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Hair Today, Gone tomorrow.

29/10/2015

Doopa and Steve who delivered our history chair.

Reno Lia and one of his many happy customers.

Our first hair raising history night to launch of our new History Chair will be the celebration of Shepparton's hairdressers and barbers. We figured that since our history chair is actually a barber's variety from Reno Lia Hairdressing (ex Roy Birkensleigh's actually) that our first topic should be about their trade. I am sure it will be a very interesting night.
If we get enough interest we will put up an event for you to book your place. We can only seat 20 and if we get more than that we could do some other nights.
We have a few people in mind and we anticipate 3 speakers who will show photos, tell stories and show some of their tools of trade. The session will go for 75 minutes, most likely 7 - 8.15pm on a Thursday night and cost $12.
please click LIKE if it is a good idea and comment if you would like to book a place. Please share with those who you think may be interested and those who are in the trade.

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Shepparton Lake - Men of Vision

27/10/2015

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Men of vision forged the early beginnings of our wonderful city and made it what it is today. We only have traces of our heritage left, which is a shame, as so many buildings and places have been discarded over the years.
One that remains, even though it has been redeveloped, is our Lake Victoria. A wonderful icon that is well used by the community.
It would not have been here if not for men of vision and resolve to make it a reality. Here are a couple of excerpts from WS James fine book, History of Shepparton 1838- 1938.
"Cr. Pick has always taken a keen interest in the lake project and played a very important part (long before the Borough came into being) in the development of same."
"Practically nothing was done in continuing the work of the pioneers in town beautification until 15 years ago, when Mr. C. Palling was elected to the Shire Council. He made it a platform matter during the election fight to develop a swamp at the south-west of the town into a lake. His opponents belittled it. Unfortunately, Cr. Palling received no support from the council for his scheme, and it was dropped until six years ago when a Progress Association advanced the matter. The Borough Council then took it in hand."
We need men and women of vision these days to prepare Shepparton for the future by preserving and recording our important heritage and creating buildings and places that reflect where we have come from and to meet the needs of a new age.

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Hairdressing display in our Gallery

24/10/2015

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Gary Eden - his mum, Ruth Eden, worked at Hugh Loader's as a hairdresser.

It is becoming very common in the Gallery to put something on display and then find it brings back many memories and people are reminded of something similar they have in the shed or the top of a cupboard.
This occurred with an old perming machine that was loaned to us by a 71 year old hairdresser who worked at Hugh Loader's Hairdressing Salon in Maude St, now Richard's Hairdressing. We put it on display and people started bringing in more items like this Eugene Cool Air Hair Dryer from David O'Brien.

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GMV 6, our own locally produced TV station

24/10/2015

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GMV 6 film crew on location at the river.

GMV 6 began broadcasting in Shepparton in 1961. Many would remember the locally produced shows and the cameramen were very busy around the district getting local content for the daily news.

See the GMV 6 display at the Lost Shepparton Gallery/Shop December 2015.

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Welsford St - Two Story Houses

24/10/2015

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It wasn't too long ago that we had quite a few 2 story houses in Welsford street that have been systematically demolished to make way for businesses and shops. This house was located at 144 Welsford St and photo taken in 1990.
(Bronwyn McPharlane/Eddy Collection)

Google Maps now shows that this site is where the Commonwealth bank Business Centre and Spire are now located. Not far from High St and the Shepparton Heritage Museum.

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Shepparton 1959 - Heart of Victoria Booklet

22/10/2015

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You can see from this photo that Shepparton has grown considerably since 1959. We have this 20 page booklet available as a downloadable pdf here.

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My Shepparton Volume 2 Cover

22/10/2015

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Thanks to the Treacy Family of Mooroopna for their wonderful photo of the Raymond West Swimming Pool in all its glory. We hope you like our new cover design for the new My Shepparton Volume 2 book which we hope will be available early December.
This new edition will have 200+ photos (with many rarely seen) and some great photos of our old pool which many people miss dearly. They miss the large expanse of water. The large diving tower and Buddha's exploits of riding off it on his bike. Were you there that day?
They miss being able to enter the pool free of charge as there was no fence and they did so all times of the day and night.
They don't miss some of the things that floated in the water and it wasn't as clear as it is today. Possibly a result of the fruit pickers and visitors who used it to wash themselves down after a hot and sweaty day in the orchard.
All said and done it was a great attraction for visitors and locals alike.

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Lost Shepparton and Shepparton 50s, 60s & 70s merge

22/10/2015

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A slight change to the logo but a big addition to our Facebook page is the merging of Lost Shepparton and Shepparton 50s, 60s and 70s. Nearly 3 years ago I started this page and not long after I found Margaret's page and contacted her about working together to promote our history. It is wonderful that we can now work together more closely on Facebook and continue our joint projects like our My Shepparton books. Thanks Margaret Marlow and looking forward to working with you to foster the importance of our history and heritage with the local community. #Geoff

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