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Noelene Mays (Heskey) YHS 1966 wrote: "Terry and I still have the coffee shop at the steam railway station - he does amazing things with coffee and I must admit that my scones have a reputation too. The shop is open every day except Tuesdays. I am still chairman of R.A.l.L.co, the steam train company based here in Atherton. You can check out our website at www.steamloco.org.au and leave some feedback. As one of the hardworking volunteers that puts in probably 40 hours a week at least, I am looking forward to standing down as chairman at the AGM later in the year.

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SAD TIDINGS December 2018 and January 2019 were indeed sad months for many former residents of Yallourn, with the news that three well-known and popular identities Jim Dooley, Jim Watt and Barry Spurrier had passed away.

JIM DOOLEY 1935-2018 An earlier tribute of Jim Dooley can be found on the Yallourn Association Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yallournassociation

JIM WATT 1930-2018

YALLOURN NORTH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Source: YouTube This is photograph was taken from a film clip entitled: ‘Yallourn North Christmas Lights 2017.’ The clip is about five minutes in duration and can be found at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS26shgOCl4

Virtual Yallourn has recently received two well-worn and fragile original copies of a long-forgotten newspaper called ‘The Trafalgar, Yarragon and Yallourn News.’ The papers (published in January 23rd-1936 and March 13th-1936) were forwarded by Muffy Forsyth, a former a resident of Thorpdale and student of Mirboo North High School, in the hope that they may prove of value in researching the history of Yallourn and district.

THE CHRISTMAS DAY APPEAL The following news article was published in the ‘Morwell Advertiser’ some 66 years ago; and centres upon the Annual Christmas Appeal conducted by local radio Station 3TR. The money raised from the Appeal was distributed to the Yallourn Hospital, other local hospitals and the district’s ambulance services. In that era, 3TR’s Christmas Appeal was an important source of income for the hospitals of Gippsland; and it was effective in involving local communities in supporting the work of the doctors, nurses and ancillary staff in the local hospitals.

THANK YOU TO THE FORSYTH FAMILY OF THORPDALE

Virtual Yallourn has recently received two well-worn and fragile original copies of a long-forgotten newspaper called ‘The Trafalgar, Yarragon and Yallourn News.’ The papers (published in January 23rd-1936 and March 13th-1936) were forwarded by Muffy Forsyth, a former a resident of Thorpdale and student of Mirboo North High School, in the hope that they may prove of value in researching the history of Yallourn and district.

1954-55 Ken Grant & Dick Sagar selected in the Victorian Country XI vs MCC

90 YEARS AGO - 1928 YALLOURN WINS THE YDCA GRAND-FINAL

This newspaper item consisted of nothing more than the scores from the 1927-28 Yallourn and District Cricket Association Grand Final between Yallourn and Mirboo North which was played at Moe on the 22nd April 1928.

Despite Yallourn’s exciting 13-run victory, the scores were tucked away beneath a report related to the sales at the Melbourne Pig Market.

THE HORSES MUST BE FED , EVEN DURING A STRIKE

The caption below the photograph says: ‘A load of fodder on the way to the hill camp at Yallourn.’

Source: ‘Weekly Times’ Saturday 25 December 1926. Page: 38