CALALA Cottage on Denison St will be a hive of old-fashioned activity tomorrow as the Tamworth Historical Society holds its biennial Spring Fair.
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The gates open at 10am to offer visitors a fun and interesting look at days gone by with the blacksmith shop open for business, sheep shearing displays, wood-turning and spinning demonstrations and a display of vintage cars.
Visitors will be among the first to see the newly renovated Shepherd’s Hut, Tamworth’s oldest-surviving building, built about 1840, and experience an old-style lesson in the old 1884 Beehive School.
Students from Tamworth South Primary School will dress in period costume for a lesson.
Car enthusiasts can get a closer look at Dodge vehicles made in 1925 and 1928 among other classic vehicles.
And a display on the cottage verandah will include Australian commemorative plates, old Australian banknotes and other historic memorabilia, courtesy of local collector Mike Cashman.
The day also includes free cottage tours, children’s games, stalls and entertainment, and is the Tamworth Historical Society’s main fundraising event of the year.
