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 Of course, we were well aware during our occupancy that the hall was unattractive, and various attempts were made to find something nicer,but in the Post-War period accommodation was hard to find. In any case walkers look on things quite differently to most other folk, and find their greatest happiness in environments that many would consider uncomfortable, primitive, if not downright frightening and dangerous. So we put up with Ingersoll Hall and instead we bitched about other things.... for instance in the Chronic Opera of 1954, dealing with gripes at a General Meeting, we had one speaker complaining:  Of course, we were well aware during our occupancy that the hall was unattractive, and various attempts were made to find something nicer,but in the Post-War period accommodation was hard to find. In any case walkers look on things quite differently to most other folk, and find their greatest happiness in environments that many would consider uncomfortable, primitive, if not downright frightening and dangerous. So we put up with Ingersoll Hall and instead we bitched about other things.... for instance in the Chronic Opera of 1954, dealing with gripes at a General Meeting, we had one speaker complaining: 
  
-"We have lectures on our fauna, and we dance amongst the fleas +"We have lectures on our fauna, and we dance amongst the fleas\\  
-We have fun-and-games some evenings, and a pair of annual sprees.  +We have fun-and-games some evenings, and a pair of annual sprees.\\  
-We have photo exhibitions, but there's one thing gets our spleen.  +We have photo exhibitions, but there's one thing gets our spleen.\\  
-What ain't we got?  A beaded screen."+What ain't we got?  A beaded screen."\\
  
 Just to show we were still aware of its shortcomings, the Chronic Opera of the 1958 Reunion opened with two "old members" returning to walking after a few years lapse. The scene was set in 196-  something, and on meeting at the door of the Club Room, one peers in and says: Just to show we were still aware of its shortcomings, the Chronic Opera of the 1958 Reunion opened with two "old members" returning to walking after a few years lapse. The scene was set in 196-  something, and on meeting at the door of the Club Room, one peers in and says:
  
-"This place has hardly changed at the dirt and stains still on the wall. +"This place has hardly changed at the dirt and stains still on the wall.\\ 
-New walkers  New talkers. The same old Hall. See the old tables there that often fall? +New walkers  New talkers. The same old Hall. See the old tables there that often fall?\\ 
-And in each frame  A shattered window held by faith alone  +And in each frame  A shattered window held by faith alone \\ 
-Or maybe dust and cobwebs  Still the same - It's just the same as ever I have known."+Or maybe dust and cobwebs  Still the same - It's just the same as ever I have known."\\
  
 In writing the words for this song, I got myself into a great bind. The melody I chose came from a real opera, a scene in which the hero is shown a portrait of the heroine, and declares "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen", which translates roughly as "This semblance is bewitching fair". I admit to some deliberate irony in using this tune for my parody, but the trouble was that no one else had any idea of the tune, so I had to sing it at the Reunion campfire - a tenor aria transposed into my bath-tub baritone as I went along. Not so well received, I'm afraid. In writing the words for this song, I got myself into a great bind. The melody I chose came from a real opera, a scene in which the hero is shown a portrait of the heroine, and declares "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen", which translates roughly as "This semblance is bewitching fair". I admit to some deliberate irony in using this tune for my parody, but the trouble was that no one else had any idea of the tune, so I had to sing it at the Reunion campfire - a tenor aria transposed into my bath-tub baritone as I went along. Not so well received, I'm afraid.
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 Conducted, commercially oriented tours, with marked tracks, "improved" campsites and vehicular support, bear no relation to bushwalking, a term originated by this Club. Conducted, commercially oriented tours, with marked tracks, "improved" campsites and vehicular support, bear no relation to bushwalking, a term originated by this Club.
  
-Yours faithfully, +Yours faithfully,\\ 
-ALEX COLLEY (A. G. Colley 0.A.M.) +ALEX COLLEY (A. G. Colley 0.A.M.)\\ 
-Hon. Conservation Secretary."+Hon. Conservation Secretary.
  
  
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