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Central Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

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Missing Child Found at Hornsby Dancers & Theatre Audiences Search Mountain Slopes In Darkness

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 1

While Gosford Police and fifty volunteers, who had been called from a dance and the pictures, searched the precipitous slopes…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

Excellent organisation by the Gosford Ladies Militia Welfare Association brought success, when their weekly dance was held in the Drill…

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Erina Autumn Ball

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 1

Erina Hall will be the scene of an Autumn Ball in aid of the Hall Funds, on Friday evening, March 29…

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Ourimbah News Younger Set Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Ourimbah School of Arts on Thursday night for the dance and euchre party, organises by the…

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Junior Band Members Sunday Night's Programme

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

Junior members of the Gosford District Brass Band played a splendid programme in the Burns Place rotunda on Sunday night under the…

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Surprise Party for Band Worker Mr. Dwight Honored On Birthday

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

Members of the Gosford District Band tendered Mr. R. W. Dwight, of Kincumber, a surprise party at his home on the occasion of his 51st…

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Easter Band Sunday Arrangements Complete

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

The Easter Band Sunday, March 24, which is being arranged by the Gosford District Brass Band Ladies' Committee, has attracted a number…

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Old Students' Dance Funds Raised For Union

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

A perfect floor, a dainty supper, and good music, were features, which made the Old Students' Union dance in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday…

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Baud Dance & Euchre Party

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

There was a good attendance at the fortnightly dance and euchre party held by the Ladies' Committee of the Gosford District Brass…

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Militia Dance Good Attendance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 6

The Militia dance at the Drill Hall attracted an excellent attendance on Saturday night. Usual doorkeepers, Sergeant J…

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Diggers' Parts in Band

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

All Diggers, who intend giving a hand with arrangements for the band contests on Sunday, are asked to meet at the B.W.D. Club on…

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Dance to Aid Finland £16 Raised

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

The sum of £16 was raised at a dance in the Peat's Ridge Clubroom on Saturday night for the relief of Finland…

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Narara Red Cross Dance On April 3

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 3

The Narara branch of the Red Cross Society held its monthly meeting on Wednesday last in the Narara Hall…

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Regatta Dance Easter Saturday Night

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 7

Mrs. Penfold's Newcastle Dance Band has been engaged to supply music for the Gosford Easter Re[?]gatra Committee's dance in the…

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Happiness Club Dance and Euchre Party

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 4

The 2GB Happiness Club held its usual dance and euchre party in the Masonic Hall On Tuesday night. The function was a great success, and a…

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Militia Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 4

Excellent organisation by the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare Association again brought success, when the weekly dance was held in the…

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Band Sunday Day of Pageantry Stirring March Tunes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

"Spectacular" was the only word Gosford could find to describe the Street and Diagram Marches, which were features of the Band Sunday on Easter Day. Three visiting bands attended the contest, from…

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Militia Dance Large Attendance Despite Heat

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Another successful dance was held at the Drill Hall on Saturday night by the Gosford Ladies' Militia Welfare Association, when despite the…

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Erina Autumn Ball a Hundred Dancers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 3

The autumn ball, held in Erina Hall last Friday night, was an outstanding success. More than, 100 dancers attended…

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B.W.D. Club Dance 2nd A.I.F. Comforts Fund Effort

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

The Gosford 2nd A.I.F. Soldiers' Welfare Committee will hold a dance at the B.W.D. Club on Saturday night next in aid of the…

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