Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. During the 1940s the headmaster was Mr. R. Norm Finlay who held the position from c.1935-1954.
An inscription on the reverse provides the following names: Unknown; Max Davis; Harold He- [possibly Herion]; Clem Steel; Charles Stevens; Charles Sta [possibly Stays]; Arthur Burlace; Pat Spelman; Jack Grinlinton. 3rd Row: Jessie Fraser; L. [possibly Berkahn]; Alice Sherry; Nellie Buckridge; Bell McKay; Flora Stevens; Thelma Coulter; Nancy Milson; Daphne Buckridge; Mabel Ritche; Jean Martin; Doris Bland; Edna Roe. 2nd Row: Paddy Meredith; Ethel [possibly Counop]; Murial [illeg, Jos-]; Dorothy Dodd; Doris Nicholson; Thelma Adams; Hazel Pritchard; Ettie James; [illeg] Fraser; Jean Ebbett; Jessie Grinlinton; Betty [possibly Birss] 1st Row: Bert Walker; David Andrews; [possibly Clarie] Edwards; Milton Forrest; Claud Bland; Philip Turnbull; Joe Wall; George Parless.
