More about the Shepparton local currency after this intro... We get so many interesting Shepparton items in the shop and today Dan (not his real name as his 1/2 sovereign coins are 92% gold) brought in a half-sovereign note which had the Goulburn Weir on the reverse. It is worth about $1,000. What is fascinating is that a Goulburn Valley place features on one of our Commonwealth notes. For some reason they chose the Weir at Nagambie. About 10 years ago I launched KidsTown money which was a souvenir but could be used to purchase items at the Kiosk. It was very popular with kids and families. Great designs by local cartoonist, Glen Hall. Since that time I have been researching local currencies around the world and the Salt Springs Island model was the one that impressed me the most. Read more here. The Salt Springs Island dollars have been around since 2001 and are not only collected as souvenirs (I bought some) but can be used legally (as they are not legal tender) to purchase items from nearly all the local businesses and even cashed in at the banks. This December we will be launching a Shepparton local currency that will start as a souvenir and hopefully will be accepted as local currency by as many businesses as possible. We have the support of an iconic local business and each note will feature Shepparton landmarks. The notes are in the final stages of design and we are nearly ready to go to print. Very exciting. More details to follow. |
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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.
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. 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. 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.
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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