Once Upon a Time, a nostalgic look at baby’s and children’s clothes and memorabilia from 1860-1950 is being held at the Bathurst and District Historical Society Museum this week.
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The exhibition will run until May 15 and will be open from 10am to 4pm. There will be a $4 entry fee, $2.50 concession and $8 family.
Some of the highlights will be an 1863 christening gown from the Edwards family and the Phillips Collection 1900-1950. Mr Phillips was the station master at Raglan.
There are also other christening gowns from the 1800s, and a pram that dates from somewhere between 1860 and 1890.
John Edwards was born in 1837 in Worcester, England.
He spent some time in the Victorian goldfields before going to Sydney.
Mr Edwards made his way west and was a farm labourer in Bathurst and Mudgee until he decided to try his hand at gold mining near Newbridge.
When he had saved enough money he opened his own butcher shop on the Vale Road at Perthville. He later bought blocks of land at Perthville.
In 1874, Mr Edwards built the Bridge Hotel at Perthville while running a small farm where he grew root and cereal crops for his own use. He also owned the general store and blacksmith’s shop in Perthville.
John Edwards married Jane Williams from Windsor in 1863 and they had six children. All six children wore the christening gown.
