The Bush Music Club: Bob Bolton Collection - 711031, Film A - Ben Hall Festival Carcoar, 30th-31st October 1971

Sunday 4 March 2018

Bob Bolton Collection - 711031, Film A - Ben Hall Festival Carcoar, 30th-31st October 1971

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The first of 3 films taken by Bob at Carcoar's Ben Hall Festival, October 1971.

All photos copyright Bob Bolton captions supplied by Ann & Frank Maher, 13/3/2018.

There were 3 main components to/of the Carcoar Festival : The Street Parade, the re-enactment at the bank, and the dance in the hall. Ben Hall was played by a descendant of Ben, but Frank is unsure now if he was a grandson or great grandson. Spectators milled around Ben Hall outside the Bank so thickly that he couldn’t get off his horse to do the deed.

Newsletter, December 1971, p.1

Related articles -

Bob Bolton Collection - Ben Hall Festival, Carcoar 1971 - overview
Bob Bolton Collection - 711031, Film B - Ben Hall Festival Carcoar, 31st October 1971
Bob Bolton collection - 711031, Film C - Ben Hall Festival Carcoar, 31st October 1971

The first 2 photos on this film (Derrick Chetwyn at Town Crier Folk Club, 29th October) were omitted from this article. Bob used a roll of film at Town Crier the night before going to Carcoar.

71173101 Derrick Chetwyn

71173102 Derrick Chetwyn

This 10x8 photo was found in Archives & came from the previous film taken at the Club

Caption - L-R Colin Dryden, Derek Chetwin, Maureen McCumsky, Bernard Boland, ?, Declan Affley. Stamp RLB Robert L. Bolton Photographer. Please credit Photograph by R. L. Bolton
Corrected caption, thanks to Ronda Mawer, Daniel Kelly & Margaret Walters - Colin Dryden, Derrick Chetwyn, unk. woman at mike, Maureen McCummskey, Bernard Bolan, Maggie Murphy, Declan Affley
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All photos copyright Bob Bolton