Beau Grose Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 After going through some old stuff I had in storage I found my grandfather's, (Albert Edward Friend), table place card from the 2/2 first reunionin 1946, see pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Rob Crossing Posted April 23, 2020 Committee Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks, Beau. That's wonderful. Great to see the autographs, too. Cheers Rob Crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Grose Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 I thought it was good to see the autographs too, rereading 'The Men Who Came Out Of The Ground', and interesting to see names mentioned in the book as autographs on my grandfathers placecard. The menu still reflects the time period too, sauteed pigeon in particular catch my eye. Kind Regards to all. Beau As you can see most signatures are peoples name except 2. Flea and Bloss, does anyone know their names, in particular Bloss who has written 'Rusty you beaut' (Rusty being my grandfather) Thanks Beau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Rob Crossing Posted April 23, 2020 Committee Share Posted April 23, 2020 And I enjoyed the reference to "Liquid refreshment". Who would have thought these chaps would have such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Grose Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Me too, must have been red cordial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Rob Crossing Posted April 23, 2020 Committee Share Posted April 23, 2020 I see that the autographs have a category for "respectable types" and "border line cases", with only a few placing themselves in the former category and most squeezing in on the latter. The last of the translations at the top of each of those pages seems to be Pidgin. Gutpela is "good fella", so the first category is for good fella men. In the second category, "liklik" is little. Therefore, "Gutpela liklik" is for blokes who are only a little bit good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Grose Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks for the info, not surprised there was 2 separate pages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Edward Willis Posted April 24, 2020 Committee Share Posted April 24, 2020 Beau, I think 'Bloss' is John Barrasford Lawrence (see link) - can't identify 'Flea' as yet. Also see the attached photo - writing on the back identifies as being taken at the 1946 or 1947 reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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