YES THE FAIR AGAIN,this Sunday,22 September 2019, 340 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell Vic. We are having a preview of Nigel Shipley's stall. Games' instruction manuals. Tourism Gippsland, … [Read more...]
Games people have played
I BOUGHT THESE AT THE FAIR, yes the Collectables & Ephemera Fair. Next fair Sunday 22 September 2019, 8.30am members' entry. General public 9.15am. Closes up at 2pm. So get in … [Read more...]
What do major libraries say about collectors?
'MANY OF THE [STATE LIBRARY'S] MOST UNIQUE COLLECTIONS ARE THE LIFETIME WORK OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS'. So says the State Library of Victoria in its Collections and Content Strategy … [Read more...]
Are we there yet? Driving holidays.
PASSPORTS FOR CAR TRAVELLERS, what's this? A Trove search dates the passport in the early 1960s as there are advertisements referring to it published in from 1960 to 1962. One of the … [Read more...]
Girl detective – girl collector
YOUNGER COLLECTOR JANE MB EXPLAINS how she got interested in collecting: Nancy Drew has been around since 1930. But I, having read a couple of the books as a little girl, only began collecting the … [Read more...]