Hello Linda Toora SS2253 had a Sloyd Room. Woodwork in the Sloyd Room was a favourite time for me while I was in Grades 7 & 8 at Toora. I left there in 1946 ). >From Vision and Realisation : "Sloyd centre equipment was transfered from SS2779 Strzelecki to Toora, in 1915, but was more of an embarrassment than an asset, until a proper Sloyd room was added to the school". Tom Martin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Barraclough To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:55 PM Subject: [AVG] Sloyd Rooms Hi Everyone, In another forum of which I am a member, there is much discussion on Sloyd Rooms at schools, and there appear to have been few of these that survived. Sloyd was a form of manual work / woodwork that became important just before WWI, and your male ancestors at state or high school at that time would have been involved in it. Specially constructed Sloyd Rooms were built at schools, and so far only two have been identified in Gippsland - one at Leongatha High School and one at Briagolong State School. Both were built in 1914. Although not Gippsland, you can read a little bit about Sloyd at http://www.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_steane.shtml It is also something you may find older members of your family may mention when you are talking about their time at school. The question is - can anyone point to any other surviving Sloyd Rooms in Gippsland. I suspect I know where it was at Maffra High (the woodwork room behind the cookery room, in one wing of the original building. Doubt if it would be recognisable now). Does anyone know of any others???? Have any of your older family members mentioned it???? Regards Linda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message