A SPLINTER group of Glossop current and former residents are staging their own celebration to mark the town’s centenary.
An unofficial Glossop centenary dinner is scheduled to be held in Barmera on Saturday, October 16, coinciding with another Glossop-themed event – focusing on the town’s high school – just a few hundred metres away.
The latter is a joint celebration, involving Glossop High School’s 80th anniversary, but organisers of the centenary dinner say Glossop deserves its own standalone event.
“A group of past and present Glossop residents have decided that the centenary of Glossop is too important to us not to celebrate,” said Denise Van Oostveen (nee Milich), one of the dinner organisers.
Mrs Van Oostveen said she was concerned strong bookings for the joint celebration, the Back to Glossop Dinner at the Barmera Club, could mean some people were unable to celebrate on the night.
“That’s why we’re staging our event, which is at the Barmera Hotel,” she said.
“We’re having it on the same night on purpose, because we’ve got ex-Glossop people coming back to attend things during the day.
“If they can’t get into the official dinner, which I’m sure will be a great event, they can come to ours for a meal and a catch-up. It’s open to anyone from Glossop.”
The Back to Glossop Dinner is being staged by the Glossop Centenary Committee, which has planned a number of projects throughout 2021 to showcase the best of the town.
These include a Glossop Primary Community School open day, to be held the day after the Back to Glossop Dinner.
Ms Van Oosteen lived in Glossop for 26 years and attended both schools in town.