History Week Events with Author Pam McGlinn

Join us for History Council of NSW celebrations for History Week when we host Writing A Distant Dream – Pioneering Saga: Author Talk by Pamela J McGlinn. Pam loves family history and has written three novels incorporating facts from her family research. Pam will talk about writing her family history, pioneers of Spring Hill, and events that shaped a family's destiny. Pam is a direct descendant of the Warburton and Seaton families, well known faces from the past in the Blayney, Spring Hill and Orange communities. You are invited to come along and meet Pam at Blayney Library, Adelaide Street, Blayney on Thursday 9 September from 11.30am – 12.30pm - please RSVP to 6368 2581 or Orange City Library, Byng Street, Orange on Thursday 9 September at 5.30pm for 6pm – 7pm and please RSVP to 6393 8132. We're there!

If you wish to learn more about the history of the Cherry Blossom Festival and the Apple Country Fair that followed, then come along to the Orange and District Historical Society's next meeting to be held at the Gladstone Hotel, Orange, Wednesday 27 January at 7pm for 7.30pm. For some time the Society has been researching this fascinating festival history and is busy compiling a list of Cherry Blossom Queens. The evening includes supper and cost is $5 for non-members and $3 for members. Please RSVP to Phil Stevenson on 0402 412 188 to attend. Pictured is 1959 Cherry Blossom Queen Miss Marlene Sands.


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