Promotional flyer for Carols By Candlelight event held in Tarnagulla in 1991.

Collector's note: "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from. Paperback book, white with title - 'Onkaparinga' in red writing on front coverOnkaparinga - The Story of a Mill/Carol Brockhoffblanket, blanket fever, onkaparinga, woollen mill, lobethal

Programme for Canterbury Carols held in Canterbury Gardens Sunday, 18 December 1960canterbury, canterbury gardens, canterbury road, camberwell lions club, banks> norman> m.b.e., mccormack> bill, barton> jane, chapman> ray, canterbury salvation army band, schildberger> herman> dr., camberwell and brighton philharmonic societies

Full set of parts for Brass Band with Full Scorenon-fictionBrass Band Arrangement for Traditional English Christmas Carol "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"christmas, carols

PROGRAMME FOR CLUNES CAROLS BY CANDLIGHT HELD AT CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL ON 19 DECEMBER 2007local history, documents, programmes, schools 1552.

Program, 6 pages, of Christmas Carols presented at Carols by Candlelight in Rosalind Park, 1952. On cover: Carols by Candlelight, Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Christmas Eve, Nineteen Fifty Two. Souvenir Program 2/-. Music arranged by the Bendigo and Eaglehawk Methodist Youth Fellowship Musical director, Mr Cyril Warne, Pianiste Mrs House and Mr. Fred Trewarne, Compere Rev. R. Philp. Could not be found 30/08/2023bendigo, entertainment, carols by candlelight

AGM was held at the Port Melbourne Bowling Club, and because former Town Clerk David GRAHAM spoke some former PMCC emplyees came along. 54 people were present. Ann SMALLPAGE took the photosFrom a set of colour photos taken at the 2007 Annual General Meeting Beris CAMPBELL and Carol MAYELLFilm number on back in inkport melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, carol mayell, beris campbell, societies clubs unions and other organisations

'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, blue soft cloth cover, black print and decoration, edited by W.H.D. Rouse.A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man

Trevor Wardrope was a National Serviceman who served as a Lance-Corporal in 110 Signals Corps, 1970 - 1971.Booklet - Christmas Greetings. Carols by candlelight at Luscombe Bowl, Nui Dat, 1970 for the 1st Aust. Task Force.1st Australian Task Force, Nui Dat, 1970vietnam war, christmas, trevor john wardrope, wardrope, signals corps

Colour photograph of Shirley Hancock, Frank Mitchelson and Franks daughters Joy Seevers and Carol Hobson Lakes Entrance Victoriasettlers, postal services, genealogy

Also two colour photographs taken at same event one showing RSL Pipe Band performing 04787.1 and .2 10 x 15 cmColour photograph showing crowd getting ready for Lion's Carols by Candlelight. In background is Cunninghame Arm Footbridge, Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy