A little gem in a small community – Mondrook Hall
Research has revealed that Mondrook Hall was built in 1939. An extract from The Northern Champion 10th May 1939. –…
TPP is Spot On
Dear Editor, Your front page July article about the TPP is spot on. It explains in simple terms what this awful…
Collectibles – Olympia Antique Solutions
Check the shed and under the bed . . . you might have a collectible antique hiding at your house.…
Book review: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend is the first book in Elena Ferrante’s widely lauded Neapolitan Novels series. Set in a poor but industrious…
Chinese whispers…
A retired businessman friend recalled visiting heavyweight bigwigs in government in Beijing in the 1980s and being told. . .…
Can you help this cricket tragic?
There’s a book about 100 years of cricket in the Manning Valley on its way, and the foreword says “Les Eastaway…
What is the TPP and how it affects us
We hear a lot about the Trans Pacific Partnership (the TPP) but what is it? And why do we not…
Reimagining our towns
To The Manning Community News: Thank you for the breath of fresh air in this new publication. It is heartening…
Just one day of the year
In June we recognise World Refugee Day. A day with little to celebrate for many. However, quietly living among us…
Those were the dancing days!
We hope Manning Valley readers with long memories can help us identify some of the young women in this striking photo…
Where are the jobs?
Dr Geoff Hudson is a computer expert, inventor, and physicist from Melbourne. Here he offers some visionary thoughts on Australia’s declining…
Doing dinner
Three friends remember… The Dinner Party Trish Rollins My first dinner party was a total disaster. Newly married, never having…