Ride to School Day

National Ride2School Day was last Friday 20 March, encouraging students to ride a bike, a scooter, skate or walk to school (no e-bikes or e-scooters allowed!!).

In years gone by, that was the way we all went to school, especially in the Hills where the limited public transport did not cater for pupils at primary schools. Some were fortunate to have a family horse that could carry 2 or 3, most walked, some at least a mile or more, in all seasons, or a bike, when you were considered old enough to ride safely.

Our collections have some photos of the ways children travelled to primary school and Sunday School in the early years.

"Nugget" taking Dick Lee, Watty Rhodes and Bernice Lee to school in the 1920s.

Granny Street's covered wagon 1941. Mrs Street took her grandhildren and others to and from Stoneville to the Parkerville School as there was no transport for them.

Stoneville Sunday School off to a picnic at the zoo in the back of Mr Mauger's truck in 1939.

The Randell children going to Greenmount Sunday School in 1922.