This month is the 90th Anniversary of Sydney Church of England Grammar School’s most famous student – Flynn, E.L.T. “Shore” was Errol’s last school.
Errol, ever near the water:
The notably high-achieving but “severe” headmaster who ejected Flynn – LC Robson. Robson deleted all evidence of Errol’s attendance at Shore (Student Entrance No. 3955) from school records, but Flynn, of course, prevailed – still regarded the school’s most renowned alumni (“Old Boy” in the school’s parlance.)
A sketch of Shore circa 1925, how young Master Flynn would have seen it:
Errol’s two dorms at Shore: Robson House and School House, the latter of which he only stayed a few hours.
One of Errol’s fellow boarders at Robson House, Prime Minister Gorton, at the White House with Tricky Dick Nixon. The PM remembered Errol as “a first class boxer”.
![President Nixon and Prime Minister John Gorton during an official welcoming ceremony at the White House in May 1969.](http://www.theerrolflynnblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/John-Gorter-231x300.jpg)
President Nixon and Prime Minister John Gorton during an official welcoming ceremony at the White House in May 1969.
— Tim
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