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Myer Grace Bros staff catch up

Dec 02 2022 Updated December 1, 2022

Ken Smith

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Lorraine Holland, Jane Edmunds, Ray Heinzel, Donna Astley and Cheryl Pharo (Morris)

Susan French, Maree Cheney, Susie Webster, Debbie Rapley, Donna Falconer and Viv Cluff

Wally Flynn, Sandra Lehmann, Eunice Fraser, Belinda Stewart and Heather Chown

Vicki Walsh, Rhonda Madgwick, Gail Duggan and Daphne Meharg

Lee Jarvis, Wendy Willoughby and Susan Shields

Past and present staff from the Dubbo store.

Tina Williams (who travelled from Port Macquarie) and Rhonda Madgwick

Organisers Gaye Mitchell, Ross Woodham and Leonie O’Malley

Leonie O’Malley, Lynne Draper and Jo Evans

Around 80 past and present staff from Myer and Western Stores met at the Westside Hotel on Saturday, November 12, for a catch-up, organised by Ross Woodham, Leonie O’Malley and Gaye Mitchell.

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