Archives
Our archives are bursting with treasures from over a century of Wellesley life. Every photo, memory and keepsake tells a story – and we would love you to add yours to our collection.
Wellesley 1st XV Rugby 1971
Fifty years after this photo was taken, in June 2021, our boys started their rugby season with games against HIBS, Scots and Hereworth.
Wellesley Cricketers – 1957
Old Boy Neil Collie (at Wellesley 1955 – 1960, Dux and Best Boy 1960) provided this image of the 1957 cricket squad to our archives collection back in 2015 and would still love some help with name suggestions. Neil and his older brother Craig (at Wellesley 1952 – 1958) have managed a few with Neil adding “almost every boy in that pic rings a bell with Craig and me but putting names is of course much harder. I don’t know the coach but would not be surprised if it was Ivan Bowden, given he was the ‘sportiest’ of the male teachers at that time.”
Thank you Neil and Craig, what a fantastic start you have made – let’s see what bites we can get to fill the blanks.
Wellesley Tennis Team 1970
Margaret Barns was a teacher at Wellesley 1941 – 1972. She was a Standard 3 and PE teacher and tennis coach. She is pictured below with her tennis team in 1970. Can you spot any familiar faces?
In 2019, Margaret celebrated her 104th birthday at the Rita Angus Retirement Village in Kilbirnie Wellington, where she remained until her death in 2020. Wellesley stays in touch with Margaret’s daughter Jenny, who now resides at the same retirement home. If you have any more information about the members of this team, please get in touch with Rosie in the Wellesley Foundation office (office@wellesley.school.nz).