FUTURE EVENTS
Our next speaker evening is at 5 30pm on Tuesday 1 April 2025 at the Society's rooms - 3 Cathedral Street, Maitland.
TOPIC: OLD SILENT FILMS OF MAITLAND AND SURROUNDS FROM THE 1950'S AND 1960'S
Speakers: RUTH MURDOCH AND PETER SMITH
Ruth Murdoch has in her possession many old films of various duration that were recorded by her father during the 1950's and 1960's. These films with the help of Peter Smith and the University of Newcastle have been digitised. The films cover various aspects of Maitland and nearby districts. The film cover topics such as: 1956 Olympic Torch in Maitland, Lions Club moving houses off the floodplain to "Lionsville", Building Levees after the '55 flood, Maitland's Carnival of Colour in 1958, 100 years of Council 1963, Monte Pio Car Trial Police Boys.
These are silent films and to call this a speaker night would be a misnomer except that Ruth does have a short powerpoint presentation giving background to some of the events featured in the films. Apart from the topics listed above these films are interesting in that they show the fashions of the day, the vehicles driven and the lifestyle, parades etc.
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Speaker Evenings are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except January) at 5 30 pm.
(A small charge of $5 includes light refreshments provided before and after the speakers delivery.)
Future Guest Speakers:
2025
6 May 2025 -
3 June 2025 - Doris Bates from East Maitland CWA & Diane Burton from Morpeth CWA
Topic: History of the CWA in Australia and the 75th anniversaryof the CWA in East Maitland
1 July 2025 -
5 August 2025 -
2 September 2025
7 October 2025
4 November 2025
2 December 2025
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