They are butchers and bakers, and maybe even candlestick makers.
But whatever it is, they’ve all been doing it for 50 years or more right here in Campbelltown.
And every year Campbelltown Council recognises a batch of the 50 year club – the people who help shape our place in the world, as the mayor, George Brticevic said during his speech earlier today at the presentation of the 2017 Jubilee awards.
This year there were a lot fewer than in the previous few years, but combined they still added up to 800 years of making a solid contribution in the grand old town.
It’s probably just a statistical hiccup and in any case nobody seemed bothered by the smaller numbers in the councillors’ lounge on the third floor of the council building where the ceremony took place earlier today.
In the presence of local state and federal MPs Anoulack Chanthivong (Macquarie Fields) and Greg Warren Campbelltown) and Dr Mike Freelander (Macarthur) and Anne Stanley (Werriwa), the mayor, Cr George Brticevic, hosted a civic reception for 17 individuals and representatives of one organisation.
Cr Brticevic thanked the award recipients for their contribution, making special mention of some of the recipients, including former council director Barry Daley.
Lorraine Pocock, an active member of the local netball community, and a founding member of the Airds Netball Club also got a special mention form the mayor.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]“Mr Daley not only contributed to Campbelltown City through his role at council, he has also been a Treasurer for Campbelltown Meals on Wheels, Secretary of the Campbelltown Veterans Recreation Centre and Honorary Treasurer of the Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living,” Cr Brticevic said.[/social_quote]
“Mrs Pocock contributed to our netball community in various ways, and has also made a difference in the wider community through her fostering of children, and involvement in the Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation and Macarthur’s Aboriginal Yarning Circle Carer Support Group.
“Many of our Jubilee Award recipients have made a similar contribution to Campbelltown, nurturing a strong sense of community, and helping to shape our city as it transformed from a small country town of 24,000 in the mid-1960s, to the developing city we have today of around 160,000 people,” the mayor said.
The 2017 Jubilee Award recipients were:
Joan Rengger, Stephen Rengger, Brigitte Wilkinson, Edmund Baker, Colin Ludgate, Gwen Overton, John Overton, Ron Cameron, Michael Kerry Houton, Barry Daley, Kay Bussell, Rycie Dickson, Lorraine Pocock, Frederick Briggs, Margaret Briggs, Margaret Anderson, Susan Austin
Organisation: Ingleburn Tennis Club.
