Historical information

Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.

Physical description

Seven page booklet. On front cover: 'Laughable Dialogues. For School and Public Entertainments, social gatherings &c, &c., free from objectionable language and incident, No. 17, The Haunted Room, by S. Knowles'. A comic play, the script deals with the issues that emerge when an older man woos a much younger woman. A poem at the end of the script states:
When Winter would with Springtime mate,
'Tis sure to breed contempt and hate,
For youth and age can ne'er agree,
When joined in loveless matrimony,
An old man lacks e'en common sense,
Who weds a maid on false pretense'
and etc.
Baggaley Collection

Inscriptions & markings

On left hand side of front cover 'Arthur Baggaley' in blue pen.