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05. Toby Greenup in the yards at Rosevale 06. Family Toby, Seb, Sam, David and Sonya Greenup 20095. David, Rick, Grahame & Peter Greenup on Rick’s wedding day at TSS Chapel, 1995 07. David, Rick, Grahame & Peter Greenup on Rick’s wedding day at TSS Chapel, 1995 08. Grahame Greenup in his school days with his sister Jenny who attended St Hilda’s 09. Toby, Seb and Sam Greenup lead the way at their Auntie Sally’s funeral, Rev. Bruce Maughan conducted the service 2010
10. Sam, David, Seb, Sonya, Peggy,Toby and Grahame Greenup in front of their Santa Gertrudis bulls 2007 11. Mustering in holidays 2011 12. Sam at Beef Week 2006 13. Three generations Sonya,Toby, David, Seb, Sam, Peggy and Grahame Greenup at the unveiling of the refurbished Delpratt in 2010
Generation four of the Greenup family at TSS was ushered in by David’s sons Sam in 2008 and Toby in 2010. Once again there was no debating the matter of education and TSS and the venerable Delpratt House. Sam comments on the feelings so common among many boarding boys: “I didn’t really have any say, but I’m glad I didn’t because I didn’t really want to leave home, but coming to boarding school is the best thing I have done. My greatest achievement at TSS is following in my dad, granddad and great-grandfather’s footsteps and carrying on the history of my family at the School.” Sam’s brother Toby echoes the sentiments of his sibling in the matter of family tradition and continuity: “It was much easier being fourth generation because some of the teachers taught my dad and uncles so it felt like home.” But when the reminisces are done and the changes noted and all the tangible aspects of a TSS education are totted up as validation for maintaining a family tradition, one intangible quality emerges generation after generation, and it is left to the most recent members of the Greenup clan to enunciate it and its value. When asked what is
so special about TSS, Toby answers: “It would have to be the school spirit.” Sam adds: “The school spirit is the biggest thing. The last school I was at didn’t have what TSS has.” So how does this bode for future generations of the Greenup family and many other families like them who have consistently and unquestioningly seen fit to entrust TSS with the education of their boys? David sums it up with simple eloquence: “Our expectations have been met. The School has moved with the times but the traditional values remain.” If Sam and Toby (and Seb in a couple of years) see it with the same clarity as their father, grandfather and great-grandfather, then in all likelihood TSS has not seen the last of the Greenups on campus.
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