By John Slater Peel’s Secret Gardens is a non-competitive event held every two years since 1996. You wouldn’t think there were any more secrets to discover but there were and […]

report by John Slater What a wonderful wealth of fine Peel people there are for us to draw upon, many from distant places – in this instance, Dr Michael Teare […]

by John Slater. Barbara Greenwood’s account in her book, Melbourne Bound – From the Neb to the Yarra, is such a tale of such derring-do, that it is hard to […]

By John Slater What a very special evening this meeting of Peel Heritage Trust proved to be! When I walked in half an hour before the start, nearly every seat […]

report by John Slater Katie opened her illustrated talk by referring to the write up I produced for her stunning presentation, last year, when she fell for my ploy by […]

report by John Slater One glance at the almost capacity audience, jostling for seats, said it all. Andy Johnson is highly regarded as one of our growing band of star […]

Report by John Slater What an amazing evening! The sun shone and more than sixty members and friends assembled at the main door of the cathedral for a guided tour […]

Report by John Slater This was quintessence of Peter Kelly. This is more than could be said of his laptop that had just ‘blown up’ or the spare he had […]

by John Slater This talk was billed as Henry Bloom Noble, his life and legacy. Pauline did a sterling job in meeting this aim in the time allotted. So interesting […]

Report by John Slater (Listen to a recording of Alan’s talk) Alan began his remarkable talk by explaining that it would be in two parts. The first would be about George […]