Monday, 15 July 2024

70th Anniversary - Report on Informal Gathering @ Tritton Hall, Saturday 13th July, 2024

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(Photos © Sandra Nixon) 

Attendees included an ex-member who was around when the club was formed, a member who joined at the same time as Duke Tritton, 2 others who joined in the very early 1960s, & a Folk Federation member who was around in her younger days.

Chrissie Shaw was aged 10 when her parents Rod & Fran Shaw attended the inaugural meeting on 14th November 1954, Frank Maher had been attending meetings for about a year before signing up as a member on 25th November 1956, English migrant Anne Maher (nee Banks) joined 8th August 1961, & Dale Dengate (nee Morgan) joined 12th October 1962. Bridget Wardlaw's family lived near, and were great friends with, the Shaw family at Narrabeen. They also knew Pam and Brian Loughlin from Victoria around 1949 – 50, involved in Aboriginal Rights and the Communist Party. They were friends with John Meredith, and attended some BMC events around 1960 – 67.

1.  Our 60th Anniversary Guest Book was called back to duty 
2. Unfortunately the 60th pen was past it's use-by-date & needed replacing


3.  Eric Eisler who has been around since the 70s

4. Annabel

5.  Alex & Julie Bishop (70s), Frank Maher (1955), John Poleson (70s) , Eric Eisler (70s)

6. Alex & Julie Bishop, Frank Maher, George Bolliger (70s), John Poleson 

7. John, Frank, Julie, Alex, Judi

8. Frank checking for songs in Joy Durst's songbook

9.  Eric, George 

10.  Frank & Anne Maher

11. Frank & Anne

12.  Annabel, Eric, George, Anne

13. Frank with his 60 year old lagerphone

14.  Anne dancing with her daughter Helen (born into BMC)

15. Judi cleaning her very dusty borrowed electric bass 

16. Jack (3rd generation member) 

17. Jack plays drums, uke, guitar, mandolin, percussion & ? 

18. Judi explaining how electric bass is played - it's not difficult! 

19. Alan Davis, Michaela, Simon, Eric, George 

20.  Simon, Eric, George, Judi, Colin Fong (80s), Don, Alex

21.  Alex, Julie, Bridget Wardlaw, Frank, Anne, Dale

22. Bridget recording Frank's bones

23.  Helen & Dale 

24.  Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale

25. Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale

26. Chris & Mark Poleson, both born into BMC, Colin, Alex, Julie, Bridget

27. Brian, Alan, Michaela, Simon

28.  George, Judi, Chris, Mark, Colin, Alex, Julie

29.  Lynne & John Poleson (70s) 

30.  Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale

31.  Alan, Michaela, Simon, Eric

32. Frank with bones, Anne, Helen, Dale, also with bones

33. Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale, Bridget, John

34.  Anne, Helen, Dale, Bridget, John

35. Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale

36. Frank, Anne, Helen, Dale, Bridget, John

37.  Helen, Dale, Bridget 

38.  Colin, George, Alex

39.  George, Alex 

40. Chrissie Shaw, George 

42. Poleson brothers dancing! 

43. Eric, Brian, George, Judi, Chris, Mark 

44.  Frank, Helen, Alan Dean (early 80s) 


45. BrianF, Alan, Eric, BrianJ

46. Mark on lagerphone 

47. Mark & lagerphone (cont) 

48. Alan, Margaret Bradford (early 80s), Eric, Brian, Judi

49. Bridget & Glenys 

50. Page 1 of Guest Book



51. Page 2 of Guest Book

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