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aussietrekker · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:19 am Post subject: Altona Hostel Historical Society?

What do you reckon? We could continue to keep in touch after the reunion, have meetups from time to time, and keep our own archives so that our memories will never be lost. I hereby volunteer to be foundation member #1. Smile

stormfour · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:22 am Post subject:

Sounds good to me ...I will be #2
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Carol Myers Altona Hostel Dec 1962 - June 1964

stribe · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:30 am Post subject:

I will ne three then, gosh we are founding members, that's two clubs I have been a founding member of
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aussietrekker · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:50 am Post subject:

...such as it is!

Susan Gillet · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject:

Me 4, lol. To "charter" a Lions club you need to have 20 members. We might even make a charter ourselves. hehe
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stormfour · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:19 am Post subject:

I am not sure if we should call it a" Historical" society or ..".Hysterical "society Mr. Green

...oh I cant help it !!!!
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Carol Myers Altona Hostel Dec 1962 - June 1964

aussietrekker · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:37 am Post subject:

I like that idea better!

oceania · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:09 am Post subject:

Put me down for it also as it would be a shame to lose all that history.

Susan Gillet · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:09 pm Post subject:

Who's going to be the author of the book? Smile

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oceania · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:55 am Post subject:

We can make it a collaboration of authors to start. Its getting it puplished that is the real test and that can cost big bucks. Cheers Andy

aussietrekker · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:57 am Post subject:

My sister might know a few lurks in that direction.
We could just have a multiple memoirs, and fling it all together.
If it ever comes to anything, I did a little publishing course one time and know a bit about layout and artwork. I used to work in the art room of a platemakers one time. (It's now part of Melbourne Central. Another art room I worked in is now the Remand Centre. Cool

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I knew someone who wrote and published a book on the inmates of Brooklyn Hostel.

stormfour · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:

I vote for you then Laughing

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Carol Myers Altona Hostel Dec 1962 - June 1964

Susan Gillet · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:04 pm Post subject:

I'll second that.
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Resident of Altona Hostel, 1963-1965

aussietrekker · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:24 am Post subject:

It's a LOOOOOONNNGGGGGGGGG way down the track. We'll get this reunion done first.

oceania · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:27 am Post subject:

This all sounds great and I would love to get my hands on a copy of the Brooklyn Hostel book, may give us some ideas and I will have a look into tracing back on the history of the hostel when it was used as an army billet for soldiers who used to use the the rifle butts up the road for shooting training. They built houses there now and the company that flattened the butts made a killing on the recovered lead that had been pumped into them for all those years. I still remember the shooting clubs that used to have little shacks just inside the fence and listening to them practice when I sat in class in Willy Tech