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(flag rustling)

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(birds chirping)

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– I left The Hutchins School 50 years ago.

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My memory of The Hutchins
School is extremely vivid.

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I remember many, many happy memories

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of kicking the football,
conversations around the cloisters,

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and just the strong
friendships that we developed.

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– When I attended Hutchins
up at Macquarie Street,

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I think the total membership
of the boys at that stage

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was about 300 boys.

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Now, I believe the
membership of the School

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is just over a 1,000 boys.

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We’ve had some wonderful
pupils go through the School.

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(Brian laughing)

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(paper rustling)

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What I’ve learned at school,

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enabled me to appreciate
things as I’ve got older.

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(paper rustling)

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– [Simon] I think I
owe a lot to the School

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in the way I’ve lived my life.

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In addition to my parents,

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my education at Hutchins
made me what I am.

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I made a will, and I thought about family,

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and mentioning those
in the will obviously,

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but at the same time I thought

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there are other organisations
that I should think of.

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And naturally, the School
was forefront in my mind.

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I regard all my classmates
as my friends for life.

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And as years go by, we
are closer and closer,

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which is really nice to see.

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We are actually enjoying
each other’s company.