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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Wilton Wedding Dress, 1937
The wedding dress was worn by Amy Wilton for her marriage at St John's Presbyterian Church. Photograph (media attached) shows bride wearing the dress.This wedding dress is socially significant because of its historic connection with Warrnambool through local families that still reside in the city and contributes to the understanding of the era. It has artistic and aesthetic merit and is a good example of fashion, style and design of the era. (refer catalogue Gorgeous Garb, Buda, Castlemaine p2 and The Australian Aesthetic Wedding Dress 1822 to 2011, Bendigo Art Gallery, p 5,10,12,17)A magnolia silk velvet wedding dress worn by Amy Wilton for her marriage to Ronald Wade (born 30 September 1912) on 19 April 1937 at St John's Presbyterian Church, Spence Street, Warrnambool.wade, wilton, wedding dress, 1937 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Newsletter - Postcode 3280, Hotel Warrnambool Newsletter Autumn 2013, 2013 Autumn
Advertising. Warrnambool May carnival. History snippetsHistory of May Races and timeline 1847 to 2012. People playing at the hotel. Debate between lobster & crayfish. History of Tommy Corrigan - Jockey and his riding at the Carnival. History of Galleywood 1986 Grand Annual win. Other highlights in Warrnambool 3rd March to 12 MayHeavy paper, 4 pages historical and advertising material, A4 Bright blocks of colour with photographs and or text super size imposedwarrnambool may carnival, may races, tommy corrigan, grand annual, warrnambool hotel -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Print - Reproduction print, framed, Oswald L Brett, Barque James Craig 1874, 1974
Built in 1874 in Sunderland England she was employed carrying cargo around the world and rounded Cape Horn 23 times in 26 years. In 1900 she was acquired by Mr J J Craig, renamed James Craig in 1905 and began to operate between New Zealand and Australia until 1911. Unable to compete with freight cargo, in later years James Craig was used as a collier and later laid up, then used as a hulk, until eventually being abandoned at Recherche Bay in Tasmania. In 1932 she was sunk by fishermen who blasted a 3-metre hole in her stern. Restoration of James Craig began in 1972, when volunteers (now the Sydney Heritage Fleet) refloated her and towed her to Hobart for initial repairs. Brought back to Sydney under tow in 1981, her hull was placed on a submersible pontoon to allow work on the hull restoration to proceed. Over twenty-five years, the vessel was restored and relaunched in 1997. In 2001 restoration work was completed and she continues to go to sea.Mr Robeert Greenway A framed reproduction of a painting by Oswald L Brett on canvas paper of the Barque James Craig 1874 Barque James Craig 1874. Images of two flags; a red ensign and a ships flag 'Craig'; Oswald L Brett N.Y. 1978 james craig, windjammers, barque -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Memorabilia - Certificate and Medal, 16 January 1949
Royal Humane Society Certificates and Medals are not given lightly and these items have been treasured by the family since presentation in the 1940's. Donated to the Museum for safekeeping/display in July 2011Royal Humane Society certificate and medal presented to Thomas Warren - fisherman aged 43 from Queenscliff, in helping to rescue four men from drowning from the wreck of the yacht Merlan on the outer reef at Point Lonsdale on 16/01/1949Includes letters, telegrams of congratulationsroyal humane society of australasia, thomas warren, merlan, rescue -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
ANZAC Biscuit Tin - "Kokoda 1942"
ANZAC Biscuit Tin "Kokoda 1942"miscellaneous, 2012, general -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
ANZAC Biscuit Tin - "Tobruk 1941"
ANZAC Biscuit Tin "Tobruk 1941"miscellaneous, 2012, general -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Furniture - Sea Chest, c. 1850s
The Rogers Family lived in Truro (Cornwall), and John Rogers followed his brother to Australia in 1838, at the age of 17. He boarded the Florentia, bringing with him only this sea chest, and after arriving in Sydney John travelled to Victoria where he went to the goldfields. He married Sarah in 1862 when he was 46, and she was 28, and from 1866 to 1872 they lived on Churchill Island, building two cottages which stand to this day. This object is intrinsic to the history of Churchill Island Heritage Farm, as it was the only object that John Rogers - one of the first inhabitants of the Island - brought with him from the United Kingdom. The sea chest is demonstrative of his personal journey as well as a broader pattern of immigration and settlement that occurred throughout Australia in the early nineteenth century. John's travels from Sydney to Victoria, onto the goldfields, and then settling onto Churchill Island - claiming possession of it through 'squatter's rights' - is one that is fundamental to the understanding of the formation of the Island and the development of its modern identity. The chest is now part of the collection of the Churchill Island Heritage Farm and sits on the island’s first building; a cottage Rogers has built himself. It has been part of all Rogers life story and has stayed with the family, passed on to generations until Rogers’s great granddaughter, Helen Sykes, donated it to the museum in 2012. Wooden sea chest with hinged lid, possibly wood Baltic pine (Picea abies). Green paint stain on lidJOHN ROGERS/WANTED ON THE VOYAGEjohn rogers, sea chest, churchill island, immigration, furniture, cornwall, florentia, victoria -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Decoy
Nulka Active Decoy Missileweapon, 2012, ran -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Shells
2 x 105mm shells and projectiles in original wooden boxammunition, 2012, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Shirt
Shirt poly short Sleeve Commando WO2uniform, 2012, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Cloth badge Australian Flagbadge/buttons, 2012, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Cloth task force badge (Gulf War)badge/buttons, 2012, army -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, HarperPress, 3 Para, 2007
Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it. In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battlegroup was despatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.Index, ill, maps, p.289.non-fictionAfghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it. In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battlegroup was despatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.afghan war 2001-2012, great britain - parachute regiment -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Simon & Schuster, Horse soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan, 2009
This is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following 9/11 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to 1, they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif and thereby effectively defeat the Taliban throughout the rest of the country.Bib, ill, maps, p.393.non-fictionThis is the true, dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following 9/11 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to 1, they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif and thereby effectively defeat the Taliban throughout the rest of the country.afghan war 2001-2012, afghan war 2001-2021 - us participation -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, BBC Books et al, Once upon a time in Iraq, 2020
In war, there is no easy victory. When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. As we gain more distance from those events, it can be argued that many of the issues facing us today - the rise of the Islamic State, increased Islamic terrorism, intensified violence in the Middle East, mass migration, and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq.Index, ill, p.390.non-fictionIn war, there is no easy victory. When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. As we gain more distance from those events, it can be argued that many of the issues facing us today - the rise of the Islamic State, increased Islamic terrorism, intensified violence in the Middle East, mass migration, and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq.iraq war - personal recollections, iraq war 2003-2011 - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Penguin et al, The three trillion dollar war the true cost of the Iraq Conflict, 2009
Discusses about the true cost of the Iraq war - quite apart from its tragic human toll - which the Bush administration estimated at $50 billion. This book argues that this underestimates the real figure by approximately six times. It attempts to expose the gigantic expenses which have not been officially accounted for. Stiglitz and Bilmes write in simple language, which makes the details they present, and the sums they add up, all the more disturbing.Index, notes, p.357.non-fictionDiscusses about the true cost of the Iraq war - quite apart from its tragic human toll - which the Bush administration estimated at $50 billion. This book argues that this underestimates the real figure by approximately six times. It attempts to expose the gigantic expenses which have not been officially accounted for. Stiglitz and Bilmes write in simple language, which makes the details they present, and the sums they add up, all the more disturbing.iraq war 2003-2011 - economic aspects, iraq war 2003-2011 - finance -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Scribe, The mess They made: The Middle East after Iraq, 2013
As Iraq descends ever closer to civil war, no one doubts that George W. Bush's Iraq strategy has been an abysmal failure -- just as Gwynne Dyer argued it would be in both Ignorant Armies and Future: Tense. The question now is what will happen not just in Iraq but in the whole Middle East region once American troops are withdrawn. In The Mess They Made, Dyer predicts that the Middle East will go through the biggest shake up since the region was conquered and folded into the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago. In his trademark vivid prose, and in arguments as clear as his research is thorough, Dyer brings his considerable knowledge and understanding of the region to bear on the issue of how widespread the meltdown in the Middle East will likely be. In five chapters, Dyer points the way from present policies and events to likely future developments in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and in the various other countries of the region, not least of which is nuclear-armed Israel. Argues that the Middle East is about to change fundamentally and everything is now up for grabs: regimes, ethinic pecking orders within states, even national borders themselves are liable to change without notice. Five years from now there could be an Islamic Republic of Arabia, an independent Kurdistan, a Muslim cold war, and more.p.295.non-fictionAs Iraq descends ever closer to civil war, no one doubts that George W. Bush's Iraq strategy has been an abysmal failure -- just as Gwynne Dyer argued it would be in both Ignorant Armies and Future: Tense. The question now is what will happen not just in Iraq but in the whole Middle East region once American troops are withdrawn. In The Mess They Made, Dyer predicts that the Middle East will go through the biggest shake up since the region was conquered and folded into the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago. In his trademark vivid prose, and in arguments as clear as his research is thorough, Dyer brings his considerable knowledge and understanding of the region to bear on the issue of how widespread the meltdown in the Middle East will likely be. In five chapters, Dyer points the way from present policies and events to likely future developments in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and in the various other countries of the region, not least of which is nuclear-armed Israel. Argues that the Middle East is about to change fundamentally and everything is now up for grabs: regimes, ethinic pecking orders within states, even national borders themselves are liable to change without notice. Five years from now there could be an Islamic Republic of Arabia, an independent Kurdistan, a Muslim cold war, and more. iraq war 2003-2011 - history, middle east - international relations -
Essendon Football Club
Membership ticket, circa 1891
History of object is unknown. Member's name is not recorded on the ticket.Ticket dates from the club's first premiership year:1891. Club subsequently won another three consecutive premierships, becoming still the only VFA club to do so. Ticket is one of a run of tickets from 1880 to 2012 (complete except for 1915 and 1916 when the club withdrew from competition and 1899 and 1900 which are missing from the set).Rectangular card covered in black leather with fold in middle and small punched hole lined with metal intop right corner. Card has gold embossed border and two diagonal lines running top left to bottom right filled with red with 'ESSENDON' in capital letters. Date '1891' embossed in gold in top right and 'F.C'. embossed in gold on bottom left. Some wear on right hand edge. Reverse of card is the same as the front. Inside reads: Essendon Football Club/ SEASON 1891/MEMBER'S TICKET/. Numbers: 769 is printed in large type to the left of SEASON 1891. Left side is printed with names of club administrators and righ side is printed with words: FIRST TWENTY and SECOND TWENTY.essendon football club, 1891, premiership, ticket, vfa, victorian football association -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Lancet Horse Flem
This item was the property of Mr Robert Cornall of Kardella.He was one of the first selectors in the are and the name of his property "Fleetwood" which he took possession of in 1882. He grew potatoes as his main income and was the first farmer to use fertiliser to increase his crops quantity.he died in 1924 and is buried in teh Korumburra cementary. This item is engraved with his name and name of his property. The was sold by Sears and Roebuck and is seen in teh 1902 catalogue. Made of brass and steela nd manufactured by Joseph Rodgers and sons . The item is called a lancet but is also known as Horse Flem and was used for bleeding horses to remove bad blood. This object is of historic and scientific importance as it was used by a local potato farmer, Robert Cornall of Kardella as a bleeding tool for his horses.When purchased this item would not have been engraved.This item is engraved with the name Robert Cornell 1886 and reverse Fleetwood Gippsland Korumburra. Fleetwood was the name of his property which he settled in 1882.Bleeding of horses during this period was a way of removing bad blood and this process is still used today.This shows a clear link from the 1880's of a vetinary procedure to 2012 where this process is still used by Vetinary surgeons. lancet -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
Coloured photograph of the official opening of the Warehouse Clunes, Showing residents and dignitaries seated and standing in and around Collins Place Rotunda. For the opening of the Warehouse and the new musuem On Reverse: Opeing warehouse (20)the warehouse clunes, clunes museum, 2012 -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Preux Chevalier
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Preux Chevalier raced from 1982 (3yo) through to 1986 (7yo). Australian Harness Horse of the Year in 1985. Australian Grand Circuit Champion in 1985. Victorian Horse of the Year in 1985. Leading Australian Pacing Stakes Winner in 1985 (All Ages). Inducted into the Western Australia Harness Horse Hall of Fame in 2012. Had Winning Streaks of 13, 9, 8 and 6 wins. Career: 41 wins 7 seconds 3 thirds 56 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, preux chevalier, bj perkins, barry perkins, r pollock, bob pollock -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Minuteman
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Minuteman raced from 1962 (2yo) through to 1970 (10yo). Inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2011. Career: 30 wins 12 seconds 6 thirds 74 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, minuteman, eric hurley, er hurley -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Golden Reign
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Golden Reign raced from 1992 (2yo) through to 1998 (8yo). Inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2011. Australian Harness Horse of the Year 1995. Australian Grand Circuit Champion in 1995. Victorian Horse of the Year 1995. Leading Australian Pacing Stakes Winner in 1992 (2yo), 1993 (3yo), 1995 (All Ages). Had a Winning Streak of 6 wins. Career: 28 wins 14 seconds 6 thirds 62 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, golden reign, chris alford, ca alford, c alford -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Avian Derby
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Avian Derby raced from 1949 (4yo) through to 1956 (11yo). Inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2011. Ran the First 2.00.0 Mile in Australia going 2.00.0TT on 16 Apr 1952. Had Winning Streaks of 12, 7 and 6 wins. Career: 32 wins 4 seconds 2 thirds 53 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, avian derby, gd wilson, darkie wilson, dave wilson, sw bray, s bray, syl bray -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Classic Garry
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Classic Garry raced from 1981 (2yo) through to 1983 then raced in US from 1983 until 1985 (6yo). Inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2012. Ran First 1.55.0 Mile in Australia of 1.54.9TT on 11 Mar 1983. Career: 20 wins 6 seconds 1 third 51 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, classic garry, fr kersley, fred kersley, or sweetman, ray sweetman -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Reichman
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Reichman raced from 1968 (3yo) through to 1976 (11yo). Inducted into the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2012. Career: 52 wins 26 seconds 15 thirds 156 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, reichman, rex hocking, rk hocking -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Document - Record, Harness Horse, Binshaw
Stephen Spark compiled horses performance records starting in 1983 on his typewriter. Binshaw raced from 1965 (3yo) through to 1976 (14yo). Leading Australian Pacing Stakes Winner in 1967 (All Ages). Inducted into the Western Australia Harness Horse Hall of Fame in 2012. Career: 25 wins 18 seconds 6 thirds 100 starts.Typed document in black and red ink.harness racing, australasian harness racing, horse career, performance records, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, binshaw, pc coulson, phil coulson, fr kersley, fred kersley, p coulson, r sweetman, ray sweetman -
Parks Victoria - Mount Buffalo Chalet
Billiard table
The Billiard Room and South wing were completed in 1914, built by recommendation of the Lesee John Newton and the Government Tourist Officer and Supervising officer of the Government Chalet, James Boyce... "Boyce was present at the Chalet on 14 March to witness the completion of the new wing's foundations ...when he returned in June he found the wing approaching completion and that '... the billiard table was expected to reach the Chalet during the week'. The table possibly came second-hand from the Oriental Hotel, Bright. When visiting in March, Boyce had heard from a Mr Tewksbury 'that he is disposing of those at the Oriental Hotel so that if the Public Works Department is going to provide the table for the Chalet it might be possible to pick one up cheap from the Hotel'. It's reasonable that the Chalet did acquire one of the second-hand tables in 1914 and, and changed over to a new model in the 1930s. Three billiard tables remain in the Chalet Billiard Room today; one full sized table and two smaller tables, one perhaps a pool table. The full-sized table was made by the well-known billiard table manufacturers Alcock, Thomson & Taylor, who adopted this name when they merged their billiard businesses in January 1930. Henry Upton Alcock had initially established the business in Fitzroy in the mid-1850's and the table at the Chalet resembles the 'Squatter's Favourite' model that Alcock first produced in the nineteenth century from Australian timbers. this style of table was installed in Melbourne's Parliament buildings, several prestigious clubs as well as hotels and houses."(Pg 13-14. Historica)Listed in Appendix A.1 Furnishings. - Billiard Room. Draft Inventory of significant Collection Items. (Pg 162 Historica, 2011)1. Full size billiard table made of dark wood with eight turned legs. Green blaize covered table surface. 2.Wooden triangle to enclose balls. 3.balls(16) .4 Wooden backed bristle brush with VR stamp. 5. Billiard scorer with Alcock & Taylor, Pty, Ltd. 6. framed billiard rules. 7. Pool balls & cue rest. .8Plus 1x revised rules of pool framed behind glass.(stored in area 23) 1 x original cue rest.Alcock, Thomson & Taylor. -
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Photograph - Brig. Pearson, c2010
Photograph is of high historical significance given Brig. Pearson's achievements in the Vietnam War.Brig. Pearson was a significant Australian figure in the Vietnam War: Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, AO, DSO, OBE, MC (24 August 1918 – 7 November 2012) was an Australian Army officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the Vietnam War, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.In portrait orientation; framed black and white photo of head and shoulders of soldier in uniformNilvietnam, vietnam war, diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch -
Carlton Football Club
Hand Held Bell, Hand Held Bell with a small inscription on the inside
The bell was used for Trade Week to signify "time's up" at Optus Oval. Prior to this it was used to let Alan Espie's children on their Wandin property to come home.Why Al chimes in for Carlton Tony De Bolfo, Carlton Media Feb 20, 2014 11:05AM Alan Espie with the famous bell. (Photo: Carlton Football Club) Alan Espie with the famous bell. (Photo: Carlton Football Club) Related Etched into the rim of the bell Alan Espie has rung at every trade week gathering since 1994 is a touching quote attributed to his grandson. Dear Pa, May you always ring true blue, Love Harry Just thinking about that inscription often brings big Al to tears. The story of the Espie bell has its origins at the old family property at Wandin in the picturesque Yarra Valley, in the days when the Espies’ kids were at the neighboring creek fossicking for local platypus. “If they got too far away we’d ring an old cowbell,” Espie recalled, “and years later, my daughter Jo brought me this replacement bell from some second-hand naval place”. “Not long after Shane (O’Sullivan) asked me to officiate at trade week and that’s when the bell came into vogue.” A permanent fixture at trade week, Espie would ring the bell to signal the opening of trading when club recruiters gathered – initially within the confines of the Carlton Heroes Stand at Visy Park, more recently at Etihad Stadium. In those early days at Carlton he caused a stir as bell ringer, drawing curious responses from officiating journalists, recruiters and coaches alike. “I even remember (Kevin) Sheedy asking me if I was selling muffins,” he recalled. Then, when trade day was relocated to Etihad, Espie’s daughter thought it appropriate to get the bell inscribed. “Because the bell was leaving Carlton, Jo got it inscribed on my grandson’s behalf, because he was only four or five then. When I saw what was inscribed I was tearful,” Espie said. “The bell is very important to me, particularly at this time, because Jo is battling health problems at the moment, my grandson is autistic and she’s fought like hell to get him through.” Espie joined Carlton’s Under 19 committee on the eve of the senior Premiership season of 1979 and managed the club’s junior squads, the Bert Deacon Squad included. “I worked very closely with Geoff Southby, ‘Swan’ McKay and Trevor Keogh when they were coaching the Under 19s and I was recruiting as well,” he said. “In 1981 and ’82 I forward scouted for ‘Parko’ (David Parkin) and later on I did the same for ‘Wallsy’ (Robert Walls). After that I coordinated recruiting in central Victoria and it was nothing for me to do 25,000ks a year in my own car – and I loved every minute of it.” Espie’s passion for Carlton and empathy for its wartime players Bert Deacon, Ollie Grieve and Jack “Chooka” Howell can be sourced to his childhood years. His grandparents lived not far from the old ground on Wilson Street “and that’s how I got in for the ’45 Grand Final”. “My uncle, who had just got back from the war, grabbed a ladder from Wilson Street and set it up against the barbed wire fence at the ground. I climbed the ladder and caught my arm on the barbed wire, but I got over the top and saw the game while I straddled the fence,” Espie said. “What I saw was what you would today call ‘spotfires’ and I reckon it took football 20 years to get rid of it.” Today, Espie continues to ring in the yearly trade talk days at AFL headquarters (with the notable exception of 2012 when he was hospitalized), but he’s in no doubt as to where the bell belongs. “This bell has had nothing to do with Wandin but everything to do with Carlton - and with the 150th year of the club I think the bell stays here (at Visy Park). I still hope to ring the bell for the AFL this year, but at least I’ll know where it is,” Espie said. “I’ve told Jo about this and she tells me Harry’s rapt, because he’s a big Carlton supporter and he’s so happy his name is on the bell.”Wooden handle attached to a brass bell."Dear Pa, may you always ring true blue, Love Harry"