Local History Stories

A story to commemorate a trip by a party of visitors and local people to the Barrington Tops in Easter 1923 –100 years ago this month.

The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Saturday 7 Apr 1923 Page 4

The Newcastle-Maitland contingent of the Easter party for the Barrington Tops left West Maitland on Friday morning, in weather that made a trip to mountains most desirable. The party, which left soon after 10 a.m., consisted of Superintendent Childs, Mr. J. H. Nancarrow (secretary of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce), Mr. J. S. Hoskins (secretary of the Agricultural Association), and Messrs. F. L. Smith, P. Sim and G.H. Reid. The party intended staying at Eccleston last night, and with Mr. John Hopson, as Cicerone, and other Eccleston folk to start for the Tops this morning, horses being provided by the members of the Eccleston Agricultural Bureau. The party is expected in Maitland on return on Tuesday.

The next meeting of the Gresford District Historical Society will be held at the Therese Doyle Hall on Easter Saturday, 8 April at 5 pm (the second Saturday of

By Ivan Skaines, Trevallyn, Gresford District Historical Society

each month). The Gresford Heritage Museum, also in the Therese Doyle Hall, is open 10 am to 2 pm on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays of the month. It will also be open on Saturday, 1 April coinciding with the opening of the new building at the Gresford Sports Complex. The Gresford District Historical Society/ Museum will have books for sale, and also a number of books published by the