November 2016

Contents

• President’s report and annual meeting - page 1Reviews the Society year and announces its 2016 annual general meeting and committee nominations.
• Annual meeting and Mount Gibraltar - page 2Provides meeting information and notes online availability of The Gib, a social, industrial and environmental history of Mount Gibraltar.
• Northern villages tour - page 3Recounts a Society visit to Hill Top, Big Hill cutting, Balmoral and Aylmerton House, with photographs.
• Wooden water pipe discovered at Moss Vale - page 4Describes the museum’s acquisition and reproduces Geoff Goodfellow’s 2006 report of a stave pipe unearthed in Suttor Road; its age and use remain uncertain.
• Wooden stave pipe construction - page 5Continues the discussion of wooden water pipes, their construction and other reported local finds, while distinguishing speculation about the Moss Vale pipe from established records.
• Archives and museum annual reports - page 6Linda Emery and John Schweers report on volunteers, collections, Willow Vale photographs and museum work during 2016.
• Museum, research, library and newsletter reports - page 7Continues the museum report and summarises Society research requests, library activity and newsletter distribution.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in November 2016; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• A northern villages tour visits Hill Top, Balmoral and Aylmerton (p.3).
• The Society describes a wooden water pipe unearthed at Moss Vale, with its date and purpose still uncertain (pp.4-5).
• Annual reports document the archives, museum, library and research activity (pp.6-7).

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