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Shows & fairs, 1960

312 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 16

Ladies' Guild Spring Fair

The Biz · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 5

St. Cuthbert's Church of England, East Fairfield, Services next Sunday will be as follows. Holy Communion, 9.15 a.m., Evening Prayer, 7…

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"Spider" Spencer and "Fossils" Jordan steal: the show at the Carriage Works Festival

Tribune · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 3

SYDNEY: This week a group of overalled workers in a car shed at Eveleigh workshops stood stock-still, apparently mesmerised…

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High School fair

The Biz · Wednesday 21 September 1960 · page 10

The Hurlstone Agricultural High School will hold its Annual Fair in the school…

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Spring Fair for Church

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 September 1960 · page 6

The annual spring fair held by Ermington Presbyterian Church Ladies' Guild this year…

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Church fair on

The Biz · Wednesday 21 September 1960 · page 13

The preacher at St. Cuthbert's Church of England, East Fairfield, at Evening Prayer last Sunday was Rev. John Jones, of St. Paul's, Canley Vale…

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Rydalmere Show fete

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 September 1960 · page 10

A combined Flower Show and fete will be held this coming…

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Show Secretary

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1960 · page 1

New Nepean District A.H. and I. Society secretary, elected last night by an overwhelming majority, is…

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Garden Expert Opens Flower Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1960 · page 4

Glenbrook's flower show on October 8, will be officially opened, at 3 p. m., by Mr. Reg. Edwards, gardening…

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Modern France Arts and Techniques Trade the Second International Textile Fair

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 23 September 1960 · page 4

236 textile producers from eight countries in western Europe showed their lines to professional buyers from the whole world at the Second…

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Thriller for midnight show

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1960 · page 11

It crow[?] It creeps! It devours! It's "THE BLOB," creature of the imagination that comes menacingly to life in Paramount's science-fiction thriller of the same name, to excite film-goers at…

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Club Gives Pony Rides at Spring Fair

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 September 1960 · page 5

Pony rides totalling 181 were given by Castlereagh Horse and Pony Club at the Kingswood Spring Fair held…

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Civic fair building Parramatta As International Fair Venue?

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 11

The Mayor of Parramtta, Ald A. R. C. Thomas, is to call a meeting to discuss the erection of an "Industries Fair Building" in Parramatta…

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Stage show vacancies Actors to Get 'Break'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 2

Aspiring stage stars in Parramatta will be given that "necessary break"…

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Flower Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 October 1960 · page 6

St. Paul's Church of England will be holding a flower show in Melrose Hall, Emu Plains, next Saturday,…

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Show Society to Aid Aged Citizens

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 October 1960 · page 1

Penrith Aged Citizens' Centre will benefit from a gymkhana held by the Nepean District A.H. and I. Society on Sunday, October 16. Society will donate half of…

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The Sarrebruck Horticultural fair

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 4

FRENCH gardeners were awarded the Gold Medal of the Central Association and the Prise of Honour of the Government of the Sarre at the Sarrebruck Horticultural Fair. The prize roses came in particular from the area, Angers, Orléans, Dijon, the Côte d'Azur and Thionville. One…

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12th International Car- Toon Exhibition

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 4

THE “Datte d'Or”, the second prize of the 12th International Cartoon Exhibition, which was held at Bordighera near Genoa, was won by a…

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SCANNING the TOWN Another Carnival Romance

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 8

THIS is what I really call smart timing. To meet a Sydney boy in Melbourne just as he’s on the point of coming hack home. That’s what Kaye Shapiro…

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Great carnival will thrill Cabramatta

The Biz · Wednesday 12 October 1960 · page 8

Cabramatta's mammoth Festival of Nations will explode into life tomorrow night, setting the torch to three of the most spectacular days in the town's history. Preparations for the festival indicate that it will eclipse even…

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Carnival to Aid New Club

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1960 · page 21

Proceeds of a gala gymkhana at St. Ives Showground on Sunday, October 16, will…

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