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Extracts from ‘The Fishbourne Book’
The Fishbourne Book Projects as of July 2006
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Memories day
Location: West Sussex
15 October 2005
Memories Day
Venue: Fishbourne club
to see enlarged versions of some of the 300 photos scanned on May 14th,
to have a taster of some of the written contributions received so far,
to bring in more memories, memorabilia and photos, not previously scanned.
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Memories Day, Sat. 15th Oct. 10.00am – 1.00pm at Fishbourne Club
Vaani Parekh’s eyecatching poster encouraged over 150 people to come and see the ten enlarged Archive photos of the Tutankhamun Carnival float, the Brownies, the cricket and football teams and many others. They read about Boys’ Garage, Driscoll’s Shop in Halfrey Road, the Jazz Club, the discovery of Fishbourne Roman Palace written by Mr A N Burgess (aged 104) who had charge of the crucial water main, and memories of Denis Gratwick, Charlie Lambourne, Doris Tidy and many others.
A lot of people stayed for the full three hours reading the press cuttings from yesteryear, browsing through Fishbourne School Year Books and children’s work from the 70s and 80s loaned by Mary Archer and poring over old maps. Many people brought in more memories, memorabilia and photos and I was delighted to receive more contributions for The Book there and then. People met old friends and compared notes and memories and it was sometimes hard to get from one end of the large room to the other for people hugging and greeting each other. It was especially good to see children and young people there, too.
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Next event:
Friday, 24th March, 2006, at Fishbourne Club,
‘Slides Evening’ of more Archive Photos, with commentary.
Admission will be by (free) tickets. More information will be published in the New Year, but you can also contact Julian Snell nearer the time.
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