	{"id":117305,"date":"2026-03-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=117305"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:21:30","slug":"st-leonards-memorial-hall-turns-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/st-leonards-memorial-hall-turns-100\/","title":{"rendered":"St Leonards Memorial Hall turns 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE sunrise has been brought inside with the installation of St Leonards Memorial Hall&#8217;s new stage backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>The hall, which will celebrate its 100-year anniversary this year, was established on September 12, 1926, to commemorate the 47 local men who enlisted in the first world war.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117307\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117307\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75874-132x94.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The St Leonards Progress Association have a year of celebrations in store for the 100-year anniversary of the St Leonards Memorial Hall. Photo: NYAH BARNES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To begin a year of celebrations, the St Leonards Progress Association, who manage and maintain the hall, put a callout to local artists and photographers for a backdrop to fill the wall behind the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Local amateur photographer and member of the St Leonards Progress Association Phil Walters submitted the selected photograph of the sun rising over the St Leonards pier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The image needed to reflect the hall&#8217;s origins, and purpose as a memorial hall,&#8221; Wendy Mayne of the St Leonards Progress Association said.<\/p>\n<p>Mayne, who has been involved in organising the 100-year celebrations said of the photograph: &#8220;Those who went off to war, it&#8217;s an image that would have been something they had in their mind at that time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sunrise fills the entire back wall of the stage and is accompanied by the words &#8220;at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117308\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117308\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75925-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local photographer Phil Walters (pictured) took the photo selected for the backdrop, of a sunrise over St Leonards Pier. Photo: NYAH BARNES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walters said it was an amazing experience to see his photo displayed in such a significant way, and to this scale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That makes taking the to find and take those photographs all worthwhile, to have it recognised like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walters, who retired to St Leonards almost two decades ago has been taking photos for about 60 years, ever since he was a scout in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117309\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117309\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/StLeonardsMemorialHa_75991-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The backdrop was sponsored by Portside Pilates and Neville Richards Real Estate. Photo: NYAH BARNES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the lead up to 12 September, Mayne said the Progress Association are compiling historic records and local accounts of the hall, as they prepare for a celebratory dinner dance.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is a &#8220;strong sense of connection&#8221; to the hall among St Leonards locals, and added &#8220;everyone has a story&#8221; about the hall.<\/p>\n<p>The backdrop was created and installed by Print My Sign, and sponsored by local St Leonards traders, Portside Pilates and Neville Richards Real Estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE sunrise has been brought inside with the installation of St Leonards Memorial Hall&#8217;s new stage backdrop. 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