Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Ms WARD: My community is fortunate to have the wonderful Eltham District Historical Society and their dedicated team of volunteers. Earlier this year they achieved an outstanding milestone in producing their 250th newsletter, with their first one produced in 1978 by dedicated secretary Russell Yeoman, who is still going strong. Back in 1978 the preparation for these newsletters was rather more cumbersome than how it is put together today. I am told that Russell would handwrite the articles and hand them over to another volunteer, Sue Law, who would type out the content. They then used scissors, glue and tape to illustrate the page, printing and distributing. Of course, now it is all done on computer, using both email and photocopying to distribute it. Congratulations to all involved for this outstanding achievement, and thank you for all you do for our community.