The theatre, set up in the old shire hall, was run by Bill Schooling and Connie Maugham. A World War 1 veteran, Charlie Croft, was the doorman. The films came down by ferry for Saturday nights, or Bill Schooling collected them in his car, which ran on kerosene. In the summertime, there were also screenings on Wednesdays and Fridays. Screenings started with a newsreel; then a travelogue was shown; another support film would be fitted in before interval, then another newsreel, a cartoon, and finally the feature film hit the screen. This occurred during WW2 - 1939-1945HistoricalHandwritten letter written on 26/2/1993 from Kevin Findlay describing his employment history and association with the theatre and a photocopy of 2 tickets for the Teddy Bear Theatre.kevin findlay, teddy bear theatre, bill schooling, connie maugham, charlie croft

Handwritten letter from Valda Cohn, 15 Wirth Street, Flora Hill, 3550. 26.6.98 addressed to mr. S. Rodda, re securing 2 tickets for the Dinner Dance for the 125th. Anniversary of the Golden Square School. Valda Oldhan attended 1931 - 1938. Mother Grace Clapton also did her schooling there, with sister Irene Clapton and 6 brothers, Arthur, len, Bill, Stan, George and Clarrie.bendigo, education, golden square primary school, golden square primary school laurel street: clapton, cohn

John was the eldest son of Dr Jack (Frederick John) and Mrs Doris Bennett (nee Willmott). His paternal grandfather, John Henry Bennett, was also a doctor who practiced in St Arnaud and Hawthorn. John was born in Melbourne on 23 October 1924 and attended Scotch College for his early education. The family moved to England shortly before WW2 and he completed his schooling at Mill Hill in Uxbridge (and at St Bees School in Cumberland to which Mill Hill was evacuated). He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1946. He married Christina Hudson in Cambridge in 1946 and they followed the rest of the family back to Australia in 1948. John was Resident Medical Officer at the Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg from 1948-1953. He was an Honorary Clinical Assistant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1950-1965 and became a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1953. He joined Drs W Langley Carrington, William (Bill) Vorath and Norman Rose at the Surrey Hills Medical Centre in 1953. He lived in Camberwell and had 2 sons and 1 daughter; one son also qualified as a doctor, working in Hobart. His brother Robert, a radiologist, lived in Mont Albert and one of his 4 daughters, Dr Penny Bennett, also worked at Surrey Hills Medical Centre at a later period. Ref: Article in Chiron - Medical Genes: The Bennett Family written by Dr WRC (Robert) Bennett, 1989. The donor was a niece of John Bennett.The Surrey Hills Medical Centre was one of the first, if not the first, general practice to include specialists as partners soon after WW2. Black and white formal head and shoulders photo of Dr John Willmott Bennett who was a general practitioner in the 1950s and 1960s at the Surrey Hills Medical Centre. doctors, surrey hills medical centre, dr john willmott bennett