In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels

Four page quotation including cloth sample swatches and two illustrations, for supply of new or reconditioned billiard table to Mr. J HARRISON of Port Melbourne Bowling Club 28 July 1939sport - billiards, sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, alcock thomson & taylor, j harrison

Quotation for wrought iron window grilles for Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 1939sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, sydney sims anderson

Drawing accompanying quotation for wrought iron window grills for Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 1939sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, sydney sims anderson

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Sandridge Life Saving Clubsport - swimming, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, sandridge life saving club

Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Life Saving Club 1999sport - swimming, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, port melbourne life saving club

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Sandridge Trugo and Senior Citizens' Clubsport - trugo, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, sandridge trugo club

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Bowling Clubsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, port melbourne bowling club

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Bowling Clubsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, port melbourne bowling club

Invitation and annual report for Annual General Meeting of South Port Day Links 1999societies clubs unions and other organisations, south port day links, pet links

Lasercopy from snapshot taken at South Port Lifesaving Club 1940s (poor quality; dense): portrait of member playing Monopoly inside clubhousesocieties clubs unions and other organisations, sport - swimming, south port lifesaving club

Lasercopy from snapshot taken at South Port Lifesaving Club 1940s (poor quality; dense): two members sitting on the seawall outside the clubhouse, having a smokesocieties clubs unions and other organisations, sport - swimming, south port lifesaving club

Lasercopy from snapshot taken at South Port Lifesaving Club 1940s (poor quality; dense): two girls sitting on the seawall outside the clubhousesocieties clubs unions and other organisations, sport - swimming, south port lifesaving club

Lasercopy from snapshot taken at South Port Lifesaving Club 1940s (poor quality; dense): two young male and female swimmers sitting on Lagoon Piersocieties clubs unions and other organisations, sport - swimming, south port lifesaving club

Lasercopy from snapshot taken at South Port Lifesaving Club 1940s (poor quality; dense): two girls on the verandah of the clubhousesocieties clubs unions and other organisations, sport - swimming, south port lifesaving club

We were asked to prepare a historical display for the day so Lois Daley set up a sales stall to go with it.Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society stall and historical display at April 5 1998 Community Day, Gasworks Park: Lois Daley and friendcelebrations fetes and exhibitions, societies clubs unions and other organisations, lois daley, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

We were asked to prepare a historical display for the day so Lois Daley set up a sales stall to go with it.Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society stall and historical display at April 5 1998 Community Day, Gasworks Park: the displaycelebrations fetes and exhibitions, societies clubs unions and other organisations, lois daley, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps

Quotation for refurbishing billiard tables at Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 1939sport - billiards, societies clubs unions and other organisations, sport - lawn bowls, port melbourne bowling club, alcock thomson & taylor, sydney sims anderson

Quotation for installation of alarm at Port Melbourne Bowling Club 1939sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, sydney sims anderson

Port Melbourne Bowling Club letterhead from 1930s (blank, 15 copies). blue-linedsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, sydney sims anderson

Colour photo of Miss Erica Wilson (c90 years of age) playng the piano at a Port Melbourne Neighbourhood House Christmas function c1992arts and entertainment - music, immigration, societies clubs unions and other organisations, erica wilson

Stickers for the Australian Bowling championships Dec 26th 1939 - Jan 6th 1940, found in the Port Melbourne Bowling Club minutes for the periodsport - lawn bowls, port melbourne bowling club, societies clubs unions and other organisations

Letter from Mr PEDDIE? on a Swallow & Ariell letterhead, to the Port Melbourne Bowling Club, Jan. 1939sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, swallow & ariell ltd, peddie ?

Letter from John BARNES to the Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 3.12.1938sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, john barnes, jim harrison

Photocopy photo of volunteers at rooms of Port Melbourne Historical Society, 2002societies clubs unions and other organisations, glen stuart, terry keenan, robyn clinch, loretta milazzo manger, glen cosham, david thompson, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps