PHOTO: Wednesday 19 December 1979 of the Coonamble Times.
When the Towri retirement units were officially opened on Saturday 24 April 1982, Reverend Rodgers of the Coonamble Uniting Church said it was "an historic moment - the end and beginning of a dream which had spanned more than a decade."
Around 200 people attended the event, with 'local ladies and the Red Cross providing afternoon tea'.Chairman for the event was Colin Pickup (then shire clerk) and the Coonamble Shire Band 'under the baton of Wally Handfield rendered musical items throughout the . . .
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