OLD FEILDIANS TAKE TOUR OF
REFURBISHED ALMA MATER
In 2017 there was a serious problem at the old school. A section of the ceiling in the gym collapsed and fell onto the gym floor. Luckily, there were no students in the gym at the time. However, that incident led to the closing of the school that year until the cause of the collapse was found and corrected. The pandemic also insinuated its way in there and that lengthened the time that the school was closed. It reopened for students in 2020.
Now the old school with many improvements has reopened. The principal, Ms. Norma Alyward and a former principal Ms. Judy Gard-Puddester invited as many old boys who could make it to a tour of the building on Thursday, 26 January. A number of us attended and saw for ourselves the commitment of the government and the administration to this wonderful building on Bond Street. A building that has seen walk out of its doors many contributors to our society and to the world. For our alma mater and its teaching staffs down through the years, approaching 180 years now, have produced doctors, teachers, lawyers, trades workers, musicians and a host of others in all walks of life. It was wonderful to see it again.
As we walked through the building we tried to envisage where classrooms and other rooms in the building were situated when we attended. It has changed so much and rightly so. Today, there are computers and white boards. I cannot remember seeing any chalk. It is a completely redesigned school for the 21st. century.
NON MORITUR CUJUS FAMA VIVIT
Back Row L to R: Charles Lester, Gordon Chalker, Jim Edgar, Doug House
Middle Row L to R: Paul Tilley, Peter Chalker, Tim Shears, Keith Garland, Jeff Levitz, Bob Vallis, Doug Squires
Front Row L to R: Duncan Granter, Dick Cook, Chris Facey, Doug Cook, Henry Summers, Jeff White, Robert (Gus) Crane
Every month Old Feildians gather at the Phoenix Restaurant in St. John's to have a meal and chat about the years spent at Feild on Bond Street. If you are an old Feildian or played for a Feildian team please come and join us. We would love to see you.
