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

For what it is worth: When I was a year 7 student at Gardiner Central School (Malvern) in 1961, I attended Sloyd classes at Armadale Primary School (my previous primary school) where there was a Sloyd room which was mainly used by outside secondary schools ( I do not recall any Armadale Primary students using it). As one not yet entitled to a senior's card, I can assure that it is not only the "old" people who can recall the joys of sloyd. Richard Balsillie Linda Barraclough wrote: > 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 > > > > >

I left Leongatha High School in 1944 and well remember the Sloyd Room. Is it still there? Peter Westaway Foster