I am responding to the comments made by Ben Haneman, in the recent reprint of his original article in Biblionews of June I995. Guess I’m one up on him as, being a girl, I could enjoy Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Anne of Green Gables and Little Women, without being criticised, but could also hoe into … Continue reading EARLY BOOKS IN MY LIFE
Category: Janet Robinson
History of the Book Collectors’ Society of Australia At the behest of the BCSA committee, I am compiling a long overdue history of the BCSA, which was formed in 1944. The history was first foreshadowed by Eric Russell, who planned to publish it in 1994 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Society. Unfortunately, he … Continue reading NOTES & QUERIES
The traditonal end-of-year Show & Tell meeting held at the Turramurra Uniting Church was the Society’s last meeting to be held in that venue before its move in 2007 to a central one in the premises of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, at 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney. Members present at the meeting expressed their thanks to Immediate Past President Janet Robinson and her husband Gordon (winner of last year’s Show & Tell) for making the Turramurra venue available so readily and for so long, when the venue organised by Betty and Jeff Bidgood in Ryde became, after some years, no longer available.As Acting President, Brian Taylor chaired the meeting and provided the traditional prize. Ten of the members present “showed & told”.
The traditonal end-of-year Show & Tell meeting held at the Turramurra Uniting Church was the Society’s last meeting to be held in that venue before its move in 2007 to a central one in the premises of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, at 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney. Members present at the meeting expressed their thanks to Immediate Past President Janet Robinson and her husband Gordon (winner of last year’s Show & Tell) for making the Turramurra venue available so readily and for so long, when the venue organised by Betty and Jeff Bidgood in Ryde became, after some years, no longer available.As Acting President, Brian Taylor chaired the meeting and provided the traditional prize. Ten of the members present “showed & told”.