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Friday 19 May 2017
ISSUE 94
Central West Glazing If you want to get any build or renovation across the line, come and talk to the team who are not scared to be on top of the ladder! TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE… Administrator of Forbes Neighborhood Central, Monica Wren invited Elaine Imrie to share her memories at the monthly morning tea on Tuesday.
Elaine’s Rich Memory Brings Local History To Life
Elaine Imrie has lived in Forbes for all her lively 90 years. To mark Heritage Month, she was invited to share some of her memories at Neighbhourhood Central’s social morning tea on Tuesday. “I know many of you will have the same memories as I have about living in Forbes,” she said, standing with the aid of her black cane, and joking that she would stand as long as she didn’t fall over. She began her talk with her memory of the day that peace was declared at the end of World War II, when she was 17 and working in the local solicitor’s office. “I was sitting in there typing away, and
all of a sudden this wild-eyed man burst through the front door and yelled at me and said: ‘The war’s over! The war’s over! Peace is here.’” Elaine described a feeling of shock, and heading out into the street with her boss to see “perfect strangers hugging and kissing one another”. As she spoke, it was as if the audience of around 30 people could hear the church bells ringing, and see the man in an old car dragging a rusty iron tank up and down Lachlan Street just to make a noise. Continued on page 4
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