WHAT WOULDN'T WE DO FOR A CORONATION? This wonderful tissue paper wrap was discovered in a pile of forgotten ephemera. Couldn't help but share. I have three ONE spare copy if anyone wants it, … [Read more...]
Poorman’s orange
Another citrus recipe booklet from a few decades later This booklet has quite a different feel - a colour cover, two colour page decorations, and only 16 pages of suggested uses. Each left hand … [Read more...]
Oranges & lemons & railways
Why in 1928 would Victorian Railways Commissioners publish a large recipe booklet, 72 pages, about how to use oranges? The answer lies with the appointment in 1920 of Harold Clapp as the railways … [Read more...]
ESA Show & Tell Meeting and Swap Meet 16 August 2019
Enjoy a relaxed and friendly get together with like minded collectors Informal gathering to show new items, share information, source answers and chat with fellow collectors. We go around the … [Read more...]
Fireworks, NYE
END OF YEAR = FIREWORKS' DISPLAYS. In Australia, fireworks are now chiefly the domain of the professional pyrotechnical folk. And it seems they have been for as long as the 1880s. The two major … [Read more...]
You have to eat your fruit and vegetables
TOO BIG TO COLLECT? WE RECENTLY HAD SOME CONTACT FROM A COLLECTOR IN NORTH QUEENSLAND WHO PHOTOGRAPHED BANANA BOXES STACKED ON THE BACK OF TRUCKS. (These photographs were posted on the Society's … [Read more...]