My father went to Helen Street school. This is a photo of him in 1912 – fourth from the right bottom row. His name was Harold Louis Gravenall, born 1906 died 1970. He was the ninth of ten children born to Albert Gravenall and Louisa nee Bishop.
helen street school in 1912
In the 1950s The second floor of the school was occupied by a girls school named Northcote Modern School . The front of the school was graded prep to grade 6 . There was also a boy’s school at the back on the Northside entry from Hawthorn Road. The headmistress of NMS was Miss Baxter in 1950, other teachers Miss O;Connor Miss Rylah,