It was an engrossing time at our meeting on October 3rd discussing a collection of books brought in by members. It was noted that many of the older books did not have the date of publication recorded and we often identified their age by the names/gift inscriptions inside.
School: - Junior one-act plays performed at Speech Nights; Nelson's Highroads Dictionary from about 1925 and used subsequently by two other family members; 50th School Reunion from Our Ladies College, Heidelberg
Craft: – many publications related to spinning and dying methods; “The Art of Annemeike Mein” a beautifully illustrated book of her work
Home/Cookery: - Mrs Beeton’s Cookbook 1923; Martha Gardener’s Book of Household Hints (featured on radio and TV); CWA Handy Hints; trees and shrubs
Biographies: Kidman – the Forgotten King; Nothing Over Half a Crown – re founder of G. J. Coles
Bibles: 1953 issue given to British School Children on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; a Bible with a Mother of Pearl Cover given as a wedding present; another from 1926 on becoming a member of the Box Hill Masonic Lodge
Novels: - Seven Little Australians (about 1912 Ethel Turner); Time Machine (H. G. Wells); The Prophecies of Nostradamus; The Tower Rooms (about 1926 Mary Grant Bruce); Arthur Conan Doyle
Poetry/Other: Robbie Burns poetry with a tartan cover; 1870 A Casquet of Gems; 1956 Melbourne Olympics picture book; Cotswolds Berkshire 1859 - The Scouring of the White Horse
Children: Black Beauty (Anna Sewell – gift from grandparents); Winnie the Pooh (a beautiful and much loved pop-up book); The Black Lamb (Elisabeth Macintyre – Leicester saves his white lamb sister Mollie from the dingoes’ camp)
School: - Junior one-act plays performed at Speech Nights; Nelson's Highroads Dictionary from about 1925 and used subsequently by two other family members; 50th School Reunion from Our Ladies College, Heidelberg
Craft: – many publications related to spinning and dying methods; “The Art of Annemeike Mein” a beautifully illustrated book of her work
Home/Cookery: - Mrs Beeton’s Cookbook 1923; Martha Gardener’s Book of Household Hints (featured on radio and TV); CWA Handy Hints; trees and shrubs
Biographies: Kidman – the Forgotten King; Nothing Over Half a Crown – re founder of G. J. Coles
Bibles: 1953 issue given to British School Children on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; a Bible with a Mother of Pearl Cover given as a wedding present; another from 1926 on becoming a member of the Box Hill Masonic Lodge
Novels: - Seven Little Australians (about 1912 Ethel Turner); Time Machine (H. G. Wells); The Prophecies of Nostradamus; The Tower Rooms (about 1926 Mary Grant Bruce); Arthur Conan Doyle
Poetry/Other: Robbie Burns poetry with a tartan cover; 1870 A Casquet of Gems; 1956 Melbourne Olympics picture book; Cotswolds Berkshire 1859 - The Scouring of the White Horse
Children: Black Beauty (Anna Sewell – gift from grandparents); Winnie the Pooh (a beautiful and much loved pop-up book); The Black Lamb (Elisabeth Macintyre – Leicester saves his white lamb sister Mollie from the dingoes’ camp)
The next meeting is on 7th November at 10.00am. The theme is Jewellery.
Janet Gourley
The next meeting is on 7th November at 10.00am. The theme is Jewellery.
Janet Gourley
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