Random Shots from St Joe (Part 1)

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There was a recent request to post some photos of St Joe. I think there may be many Josephians who are now living away from Kuching, and perhaps have not 'balik kampong' for a while ... so these photos may be of interest to them too.

Here's the main building and statue of St Joseph ...

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There's a saying that "The way to a man's heart is through the stomach" (ok, ok, no wisecracks now !!! :-) and so next we see the school canteen. I must say it hasn't changed that significantly since I was there.

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Going up the stairs from the canteen, we see the rest of what we used to call the Science Block in the mid 70s, but now it's named the La Salle Block

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Here's another view of the La Salle Block  ...

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The block on the right did not exist in the mid 70s. Does anyone know when it was built? Anyway it's called the Josephian Block.

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Next we see the Old Boys Block. I know this one well, having spent my 3rd, 4th and 5th Forms in the classrooms here.

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Here's the familiar corridor in that same block ...

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Here's the car park area behind the main block.

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On the other side is of course the William Tan Auditorium ...

Here are some of the Form 5 (76) chaps visiting the auditorium ...

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Here's the Datuk Polycarp Sim sports stadium ...

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Let me stop here for now.  I reckon these photos should be enough to trigger some fond memories.

I'll continue the tour in Part 2 on another day.

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