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Johnny is supposed to be playing his violin at a New Year's Eve dance, but decides to stay home. His wife seems unwell and he is disturbed by her sadness. He finally realises it is their twentieth wedding anniversary.
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Dave Regan and Party
Australia
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ABC Television
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1980
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1980
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film/TV
— Appears in: Lawson's Mates 1980; (p. 248-296)'Dave Regan and his best mate Jim Bently are well known in the district as horsemen and odd-job men who can spin a good yarn with the best of them. When Ma Middleton's husband passes away they hit on the grand idea of digging for gold underneath his grave, which just happens to be above a rumoured mineshaft. When Ma discovers the plot she is outraged.'
Source:
[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 29 February 1980, p.26.
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- Mudgee area, Gulgong - Mudgee - Rylstone area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
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