On Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th of May, 1978, an art and craft exhibition was held as a fundraising event in support of the Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria (RAAV). Titled, "Living with Arthritis - Aids to Daily Living", the exhibition was held at St Andrew's Parish Hall in Brighton. A second "Living with Arthritis" exhibition was held two months later in Footscray. Henceforth, the respective events were commonly referred to as "the Brighton exhibition" and "the Footscray exhibition". A fashion parade and panel discussion were also held as part of the two-day event. On the Saturday, the fashion parade was hosted by special guest MC, Australian actor, Reg Gorman. Reg co-compered the fashion parade with RAAV member, Joan Watson. In this photo, Ina Roberts models a winter ensemble in front of a seated audience. She is wearing a jacket worn over a skivvy and some trousers.B&W photo of a woman walking on some wooden floorboards. She is modelling an outfit in front of a seated audience. Behind her, there are some clothes hanging on a short clothes rack. In the background, there is a large castor wheel at the base of a metal leg, (which forms part of an unidentified item). Behind her, on one side of the audience, there are various other unidentifiable objects beyond an open concertina door.rheumatism and arthritis association of victoria, raav, living with arthritis, aids to daily living, art and craft, exhibition, fundraising, fashion parade, ina roberts, news review, 1978

On Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th of May, 1978, an art and craft exhibition was held as a fundraising event in support of the Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria (RAAV). Titled, "Living with Arthritis - Aids to Daily Living", the exhibition was held at St Andrew's Parish Hall in Brighton. A second "Living with Arthritis" exhibition was held two months later in Footscray. Henceforth, the respective events were commonly referred to as "the Brighton exhibition" and "the Footscray exhibition". A fashion parade and panel discussion were also held as part of the two-day event. On the Saturday, the fashion parade was hosted by special guest MC, Australian actor, Reg Gorman. Reg co-compered the fashion parade with RAAV member, Joan Watson. In this photo, a woman models a winter ensemble in front of a seated audience. She is wearing a matching twin set over a checked skirt, with a heavy woollen cardigan thrown over her shoulders.B&W photo of a woman walking on some wooden floorboards. She is modelling an outfit in front of a seated audience. Behind her, there are some clothes hanging on a short clothes rack. In the background, there is a large castor wheel at the base of a metal leg, (which forms part of an unidentified item). Behind her, on one side of the audience, there are various other unidentifiable objects beyond an open concertina door.[handwritten in light blue ink] Page 5 P [faint]rheumatism and arthritis association of victoria, raav, living with arthritis, aids to daily living, art and craft, exhibition, fundraising, fashion parade, news review, 1978