{"id":1935,"date":"2020-05-19T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1935"},"modified":"2020-05-27T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:59:42","slug":"farewell-marty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1935","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Marty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text and Images: Ann Herraman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Marty” Bear preparing to leave the History Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our “Team Teddies” leader \u2013 Marty – has returned to domestic duties. I had a call from his owner \u2013 former Managing Director of John Martin\u2019s, Geoffrey Coles, asking if he could collect Marty so that he could return to domestic duties with a new great grandchild. Of course the answer was that Marty was in very good form and condition, had been working very hard as team leader, most recently on Anzac Day service, but would relish the opportunity to engage with a new great grandchild!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Wednesday last week I packed Marty into a Woollies bag with a bunch of poppies, an Aussie flag and two copies of the Flinders Column in which his activities as Team Leader were highlighted. Geoffrey Coles was very touched by the extent of Marty\u2019s  activities during his time in the History Centre. In fact two years had gone by during which time Geoffrey Coles had been very ill \u2013 hence the delay in collecting him. So with some sadness I waved goodbye to Marty.  Rest assured that we still have another Marty Bear. This one is a well-worn model which belongs to one of the Library staff. Marty 2 will step up into a leadership role when the History Centre opens in earnest. Meanwhile Coventry is developing as an energetic and enthusiastic member of the Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Text and Images: Ann Herraman Our “Team Teddies” leader \u2013 Marty – has returned to domestic duties. I had a call from his owner \u2013 former Managing Director of John Martin\u2019s, Geoffrey Coles, asking if he could collect Marty so that he could return to domestic duties with a new great grandchild. Of course the … Continue reading “Farewell Marty”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-vd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1834,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1834","url_meta":{"origin":1935,"position":0},"title":"Coventry’s Corner","date":"April 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to this special page for the Young and the Young at Heart, featuring Coventry Bear and all his friends. 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