Our time as the Speakers’ Convenors will finish with the May meeting. It has been an interesting and challenging, two years. We have not done this task alone: we have been grateful to members who have been our speakers and talked about their former jobs, travel, hobbies and interests. We have appreciated the suggestions for speakers from our members.

We know that Tony Smythe (0458 566 809) and Neil Hookey (0437 664 799) will be as grateful as we were for any suggested speaker or other activity which would interest our members.

There is just one additional point which is important. Our speakers have 45 minutes to speak with 10 minutes for questions and comment. The meeting is passed back to the President at 11.55am.

Chris Long spent forty years working in documentary Radio and Television. He has collected many of the earliest Australian documentary films and written about them particularly in Cinema Papers and elsewhere. He screened for us a collection of his films of early Australia and especially early Melbourne and Camberwell. For most of us it was the era of our parents and grandparents. Early Camberwell was particularly fascinating as it highlighted how much transport in particular has changed.