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The Heritage Centre always has a story to unfold. Last Tuesday we were all on the investigating trail... updating our Victorian Collections, preparing articles for the next newsletter... following up research requests. See you this Sunday or next Tuesday 10-3 😀Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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Good afternoon You had given me an article some months ago so I could get some closure to my past. It was of Constable Wayne Rhodes who was a police officer at the camper down station, in the late 80 to early 90s There was two of them with the same name. Wayne Rhodes had a family with two children one girl and a boy. The other Wayne Rhodes did not have a partner as we had not long separate from our court ship. I was told he had passed away from complications of surgery and that he was in Alice Springs. I know that a funeral was with Hepners in Geelong. I still have the article that you sent me and thank you. But which Wayne Rhodes was it please. Thank you Angela Armistead

Do you recognize any of these “Hawaiianettes”?
Between approximately 1927 – 1930, Camperdown music teacher, Miss Jeanie Peter (seen second from left) led a group of her pupils in performing Hawaiian music in and around Camperdown. Wed love to know more about the members of the group. Let us know! #cdhs #camperdownhistory

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Yes with the guitar

Jeanie Peters lived in Harrison St when I was a child. She taught lots of local children the piano. She also loved her garden. She lived on the corner of Fergusson and Harrison Streets.

She used to come into the Cafe where I worked for her lunch every day

Like Carol Arnold Jeanie Peter was my grandmother's cousin. Great photo. She died in 1973 in Colac.

Ross Murrihy did she teach you?

The girl second from right was my aunt, Jean McErvale, from Chocolyn. The man beside her is Gordon Love, who she later married. They, with other members of the McErvale family, were mentioned frequently in the Camperdown Chronicle in relation to musical performances. There is more information about this family in my book “Golden Days at Chocolyn” which your society holds. P161-164

My mother Jessie Fisher is on left next to miss peters, who taught 3of my siblings piano later.

Jane Finney Peter (Jeanie) was my grandmothers cousin. From memory she ended up getting really bad arthritis in her hands which made playing the piano very difficult.

The gentleman up the back looking at the left side of the photo looks familiar?????

As youngsters in Camperdown in the 60s and 70s we all knew of Jeanie (we thought it was Jenny) Peter's driving around town in her Mini.I thought she was the Piano teacher at Camperdown High.She lived to an old age I think 95.

Please note that this coming Sunday 3rd of March the Heritage Centre will open from 10 - 1.15. The closure at 1.15 is so we can attend the Theatre Royal Tour and Talk - bookings are essential for that, as per the attached image. We hope you can make either or both :) #cdhs #camperdownhistory #camperdowntheatreroyal

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We always took a cushion so we could see better, those were good days !!!

Some wonderful movie nights there

Beautiful memories

When I was very young we used that entrance opposite the Hampden Hotel. You would have to wait in a long queue till you got to the ticket office where Miss Doris Roberts who also worked in the office of John Hay and Co. Camperdown would sell you your tickets. You would proceed to your seat accompanied by the usherette. Everyone stood for the National Anthem. Interval was a mad scramble where 3d or6d bought you a very large bag of mixed lollies. One shilling and you could accompany that with a bottle of Tarax. Fond memories.

Volunteers in action: Laura Flanagan and Merran Moir  - pictured - below is a small sample of the notes they have made regarding a recent CDHS acquisition that included pipes and band uniforms:

Set #1 of R.G. Lawrie bagpipe “sticks” (no bag) and 3 practice chanters. This is a very nice set of pipes which is well preserved and in good condition for its age.  “R.G Lawrie” is stamped on the chanter. The stocks mostly have ivory. A couple of pieces have what looks to be early imitation ivory. One stock has the beginnings of a crack The blow pipe looks like it was modified at one stage. 

For preservation (and to keep from cracking further), this set needs to be cleaned and oiled. To make it playable, it needs the above plus a bag and reeds. In Merran’s opinion, this is the nicest set of pipes in the collection and the closest to being playable.

Special thanks to Laura and Merran for their work on this. 
#CDHS #camperdownhistory

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Oh Wow, wow wow!!!

I loved getting to be part of this! Thank you so much to the CDHS for allowing me to access this collection. My job here was mostly to take notes while learning from Merran Moir about the bagpipes and the history of pipe bands around the region! There is so much music of all types in this region and it has been such a privilege to learn about it while I'm here.

Great work CDHS for getting the experts at work on the job.

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