299 Darling Street
Balmain
June 30th 18
Dear Norm,
Once again I pen you a few lines trusting they reach you
safely and find you in the best of health. I am very pleased to say we are all
enjoying good health just now, and everything is OK.
It has turned out rather a cold wet afternoon. I have just
come home from Sunday School, not very much business as usual discussed today,
we have the old library open again but it is not in full swing yet. Everything
goes on just in the same old way. Oh, and we also discussed whether we would
revive the Teacher’s meeting. It was carried but whether all the teachers will
turn up is another question, however that remains to be seen.
Mr and Mrs Manning are away at Woy Woy I think and Rev
Freeth is taking the
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Looked gorgeous, there were seven tables as usual, I was
helping on the choir table again this year. All the tables were prittly
arranged. We had ours decorated with the red “point satin”, it shower up well
when all the lights went up. Everybody seemed to have a right royal time.
Plenty of good things to eat, you know the sort of banquet we always have.
Mr Langley was chair man for the after meeting and Canon
Charlton was also present. That was all the visiting clergy we had this time,
of course there were several apologies.
Oh I wish you could have been at the kiddies tea. I think it
was noisier than ever. The only one who could make his voice heard was Harry
Allen but quietness didn’t reign long, as soon as he finished speaking they
were all at it again. I don’t think we had as many children this year as in
previous years, but we seemed to cater for them much better than usual and
everything went off tip top. The concert after took the cake. Mr Gooud got them
to join in all the popular choruses and by jove how did they all let rip. I’m
sure the noise could be heard miles away. The Huns in France weren’t in it,
however it only come once a year so we might as well let them have a good time.
We broke up about eight o’clock.
What do you think. I had five days holiday last week down at
Freshwater, had a ripping time, the weather was simply beautiful, and bright
moon lights nights all the week. The bush just now is a picture ablaze with
wattle and native fuschia and yallow flowers. I feel ever so much better for
the change. Mother had a full week, only came home yesterday. I had to be home
on Friday for Italian Day as I had promised to help. We did very well in Balmain,
took over two hundred pounds. I collected £2:12:0 in my box, so I think
the dagos will do very well.
Well Norm I think it is time I put an end to this epistle
you will be ………….[continued on the back of the page that is missing]
Dorrie [ because we know her address]
[I discovered on Trove that Italian Day was a fundraising day to help the Italian community]
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