Syd Cuffe was the Portland Town Crier from 1983 to 2013. The role of Town Crier was created for Syd Cuffe in 1983 in the lead up to Portland’s 150th anniversary celebrations held in 1984-85. 200 items from Mr. Cuffe’s estate were donated to the Glenelg Shire Cultural Collection. The items relate to his town crying activities and community work across the Shire and further afield.Town crier's bell, brass with wooden handle, brass clappertown crier, portland town crier, syd cuffe, town crying bell

a) Wooden jigsaw puzzle titled 'Old England'. Image of cottage garden, lady in chair, knitting. b) Cardboard box containing a). Red sides, same image as jigsaw on front of box

Rubber stamp 'PORTLAND SOCIAL AMUSEMENT CLUB Established 1897' Wooden handle

Torch powered compass in wooden box. Bottom section cylindrical for holding batteries. Compass housing on top, wider, clear glass top compass visible inside. Small prism attached to side of compass housing. Box square, hinged lid, metal catch, inside shaped to hold torch. Identifying numbers 6663a, b Measures 21.5cm x Diameter top: 10cm x Bottom: 4cm

Handmade wooden fishing float, painted white top section, blue bottom section. Coiled wire loop at junction of white and blue sections. Fine wire wrapped around bottom of blue section, ending in loop wire wrapped section painted white.

Handmade wooden fishing float, painted white top section, blue bottom section. Coiled wire loop at junction of white and blue sections. Fine wire wrapped around bottom of blue section, ending in loop wire wrapped section painted white.

Handmade wooden fishing float. Top narrow section painted yellow with black bands, middle wider section brown, bottom narrow section dark green. Fine wire wound around bottom tip. Measures Diameter 0.8 cm

Handmade wooden float, middle section painted white, top and bottom red. Hole drilled through both red sections. Narrow plastic collar around mid-point of float.Front: '40c' in black texta

Fish scaler, wooden handle, metal serrated loop attached to handle

Displayed in History House.Wooden slab, painted white, carved inscription on face. Encased in wooden case with glass front.Front: LAT. 38. 21.34 S/Long. 141.41E/Var 5.30E (front, incised) Back: (from previous worksheet) Remains of Sheoak Stump from Allot 5 St Portland with lat de and long de cut in by Govt. Surveyor in the year 1840/T.W. 21-4-1900 (black print)

a. Small tin trunk with lid, painted brown outside, blue inside; handle each end, key hole. b. Small iron key, attached to wooden tag with cloth tape. Tag has 'Tin Box' painted on it in black.container, trunk, k s anderson

Wooden toy. Woman with knife, chasing a duck. Figures attached to wooden basechildrens history, toy, mechanical

Betty Vivian's maternal grandfather was a gold miner at Majorca, near Maryborough Vic and the scales belonged to himBrass scales for gold, in wooden box, with brass weights and gold ready-reckoner bookletgold mining, scales, gold rush

Skipping rope, wooden handles, leather wrapped around section of rope that would hit the ground when skippingskipping rope, rope, toy, childhood

Two fishing rods: a)Bottom section of cane fishing rod b) Middle and bottom section of wooden fishing rod, metal collar for joiningfishing, rods, recreation, sport

a) Wooden rounders bat, shaped like miniature cricket bat, handle bound with string b) cricket ballrounders, sport, recreation

Wooden horse and cart, painted red, slat sides, metal axle, moveable wheels, attached to horse by metal rods. Horse originally covered with paper painted with horse's features and accoutrements. Most of the paper is missing. Horse has metal legs, which can be moved manually, leather reinstoy, childhood, mechianical toy

Similar to 7572 a, b and 7514. Painted wooden 'pencil' fishing float. Top section orange with orange disc on end, then narrow white band, the rest, including central barrel-shaped section is black. Two metal loops for passing fishing line through - one at bottom end of float, the other just above barrel-shaped section. Piece of lead wrapped around bottom section of float, just above metal loop.

Folding wooden coat haanger, brass hinge and clip, with bristle brushes on ends. PIece of cord threadeD through each arm of coat hanger, joined in a loop for hanging.

Ruler, wooden, metric and imperial. 'With Compliments C.B.A. Bank' in red.ruler, stationery

Antique round wooden, 'doughnut' shaped hand caster fishing reel

Lacquered wooden shoe horn in the shape of a leg and footclothing, shoe care, shoes, domestic object, personal care

Four various sized cork floats, egg shaped wooden 'pencil', rod through middle, protruding both ends. Top section painted white, bottom green, the two sections separated by a red line Identification numbers 7570a-d

Horse whip, complete, octagonal shaped wooden handle, plaited leather whip

Painted wooden 'pencil' fishing float. Top section orange, the rest green. Has barrel-shaped section adjoining orange section and a smaller one near the bottom end of float.