March 2011

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in March 2011.
• Society notices - page 2Reports events, a workshop and Society management matters.
• President’s report - page 3Describes volunteer work, the Moss Vale Show display and other activities.
• Will Carter and Tallong heritage - page 4Introduces a talk on Sutton Forest teacher and writer Will Carter and reviews Tallong, a Heritage.
• The district show at Moss Vale - page 5Philip Morton traces the show society’s formation, competing sites and selection of the showground.
• The show from 1884 through wartime - page 6Follows early shows, purchase and development of the showground, epidemics and military use.
• The postwar show - page 7Describes changing events, sideshows and the 1984 centenary.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in March 2011; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton traces the district show’s establishment and the choice, development and eventual purchase of the Moss Vale showground (pp.5-6).
• The history follows early exhibitions, wartime interruption, postwar events and the show’s centenary (pp.6-7).
• The issue introduces research into Sutton Forest teacher Will Carter and reviews Tallong, a Heritage (p.4).

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