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Ready for the Ball

Young deaf women ready for the Graduation Pageant and Ball. They seem to be posing for the photograph outside the Gordon Davis House Hostel in Stanmore, where most of them may have been living at the time.

Back row L to R: Noleen Edwards (Waltl), Clara Cargill (Williams), Shirley Pinch (Page), Veronica ______, Phyllis Smith, Pamela Munson (Allen), Neta Madden (Horley)

Second row L to R: Louise Vezgoff (West), Fay Morris (Allen), Madge Lyons, Gillian Jankaus (Doherty)

Third row L to R: Betty Cassera (Bonser), Lexie McLeod (Ravlich), Kay Beckman (Goswell), Betty Quinnell, Helen Todd (Goodsir).

Front row: no names provided

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From the collection of Pamela Allen (née Munson).

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From the collection of Pamela Allen (née Munson).

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