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Fun and Fellowship _ Memorabilia Night

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This was a ‘Fun and Fellowship’ night, chaired by Connie, who did a great job in introducing various members who brought along different items of ‘memorabilia’ and told a 1 minute story about why these items has special meaning to them.
First off, was Michele Oscar, who had an Akubra Hat with 30 badges of towns she had visited on a special
“Adventure before Dementia” camping trip around Australia about 6 years ago. From Melbourne to Mildura,
Broken Hill, Broome, Perth, Albany, across the Nullabor and back to Melbourne with all points in between.
Bill Sides had a very fancy 6” ‘Shifter’ used as a teething ring, Diane Sides had a Black Bear given to her by
one of her many hosted exchange students to thank her for her hospitality.

Roger Lough had a rocket that he was presented with while working overseas on this military project.

Creagh Bown had an incredibly special bottle of McLaren Vale Port commemorating his South Australian Footy team, Sturt when they played against Port back in the day.
Andrew Goddard has a book, written by his mother’s eldest brother about a French poet. In 1968 they were
in England and were invited to visit this poet in Paris, which was a great thrill for Andrew.

Gordon Pyke’s Father served in WW2 in the Soloman Islands, and he had a book and waterproof match holder
that included the matches plus a compass and flint.
Sue Mills brought along a silver ring with 5 color’s which is a souvenir from her trip to South America in 2014.
It is representing the flag of Peru which has 7 colors and also represents the Sea, Land, Mountains and Sky.

Bev Leishman’s mementos included the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2 and her visit to Australia in 1954 and an invitation to the opening of Monash University which Henry Bolte opened. Bev was on e of the first students to attend Monash. She also has a memory of Jim’s which were some heavy brass plated ‘nuts’ (as in Nut and Bolt) received from a former employer which are off the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Tony Hough had a painting of 2 locomotives in Katoomba. He has loved trains since he was 5 years old und
used to love to go and watch these locomotives when he was a young lad.

Connie always wanted to visit Egypt which she got the opportunity to do. She always wanted to ride a camel,
so the memory she brought along were some beautiful stuffed camels which were a reminder of her trip to Egypt.

Tony Hills had his fathers christening mug from 1910 – a lovely ruby glass and crystal mug and a great memory
of his dad.

Sandra Pyke loves books, and her memory was a book called “The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney – A Fortunate
Life” and another called “Precious Bodily Fluids” by Charles Waterstreet, which she assured us is very funny.
Diane Alper had a medal for the Pipe Band Championships which was won by her grandfather who lost his
life at Gallipoli.

Ray Walker had a Bible which was started in 1880 in England and has been in the family ever since. The first entry was his Great Grandfather in 1864 who lived until he was 99 years old. The book lists all the Walker family and the latest will be in a couple of weeks when Rays son becomes a father.

Chris Cameron had a Male Handbag which he bought in 1986 and only used once. He left the bag with 30 airline tickets at a bank, and although it was still there when he went back, he never used the bag again. He also has a book called “Years of Victory” from 1944 which was a military history book.

Alex Southey has a picture of Sue taken at the beach on a road trip at Shell Harbour, and also a trophy from
when Melbourne won the Grand Final – when Covid shutdown was on.

Ralph Holmes showed us his “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the CSIRO where he worked in a paid job
for 53 years.

It was a fun and relaxed evening, and we certainly learned quite a bit about our fellow Rotarians

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