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Nostalgic memories of Stawell and Ballarat 1950s and 1960s with Geoff Carr

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Ballarat Mechanics Institute

117-119 Sturt Street,
Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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  • Wed 29 Apr

5:30pm–6:30pm

$9 - $13

$9 for BMI members & $13 General Admittance, plus booking fee – Tickets also available at the BMI library. Brought to you with the support of Community Bank Buninyong

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Author Geoff Carr discusses his book Dickie Larsen's Pumpkin and Other Stories, relating to growing up in Ballarat in the 1950s.

Laced with dry humour and typical understated Australian cadence, Dickie Larsen's Pumpkin and Other Stories invites readers to look back at life in a time gone by and delight in the charming stories of author Geoff Carr.

From chooks in outhouses, exploding trees and rats at the flicks to standing up to backyard bullies, farewelling dear friends and making unexpected new ones, Dickie Larsen's Pumpkin and Other Stories traverses the passing of time, documenting a life well lived and fondly remembered.

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