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Group archives Saanich school pictures by identifying students from decades ago Travis Paterson News staff
The Royal Oak Historical Association has dozens of old class photographs from the Royal Oak Schoolhouse, and are looking to identify all the students in the pictures. Photos courtesy of the Royal Oak Historical Association
■ The Royal Oak Historical Association usually meets on the second Thursday of every month. ■ The next meeting is from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 12 at the McCall Bros. Sequoia Gardens, 4665 Falaise Dr.
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For Enid Bull and Daryl Foster, telling tales out of school never gets old. The Saanich residents are two organizers with the Royal Oak Historical Association. Now in its second year, the project is devoted to a specific niche in Saanich’s history: identifying students in historical class photos from the Royal Oak Schoolhouse. The project can be viewed online at royaloakschoolyard.blogspot. ca. “Photos and students are from any school from the area, really, because students were shuffled around over the years, all the way to Mount Newton,” Bull said. The project began in 2012, when the Royal Travis Paterson/News staff Oak Schoolhouse build- Enid Bull and Daryl Foster, with the Royal ing was refurbished Oak Historical Association, sit on a bench for the umpteenth time atop Bear Hill holding a photo from since being erected in 1866. The Association’s primary focus the 1870s, made ready is identifying students in historic class for current tenant Crums- photos from Royal Oak Schoolhouse. by’s Cupcake Cafe. Historical photos of the school’s past began to circulate at the time. Some came with names of the students in the pictures, but most of the faces were unknown.
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