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Granny Smith Festival, 1958
DESCRIPTION
Collection SummaryInformation about the 1958 Granny Smith Festival.Description
A festival was held in September/October 1958 which consisted of an apple pie competition, a procession along Rowe Street at which a boy of eight had his right leg broken when a bolting horse knocked him down, and an orchid exhibition.
Granny herself distributed apples to children as part of the festival.
The Glen Street Reserve was used for car parking on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October 1958 as these days were ‘special shopping days’ in connection with the Granny Smith Festival.
DETAILS
DateSeptember 1958OccurrenceAnnual
LOCATION
Suburb Eastwood
RELATES TO
Organising EntityEastwood Chamber of CommerceParent EventGranny Smith Festival
CONNECTIONS
SubjectsFestivals--New South Wales--EastwoodFestivals--New South Wales--RydeEastwood Chamber of CommerceEventGranny Smith FestivalOrganisationEastwood Chamber of Commerce
Granny Smith Festival, 1958 (September 1958). Ryde History Hub, accessed 20/07/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/193