PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS AT THE JHUGROO PRIMARY SCHOOL IN OTTAWA IN THE MID-1950s

THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PRIMARY CLASS PHOTO WHILE ATTENDING THE JHUGROO PRIMARY SCHOOL IN OTTAWA IN THE MID-1950s. AT THAT TIME THE SCHOOL WAS SITUATED WHERE THE GLOBE'S SHOPPING CENTRE IS NOW IN PLACE. THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT OF WOOD AND IRON AND BOASTED FOUR CLASS ROOMS, A PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND A SCHOOL GROUND. THERE WAS ALSO SEPARATE MEETING PLACE FOR THE SCHOOL GIRLS. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE PRINCIPAL MR NAIDOO, TEACHER MS I D MAHARAJ (WHO IS NOW MRS RAJOO), AND A NUMBER OF CLASS MATES WHO I REMEMBER FONDLY. SOME OF THE BOYS I RECOGINISE ARE MUSTAPHA, WHOSE FAMILY HOME IS STILL IN MUNN ROAD, OTTAWA; ANTHONY, WHO WITH HIS FAMILY USED TO STAY IN AN AREA AT THAT TIME KNOWN AS UPLANDS; AND MOGA, WHO USED TO STAY NEAR THE PARTHABS IN SCHOOL ROAD. ANY OF THE GIRLS AND BOYS WHO RECOGNISE THEMSELVES IN THIS PICTURE SHOULD CONTACT ME ON: subrygovender@gmail.com