Over 40 family and friends gathered for the 15th Pitman Reunion held at Manningham, South Australia on Sunday 6 November 2016. It was delightful to have new as well as regular attendees.
As in previous years, we had time to meet and chat, eat a sumptuous lunch brought and shared by the attendees, catch up on items of interest, and take some photos for the family album. A great display of memorabilia was on show, thanks to both the Reunion committee and attendees.
Our guest speaker, Sandy Wilkinson, spoke about the recent restoration of his Osmond Terrace, Norwood home which was built by Thomas Pitman (W9) for his family in 1880.
This photo, from the collection of Haidee Pitman, was provided to Sandy Wilkinson to guide his renovations
Sandy’s talk generated a great deal of interest and generously spent much time after his presentation discussing before and after photographs of the restoration work with attendees.
Prior to the reunion, Sandy had communicated with the Pitman Reunion Committee to help ensure the restoration was faithful to the original design.
Sandy appreciated being given a copy of the 1990 book Pitman Families in Australia:1838-1900 to have in his house.
A number of family members made favourable comments about the renewed web site and thanked the committee for their continued work.
See the Reunion 2016 album on Facebook for more Reunion photos.
Pitman Families in Australia 