From Glenn Simons - '66
HELLO PAUL AND PRANAV,
RECD BOTH YOUR EMAILS, THANKS.TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF. i WENT
TO ST MARYS TILL ABOUT THE EARLY 60S, WHILST NOT A NOTABLE SCHOLAR I DID
EXCEL ON THE SPORTS FIELD TO A GREATER DEGREE.FROM ST MARYS I WENT TO
CHRISTCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL IN CLARE ROAD, BYCULLA..........REMEMBER
IT??????????????.
IN 1966 MY FAMILY, FATHER MOTHER AND 5 BABY DUCKS
MIGRATED TO PERTH AUSTRALIA.HERE I STUDIED TO FINISH MY SCHOOLING, DID
AN APPRENTICESHIP AND WORKED FOR A WHILE, BEFORE JOINING THE WEST
AUSTRALIAN POLICE FORCE, MY TOUR OF DUTY HERE COMMENCED IN GENERAL
DUTIES, TRAFFIC, DRIVING/RIDING PURSUIT CARS AND MOTORCYCLES, PRANAV I
TOO DO HAVE A LOVE FOR MOTORCYCLES, WHISLT I DO NOT OWN ONE PRESENTLY IT
WAS GREAT HAVING SOMEONE ELSE PROVIDE THE "FULL FACILITIES" FOR
SOMETHING ONE LOVES.I ALSO DID A LENGHTY STINT IN DOING ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATIONS, SOMETHING I FOUND VERY CHALLENGING, I CONTINUED ONTO THE
PLANNING AND RESEARCH SECTION, THEN TO COMMUNICATIONS AND FINALLY TO
RESIGNATION TO BECOME A PARAMEDIC WITH THE W.A. AMBULANCE
SERVICE............HAVING BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS
NOW...........AND SHALL CONTINUE TO DO SO TILL??????????????RETIREMENT.
i AM MARRIED TO A LOVELY LOVELY LADY, IN FACT WE BOTH WENT TO
CHRISTCHURCH AND HAD TO COME TO AUST TO FALL IN LOVE...........FUNNY
HOW FAITH WORKS AT TIMES. WE HAVE THREE LOVELY CHILDREN......NICOLE..21
AT UNI DOING PSHCHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.........SUZANNE ..17 ..LAST
YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AND......SCOTT 15.......TWO MORE YEARS TO GO AT
SCHOOL....THEN UNI.
WE LIVE IN THE SUBURB OF OCEAN REEF WHICH IS ON OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS
OF PERTH AND THOROUGHLY ENJOY LIFE HERE.
APART FROM PARDIVALA I CAN REMEMBER THE HEADMASTER FR.
RIBBO?????????????AND ALSO THE ARTS TEACHER..........HIS NAME FAILS ME
AT THE MOMENT..........IN FACT HE EVEN TAUGHT MY
FATHER......PINTO.....SEEMS TO RING A BELL............THE BLOKE I CAN
REMEMBER MOST WAS ALLAN RACANI........I THINK HE IS IN MELB SOMEWHERE.
THAT IS ALL I CAN REMEMBER............MAYBE MORE WILL COME TO ME
LATER...................YOUR TURN NOW.
I WAS NICE TO REC. YOUR EMAIL........TELL ME ALL ABOUT
YOURSELVES...............TILL WE SPEAK AGAIN...........GOOD
LUCK..........GOD BLESS..............TAKE CARE...............
PS.........DO YOU GO INTO ANY CHATROOMS.........MAYBE WE COULD SPEAK
THERE
REGARDS
GLENN F. SIMONS
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