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Note that the venue ñ the Oddfellows Hall ñ refunded a third of the rental of three pounds.

Note that the venue ñ the Oddfellows Hall ñ refunded a third of the rental of three pounds.

Here is the dance program for the adult's Ball for the same year.

This list is of costumes worn by the adults ñ a witch, Cleopatra, a forget-me-Not, a Circassian Dancing Girl and one James Currie, defying description, came as 'Pink Pills'. !!!

This list has the real spirit of community and details the 'contributions from subscribers'. Fowls, a case of fruit, lamb and beef tongues, lemonade, loaves of bread, jellies, eggs, cakes and 'printing'.

In the minutes of the 5th meeting (23rd June 1897) the Secretary's Report comments: ìThe list of contributors to Supper closed with 148 names. This is not as many as 1896, but the season had been disastrous, deaths had occurred in several families, serious illness in others, , and several consistent and liberal subscribers had left the district. The departure too was lamented of one of the ablest and most generous of the Committee women, in the person of Mrs F. O. Byrnes, now of Parramatta. My thanks to Tim Duddy for access to the above documents.

ìC M Bell was Caroline Haydon, granddaughter of Thomas Haydon who settled at Bloomfied Blandford in 1836. His Sydney residence was Tivoli which is that house that Kambala Girls School have on New South Head Road, Rose Bay.

He came to the head of the Hunter Valley shortly after settlement and started a private town which is the southern side of the pages river at Murrurundi.

I lived at the Haydon family house "Bloomfield" for three years and the book was given to me because it refers to many other members of my family.

The Haydon family have been intermarried and friend sof my maternal family for some six generations.î