes of Miss Mahony 1Denis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-62611287792904427532013-03-16T13:40:19.007+11:002013-03-16T13:40:19.007+11:00On the edge of my seat - wishing I'd found my ...On the edge of my seat - wishing I'd found my way to Cattai in 1971David Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07108095795511002148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-70190400920408040212013-03-16T12:31:24.549+11:002013-03-16T12:31:24.549+11:00PS Seems given the vintage and the fact that it wa...PS Seems given the vintage and the fact that it was a two-teacher school, you have a head start in identifying. It never occurred to us as kids that anyone could be anything other than as delighted as we were to be in our little Utopia.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-29211123466712155962013-03-16T12:28:12.187+11:002013-03-16T12:28:12.187+11:00it's impossible for me to know how Miss Mahony...it's impossible for me to know how Miss Mahony felt about Calliope. All we have to go on it the evidence above and what I am <i>about</i> to start writing NOW!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-39601301956200387282013-03-16T12:25:38.686+11:002013-03-16T12:25:38.686+11:00Nevahhh!Nevahhh!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-58582828401182759062013-03-16T12:25:10.704+11:002013-03-16T12:25:10.704+11:00Like riding a bike. Once locked in a Gypsy Tap emb...Like riding a bike. Once locked in a Gypsy Tap embrace, it would all come flooding back.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-19643005132134079972013-03-15T12:52:23.511+11:002013-03-15T12:52:23.511+11:00At this point I groan with impatience and selfishl...At this point I groan with impatience and selfishly will you back to your keyboard.<br />What a delicious and evocative bunch of memories! Rather close to the bone for this old ex-teacher graduated from Armidale Teacher's College. My very first appointment as an Infants Teacher, at the tender age of 20, was to Cattai, a 2-teacher school in the rural backblocks of the Hawkesbury River, west of Sydney, in 1971. <br /><br />Thus ensued the loneliest, and most socially-dislocated year of my life.<br /><br />My heart is right there with Miss Mahoney, eagerly awaiting news of her fate!Roshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339472107640597921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-46578035045279678872013-03-15T11:42:59.176+11:002013-03-15T11:42:59.176+11:00Ooooh. tease. Ooooh. tease. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508671413487868568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-42467462653352476902013-03-15T02:35:24.307+11:002013-03-15T02:35:24.307+11:00Whilst I await the next episode I will ponder on t...Whilst I await the next episode I will ponder on the old Gipsy Tap which I had forgotten completely. I might enen try and see if I can remember how it went. Anne PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com