At our next meeting, on October 15th, we’ll be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first meeting of the Armidale and District Historical Society in 1959. Judy and the committee have some special celebrations planned, including 1950s fashions, and birthday cake!
We’ll have more details soon. But do put the date in your diary and plan to come along to the party to celebrate this milestone. And if you happen to have 1950s/1960s outfits in your wardrobe, we’d love to see you wearing them!
We’re currently planning an exhibition to run from mid-October to February, of wedding photos through the years. We’d love folks to submit wedding photos from weddings in the district. Electronic files or prints are great; we’ll keep careful details of who owns each one so that we can make sure they are acknowledged and returned.when the display finishes.
Please contact Louise if you have photos you can lend us. You can email her at contact@adhs.org.au
The guest speaker for our September meeting will be Bill Crocker. Bill taught in small schools before taking up studies in oral communication, which he taught at the Armidale Teachers’ College. In his retirement has been an active volunteer in a number of organisations. As a guide on the Armidale Heritage Bus he endears himself to his passengers, his teaching skills providing his audience with entertaining and informative commentary. The title of his presentation is
Working on the Railroad: Memories of a Young Teacher
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 17th September at 7.30pm in the ADHS rooms at Dumaresq Chambers, 114 Faulkner Street. As usual, the Chambers will be open from about 7pm on the night of the meeting, and we people are welcome to come early to chat, look at resources, or have a cuppa.