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Last Meeting

 

20 November 2011

President’s Message

 

I trust you all had a good Christmas and I wish everyone the best for this year.

 

Our next meeting at Lorraine and John’s in the beautiful Blue Mountains will feature the Dutch auction, so please bring an item to be auctioned and the usual raffle prize. You will also need to bring your lunch.

 

Linnwood House has been booked for 11 November 2012 for our exhibition. We should get a good crowd there as the Rolls-Royce Owners Club of NSW will be there. So not only can we drool over our glass but the ‘Rollers’ as well.

 

Fryerstown, Victoria, is well known to many members and a few of the members make it a yearly trip. Bob and I took the journey again this year leaving on the Tuesday and decided to go the ‘scenic route’. This entailed driving 1,350 kilometres to Castlemaine.

 

We called in to see Chris Turnbull (one of our members) who has an antique shop in Milton. Was he surprised to see us! It is always good to catch up with him.

 

I took over the driving when we left Milton and soon realised the car was not ‘right’. I said to Bob, “This car is not right”. His answer, “Yes, I know”. “When did you know?” was my reply. “Just after we got out of Sydney” was his answer.

 

I carried on driving and was getting more worried with each kilometre I drove. The car would not go above eighty and the accelerator was flat to the floor. A few kilometres on Bob saw an NRMA breakdown van on the other side of the road. “Stop and do a U-turn” he said, which I proceeded to do, pulling up behind the NRMA.

 

Bob got out of the car and explained to the NRMA man that the car would not accelerate when out of cruise control and Bob was asked to follow the van to the garage, which was down the road.

 

Bob started the car then stopped and bent forward. I had no idea what he was doing as by this time all sorts of horrors were going through my mind. Suddenly Bob let out a yell making me jump a mile, then he turned to me with a sickly grin on his face and the floor mat in his hands – the mat had curled up and was wedged under the accelerator pedal!!!!!

 

Caught up with the NRMA man and Bob explained what had transpired. “At least that is one problem solved,” said the NRMA man.

 

We stayed overnight at Merimbula and continued on our journey the following day driving through Eden, then over the border passing through Cann River, Orbost, Bairnsdale and Rosedale etc, to reach Westmeadows in Melbourne.

 

Our reason for going to Westmeadows was to meet Betty Doody, an ACE member I had ‘met’ through eBay. Betty made us feel at home, plying us with tea, cakes and biscuits and then showing us her great collection.

 

Have to say there were a couple of pieces I would love to have brought home.

 

After leaving Betty’s we carried on to Castlemaine arriving at our hotel just before 6pm feeling very tired and hungry. It had been a long day, having left Merimbula at 8:15am.

 

The following day (Thursday) we did a visit of the local antique shops, then on to the Mill Antique Centre at Daylesford where I picked up a ‘Poinsettia & Lattice’ bowl in pastel marigold and some Aussie pottery. We then did a very quick drive to Ballarat, before making our way back to the hotel.

 

We met up with Kevin & Cindy and Glenda & Jim Jackman (Victorian members of our club) who were also staying at the same hotel for dinner. Colin and his partner Dianne who were staying elsewhere also joined us.

 

Friday was the day we went to Fryerstown for the antique fair, where we bumped into Dot and Bob and a fellow stall holder from Wentworth Park.

 

I did buy a beautiful European comport called ‘Garland and Bows’, plus some small pieces of Aussie pottery.

 

We spent five or so hours at the fair then went back to the hotel and collapsed on the bed till dinner time.

 

That night was a fun but very late night as my nephew and his fiancée drove up from Melbourne to join us for dinner and were introduced to “those mad Carnival collectors”.

 

“Those mad collectors”, when told my nephew was getting married this year, all came out about our ‘weddings’ and some of us have been there more than once LOL.

 

What a great way to end four days of our visit to Victoria.

 

Lesley.

 

Some of the beautiful carnival glass on display at our last meeting

Club members enjoying the convivial atmosphere at the last meeting

Reports from Previous Meetings

Meeting Report of 21 August 2011
Meeting Report of 15 May 2011
Meeting Report of 20 February 2011
Meeting Report of 15 November 2010
Meeting Report of 15 August 2010
Meeting Report of 16 May 2010

Meeting Report of 21 February 2010
Meeting Report of 15 November 2009
Meeting Report of 16 August 2009
Meeting Report of 17 May 2009
Meeting Report of 15 February 2009

Meeting Report of 16 November 2008
Meeting Report of 17 August 2008
Meeting Report of 18 May 2008
Meeting Report of 17 February 2008
Meeting Report of 18 November 2007
Meeting Report of 19 August 2007
Meeting Report of 27 May 2007
Meeting Report of 17 February 2007
Meeting Report of 19 November 2006
Meeting Report of 20 August 2006
Meeting Report of 21 May 2006
Meeting Report of 19 February 2006

Meeting Report of 20 November 2005
Meeting Report of 21 August 2005
Meeting Report of 22 May 2005
Meeting Report of 20 February 2005

Meeting Report of 21 November 2004
Meeting Report of 15 August 2004
Meeting Report of 23 May 2004
Meeting Report of 22 February 2004
Meeting Report of 23 November 2003
Meeting Report of 24 August 2003
Meeting Report of 25 May 2003
Meeting Report of 23 February 2003
Meeting Report of 24 November 2002
Meeting Report of 22 September 2002
Meeting Report of 23 June 2002
Meeting Report of 24 February 2002

Meeting Report of 24 November 2001
Meeting Report of 16 September 2001
Meeting Report of 24 June 2001

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