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Kookaburra Cinema 17.01.2024

After the storm that went through the hills on Tuesday  the 15th of January, the Kookaburra Cinema was damaged so much so that our screening of ” I Could Go

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CLASSICS OF THE SILVER SCREEN

CLASSICS OF THE SILVER SCREEN Pictures In Motion will be holding fund raising movie screenings at Kookaburra Outdoor Cinema, Allen Road Mundaring during the summer. The movies screened will be

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CLASSICS OF THE SILVER SCREEN

Latest news from PIM An important date to remember is Saturday 17th June, for the screening of ‘THE SEA WOLVES’ at the RSL Hall, Fred Bell Parade, East Victoria Park. The

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CLASSICS OF THE SILVER SCREEN

The last Classics of the Silver Screen presentation was held at the Cygnet Theatre in late 2021 prior to the introduction of COVID restrictions. Pictures in Motion is holding a

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Darcy Farrell

Tribute to Darcy Farrell  (Thank you to Ken McKay) Perth’s first television News Director Darcy Farrell explains the origins of the TV News Room in Perth, following it through the

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John Harper-Nelson 1922-2022

HARPER-NELSON, JOHN John Harper-Nelson began his career with the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) shortly after his arrival in Perth in 1962 and has since worked as an ABC announcer on

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The Collection at Pictures in Motion

Recently Catalogued While every object in our extensive collection has a story behind it and many objects are of great significance to cinema or television in Western Australia there are

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WHO WAS LESLIE EDWARD WALDRON?

Written by  John Fuhrmann (April 2011) Imagine yourself as a Perth resident in 1928. Just before Al Jolson sang his famous Mammy and inaugurated the talkie film era at Sir

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Keith Rutherford interview on 720

  ABC Radio’s Sam Carmody spoke to Keith Rutherford, the Film Librarian at the Pictures in Motion Film and Television Museum, located at the Sunset Heritage Precinct in Dalkeith, Western

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Barrie King

 The Quiet Achiever. Collector and Film Historian Click here to read ‘Barrie King: The Quiet Achiever’ by Ian Stimson Barrie King 1 Barrie King 2

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Victoria Park Cinemas

Victoria Park is the eastern gateway to the City of Perth where three arterial roads: Albany Highway, Canning Highway, Great Eastern Highway, and the Causeway Bridge meet. Settlement started in

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Film and Television Museum

Since its inception in 2004, our film and television museum group has been busy celebrating important historical milestones.2006 was the 50th anniversary of television in Australia, which was celebrated with

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Members in Action

Thanks to Richard Ashton, the original and full version of “Members in Action”, made in 2007 has been located and is now uploaded to YouTube.“Pictures in Motion – Museum of

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Eulogy to Max Bostock by Harvey Deegan

Eulogy to Max Bostock (1927-2018) by Harvey DeeganOne man at TVW Channel 7 in Perth was pivotal to many big television productions from Western Australia.  Particularly their origins and success.*

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Bauer Projectors

Ravindra Bhalerao writes “I have just been on the museum site of the AMMPT and was delighted to find a society devoted to the history and technology of the motion

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Tom Hall

History of the Tom Hall “Eclair” 16mm Camera   and  TVW 7 Pye Studio Camera “Tube”. Thank you to Quentin Hall for the donation to AMMPT and for providing the biography

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Anthony (Tony) G Evans

ANTHONY G EVANS (1931-2018) Born 6 July 1931 died 3 January 2018 aged 86, journalist and author Anthony (Tony) Evans worked as a writer, reporter, presenter and producer for ABC

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Roy Mudge and his own Princess Theatre

Retired projectionist Roy Mudge, has worked for 50 years in Perth, Fremantle, suburban and drive-in  Cinemas… including the Piccadilly, The Grand, Theatre Royal and The Ambassadors, after beginning as a

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TV 1959-2017

1959 – 2017 WA Television Timeline In many ways there has been a merging of the technologies as computers, the internet and digital technology reshapes the landscape. Younger generations no

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John K Watts 1937-2017

John was educated at Maylands State School along with another football legend Graham Farmer. Like John, his father was a policeman and great gag teller. At age 19 he followed

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Helen Jamieson

In 2013, we had the opportunity to record the reminiscences of former ABC veterans Keith Gerrans, Helen Jamieson and Michaella Collingwood.   Sadly, Helen Jamieson passed away on Boxing Day,

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Channel Nine’s New Home

Monday 19th September, 2016, is the first day of Channel Nine Perth’s operation from its new home at the top of St George’s Terrace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAiu0FqaZvE Preview YouTube video Highlights of

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Michael Shrimpton

  Michael Shrimpton, the man who created Countdown, has died after a battle with cancer. Shrimpton was Executive Producer of Countdown. Countdown ran from 1974 to 1987, launching the careers

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AMMPT Updates And News

Events & News Former Managing Director of TVW Enterprises, Kevin Campbell, has kindly gifted two artworks to the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television, Western Australia. The first is a

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Cremorne Theatre

https://picturesinmotion.com.au/cinema-history/NEW thank you to Ken McKay on updating the history of Cremorne Theatre Cremorne Theatre…. the second venue in Perth to show moving pictures. Often overlooked in the history of

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J Barrey Williams

  J Barrey Williams J Barrey Williams spent the first 20 years of his working life in the television industry, starting as a ‎‎“props boy” on the legendary eastern states

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Jan Vermazen

Tribute to Jan Vermazen and an era of Film Jan Vermazen Jan Vermazen was one of the original Channel Seven Perth employees, and a very important person during the film

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Barry Daniel

The sad passing of Barry Daniel Tribute to Barry Daniel and The World of Football The World of Football format started in WA when TVW News boss Darcy Farrell made

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About Cinema Web

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand

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Cinema Web: Agnew to Augusta

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Agnew to Augusta

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Cinema Web: Baker’s Hill to Byford

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Baker’s Hill to Byford

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Cinema Web: Cadoux to Currambine

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Cadoux to Currambine

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Cinema Web: Dalkeith to Dwellingup

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Dalkeith to Dwellingup

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Cinema Web: Esperance to Fremantle

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns Esperance to Fremantle

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Cinema Web: Gabbin to Gwelup

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Gabbin to Gwelup

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Cinema Web: Hall’s Creek to Joondalup

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Hall’s Creek to Joondalup

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Cinema Web: Kalamunda to Kwinana

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Kalamunda to Kwinana

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Cinema Web: Lake Grace to Leonora

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Lake Grace to Leonora

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Cinema Web: Maddington to Mundijong

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Maddington to Mundijong

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Cinema Web: Nabawa to Osborne Park

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Nabawa to Osborne Park

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Cinema Web: Palgarup to Port Hedland

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Palgarup to Port Hedland

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Cinema Web: Perth City

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the entire Perth city.

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Cinema Web: Quairading to Tuart Hill

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Quairading to Turat Hill

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Cinema Web: Useless Loop to Yuna

CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres, drive ins and cinemas throughout Western Australia. It was donated to AMMPT by Dr Ina Bertrand . This post covers the towns of Useless Loop to Yuna

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The End of TVW Seven

Thank you to Ken McKay, Andrew Bainbridge and the team at TV History for providing AMMPT with the following photos of the demolition of TVW Seven. AMMPT was able to to

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Princess Theatre

https://picturesinmotion.com.au/cinema-tv-museum/cinema-history-2/Princess Theatre.             Most of our original cinemas have disappeared in both Perth and Fremantle, though the building of one remains in the port city,

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Capitol Radio; Capital Events

This interview was first broadcast on Thursday April 2nd, 2015, on the Capital Radio 101.7 FM show called Capital Events presented by Dale James and Tony Howes.   More about

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Life and Work on the Other Side of Your TV Screen

Engineering TVW7 in the 1960s and 1970s http://watvhistory.com/2015/03/life-and-work-on-the-other-side-of-your-tv-screen/ The Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (AMMPT) not only conduct the Sunday morning Classic Movies at the Cygnet Cinema once

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ABC radio and TV Perth (1960-2005)

Former ABC Radio and TV Studios in Perth, Western Australia (1960-2005) The ABC in Perth managed for many years with substandard accommodation until purpose built facilities were constructed for both

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Doug Burton

Doug Burton

Douglas Joseph Burton MBE – what an extraordinary man, what an extraordinary life. Footballer, cricketer, baseballer, pilot, father, father-figure, grandfather, photographer extraordinaire and master planner.It won’t come as a surprise

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Cummings & Wilson Manual Recovered

              Australian Biograph Designed ,Patented & Manufactured by CUMMINGS & WILSON WORKS & SHOWROOMS, 29 ALBERTA ST. SYDNEY PROJECTORS OWNERS WORKSHOP MANUAL An insight

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Cummings & Wilson Model E

The Cummings & Wilson Model E. This article covers photographs of models and assembly of the Model E. Taken from The C & W Manual written up by Richard Ashton. Other

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C&W Western Electric Floppy Drives

They were made so that any of the new sound reproducers like Western Electric systems for the “Talkies” could use theaters insisting on C&W projectors such as the Jazz Singer and

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C&W P5 Junior Projector

The portable was a brand new projector in 1932. It satisfied all the smaller theaters all over the country. They were less in price and affordable for a touring showman.

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C&W P6

 The P6 was introduced 1937                         Stand alone projector heads and mechanism only for the Raycophone J3 models  

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Cummings and Wilson Projectors

Written by Richard Ashton Part one The first Cummings and Wilson projectors were first made just after the First World War. A company partnership was formed to manufacture cinema projectors

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The Magic Lantern

The magic lantern  used a concave mirror in back of a light source to direct as much of the light as possible through a small rectangular sheet of glass—a “lantern

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Peter Hartland

Peter Hartland  (1927-2014) Late of 1A Pembroke St, Bicton WA 6157. Pioneering Western Australian Peter Hartland toured his marionette shows extensively throughout Australia – and on retirement passed the tradition, skill and

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Paddy Baker

Paddy Baker 1898-1986

                              Clarence Patrick (Paddy) Baker (1898-1986), picture-show man and theatre proprietor, was born in 1898 at

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Roy Mudge

On the 28th of February 2004 family and friends gathered at Roy’s Home Cinema for a screening of “Charade” which celebrated 40 yrs to the day when Roy Mudge commenced

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Raycophone Sound Head

Ian Stimson says a sound head which has been sitting under one of my Australia projectors may be a very early experimental Raycophone Model.  Read full Raycophone Sound Head article  

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Eddie Herbert (- 2009)

It is with deep regret we note the passing of Eddie Herbert, the operator of the Cygnet Cinema in Como. A real gentleman and a true ambassador of the cinema

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Brian Williams

BRIAN WILLIAMS TVW PRODUCER DIRECTOR 1959 – 1967 and 1978 – 1979 Brian Williams came to Australia in 1951 and joined the ABC in Melbourne. He trained in television at

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TVW Opening – October 16th 1959

TVW Opening – October 16th 1959. Compiled by Richard Ashton. When it was announced that television would start in Western Australia there was much interest in the community. Many people

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Down The 8-Track

AMMPT Meeting Wed 15-10-2014 DOWN THE 8-TRACK History aspects by Richard Rennie. Technology aspects by Tony Smith  Richard Rennie once again demonstrated rare items from his vast range of audio-visual collectables….this

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Peter Goodall

Peter Goodall and the Goodall family

Peter has been an AMMPT committee member in the past and strengthens the television background of the group. His experience provides a balance of expertise to the committee. Peter Goodall

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Theatre Organs

Theatre Organs

One of life’s great disappointments is that most of us were too young to truly appreciate the regular experience of attending those magnificent picture palaces of years gone by when

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The Distant Lens & Age of Invention

The film ‘The Distant Lens’ is a Western Australian film treasure that includes early motion pictures of the State from about 1905 to 1950. ‘The Distant Lens’ is narrated by Alan

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Animation Devices

Thaumatrope The Thaumatrope was the first of many optical toys, popular in Victorian times, which provided animated entertainment until the development of modern cinema. Phenakistoscope The Phenakistoscope was an early

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Newsletters

Sight and Sound Newsletter Sight and Sound Newsletter is produced by Pictures In Motion -The Australian Museum of Motion Picture & Television. 2012Sight and Sound Issue 1 NovemberSight and Sound Issue

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Committee

Western Region Committee of AMMPT   President: Tim O’Dea Vice-President: Graham Kahn Secretary: Peter Foyster Treasurer: Agnes Foyster Committee: Roy Mudge,  John Fuhrmann, Steve Smith, John Quicke, Tim O’Dea, Harry Smith, Keith

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The Projectionists

AMMPT Western Region Inc. ‘inFocus’ Monthly Presentations   During AMMPT’s March 2013 presentation titled “The Projectionists”, Roy Mudge, George Robinson and Bill Gaynor reminisced about their journey in the entertainment business.

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Simplex Projectors

Considered “The Work Horse of the Industry”, Simplex Projectors is the oldest and most trusted name in film projection system, dating back to 1909.

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John Bowring

 John Bowring by Darryl Binning The sudden death of a long time personal cinematographer colleague and a foundation interstate AMMPT member John Bowring A.C.S. John established the respected industry equipment

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Lindsay Peet

Lindsay Peet (1939-2012)

AMMPT member Lindsay Peet recently had the honour of being made a Fellow of The Library Board of Western Australia, one of only 18 persons to receive this award since

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Ron Tuitt

RON TUTT ( 1924-2011)

 It is with great sadness that AMMPT notes the passing of Ron Tutt (1924-2011) a well known and respected Perth cinema identity. Ron was born in Tasmania where his father

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Hedley Sims (1937-2011)

If anyone had the ability to laugh, tell jokes and anecdotes in the face of adversity, especially his own, it was our long time and valued member of AMMPT, Hedley

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Past AMMPT(PIM) local events

National Science Week 2017 Wireless Hill Museum Date: Sunday 20 August 2017 Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm There were a number of displays on show which tracked various technology over the

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2011 Screen Awards

WA Screen Awards Special on WTV Channel 44 Diana Warnock and Damien Spiccia – Winner of the Bill Warnock Award See the glamour of the red carpet, the drama of

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John Davies (1915 – 2011)

John Davies passed away at a retirement village in Mandurah on February 9th 2011. Although never a member of AMMPT he was a major benefactor, donating $1000 to our cause

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Appeal to all TVW7

Re unionists  Sunday 18th October 2009 certainly proved to be an event to be remembered, not only for the re-kindling of friendships with old ( I use the word “old”

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