The frocks and frills that are reminders of much-loved grandmas and great-aunts will return to light up a new generation's morning next month.
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Long after their heyday the dresses from the early 1900s will hit a runway at Yeoval.
Watching on will be the residents of the town's aged care home and their friends.
The fashion parade is part of the line-up for Glory Box Days on August 16.
The event is a project of Kerry Whiteman, the recreation activities officer at Yeoval Aged Care.
Ms Whiteman so relished her day out at Wongarbon CWA's Looking into Grandma's Glory Box in April that she decided to ask the women to reprise the event for a new audience.
“Looking at all these magnificent items from the glory box days... I’m so passionate about that era as well and I could really relate to that,” she said.
Ms Whiteman was all the more determined to bring the theme to Yeoval because of the significance it would have for the 20 permanent residents of the facility, run by the United Protestant Association (UPA).
“Working in the industry I work in and doing (the job of) recreation activities officer and keeping functions and events going, I thought the residents would really be able to relate to that history,” she said.
Ms Whiteman had already seen some good signs it had hit its mark.
“Definitely (the residents are connecting), reminiscing, you can see the passion in their faces, their eyes light up,” she said.
A busload of the seniors enjoyed an outing to Dubbo yesterday as they looked forward to Glory Box Days.
Ms Whiteman opened a box of family treasures including her grandmother’s beads from her wedding day, an autograph book, a Bible and other keepsakes collected by her mother.
Looking on, some of the residents recalled earlier times.
Joan Wykes could picture her grandmother crocheting at night with a kerosene lamp behind her shoulder.
“We have lots of items that when I pull out of my glory box... they actually remember and reminisce about,” Ms Whiteman said.
“It has been part of their lives.”
Ms Whiteman extended an invitation to the community to join them for Glory Box Days, which will include morning tea and harp and banjo music.
Entry is by gold coin donation and guests can RSVP to Ms Whiteman on 6846 4100.