To celebrate History Week 2021, Lithgow City Library is hosting an online speaker event with author, Peter Baker, discussing his book Side Stepping Shrapnel about the history of rugby league in Lithgow.
The online event will be held from 2pm on Friday, September 10.
Side-Stepping Shrapnel is a true story of the rise of rugby league in the industrial country town of Lithgow between 1907 and 1921 and the impact of the Great War on the players.
“The book begins with William John ‘Pummy’ Mantle, the main protagonist, who was born in the shadow of the Lithgow Colliery. After an introduction to Pummy’s family, the story moves to the birth of Rugby League in August 1907 and the role of Lithgow and surrounding towns at that particular time,” said author, Peter Baker.
“These events celebrate and increase community awareness of the cultural diversity and rich history and heritage of the Lithgow LGA,” Lithgow Council said in a statement.
“History Week is the annual, state-wide celebration of history, organised by the History Council of NSW. This year’s Histroy Week theme is From the Ground Up.”
Check our Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/LithgowCouncilLibraries/ every day in September for a slow release exhibition of photographs and join the online Zoom Meeting at 2pm on September 10. To access this event you will need to have the Zoom App https://zoom.us/ on your device and then rsvp to the library via email to lithgow.library@lithgow.nsw.gov.au for your logon details.
