MORTDALE is still abuzz after the hugely successful 125th anniversary of Mortdale Public School on Saturday.
Going by reports from the school and the signatures in the visitors' book, at least 1300 people attended, many of whom flew in from various parts of Australia and overseas for the community get-together.
People who hadn't seen each other for decades were reunited, stories were shared, contact numbers exchanged, sausages eaten and memorabilia purchased.
The eldest attendees, aged in their 90s, mingled with the youngest and reminisced about the horse-and-cart days when Mortdale was a village surrounded by paddocks and a brick pit.
Everyone had a story, including opera singer Deborah Cheetham, from the class of 1976.
Ms Cheetham, the artistic director of Short Black Opera Company, Australia's national indigenous opera company, performed the welcome-to-country ceremony and entertained the audience with her own memories of the school, including the fact "she didn't even make the school choir".
School principal Suzanne Pieri said much of the buzz was generated by a Facebook page promoting the event and invited former pupils to share their stories.
"We had many ex-students flying in from all over Australia and overseas," Ms Pieri said.
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