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 And as I fork out the one pound something agaia for a ticket, thoughts of a calamitous war are blotted out by my personal disaster. And as I fork out the one pound something agaia for a ticket, thoughts of a calamitous war are blotted out by my personal disaster.
  
-====ADVERTISEMT PADDY REMEMBERS====+====ADVERTISEMENT: PADDY REMEMBERS==== 
 My memory of S.B.W. is of some time in 1931 when I attended a meeting at which a long letter from Jack Debert was read, and for some reason caused heated discussion, Those were deep depression days and Jack, for want of a job, had retreated to a "farm" in Burragorang Valley. My memory of S.B.W. is of some time in 1931 when I attended a meeting at which a long letter from Jack Debert was read, and for some reason caused heated discussion, Those were deep depression days and Jack, for want of a job, had retreated to a "farm" in Burragorang Valley.
-My next vivid recollection is ofthefirst Club Reunion at Euroka Clearing, when Jack arrived, having walked from the Valley, and where he initiated the cry - "Let us Re-une". It was a bitter cold night with heavy frost but of course we had a roaring fire and I can still see Jack, stripped to the waist, sweat pouring from every pore, as he careered round the fire with his very own rendering of wMarmee". + 
-I think it was the next reunion, again at Euroka, that Ernie Austen was handing over the presidency to Tom Herbert, and he used the bones of a long-dead cow to illustrate his homily. Next day we ;dressedup Tom in those bones tied together with string. ,Someone rescued a thigh bone and took it to the next club meeting, since when it has been used as the gavel by the Club President. +My next vivid recollection is of the first Club Reunion at Euroka Clearing, when Jack arrived, having walked from the Valley, and where he initiated the cry - "Let us Re-une". It was a bitter cold night with heavy frost but of course we had a roaring fire and I can still see Jack, stripped to the waist, sweat pouring from every pore, as he careered round the fire with his very own rendering of "Marmee". 
-The 30's saw a tremendous growth in bushwalking (dare I suggest this was partly owing to the availability of practical lightweight equipment now being made in Australia - by us, of course, for the first time?). The S.B.W. began to be beseiged by would-be members, and it was then that "Test Walks" and that elusive quality of "Compatability" were endlessly discussed at committee meetings. + 
-The war came, with heavy army enlistments from bushwaiking ranks and +I think it was the next reunion, again at Euroka, that Ernie Austen was handing over the presidency to Tom Herbert, and he used the bones of a long-dead cow to illustrate his homily. Next day we dressed up Tom in those bones tied together with string. Someone rescued a thigh bone and took it to the next club meeting, since then it has been used as the gavel by the Club President. 
-alasl the inevitable casualties. With the warand following it for some time came shortages of materials. The sleeping bag position was particularly acute and on the occasions when they were available queues began + 
-to gather in the early hours of the morning. The 'chapat the head of one queue told me he had come from Lithgow by the midnight train, slept in Central till 6 a m. and got first place in the lines Keen! +The 30's saw a tremendous growth in bushwalking (dare I suggest this was partly owing to the availability of practical lightweight equipment now being made in Australia - by us, of course, for the first time?). The S.B.W. began to be besieged by would-be members, and it was then that "Test Walks" and that elusive quality of "Compatibility" were endlessly discussed at committee meetings. 
-On Christmas Day 1950 came the disastrous fire in the Paddy Shop which destroyed the whole building. I will never forget the messages of sympathy from all over Australia and the solid help given by bushwalkers in the difficult period of about 9 months before I was established in the C.E..N.E.F. + 
-Building in Castlereagh Street. +The war came, with heavy army enlistments from bushwaiking ranks and alas! the inevitable casualties. With the war and following it for some time came shortages of materials. The sleeping bag position was particularly acute and on the occasions when they were available queues began to gather in the early hours of the morning. The chap at the head of one queue told me he had come from Lithgow by the midnight train, slept in Central till 6 a.m. and got first place in the line! Keen! 
-The firm is a mere 47 years old compared with the Club's 50 years+ 
-, but those years have beenones of close association. Bay. the Club go from strength to strength. and may "Paddy's" still earn the right to serve the needs of its members. +On Christmas Day 1950 came the disastrous fire in the Paddy Shop which destroyed the whole building. I will never forget the messages of sympathy from all over Australia and the solid help given by bushwalkers in the difficult period of about 9 months before I was established in the C.E.N.E.F. Building in Castlereagh Street. 
-Paddy. PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD.+ 
 +The firm is a mere 47 years old compared with the Club's 50 years, but those years have been ones of close association.  May the Club go from strength to strength. and may "Paddy's" still earn the right to serve the needs of its members. 
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 +Paddy.  
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 +PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD.
 69 Liverpool Street 69 Liverpool Street
 SYDNEY. SYDNEY.
 AND AT MELBOURNE & CANBERRA. AND AT MELBOURNE & CANBERRA.
-Page 24. THE SYDNEY BUSHUALUR - October, 1977. 
  
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