Ilford Hall

17/03/2023

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12/10/2022

Great night! Dinner-dance with the Vintage Rail Journeys. Toot toot!!

15/09/2022

and the Road House Regulars entertained guests of at an event organised by last night.
A proper !

14/09/2022

Great night at the Ilford hall. Kandos Museum playing host to Vintage Rail Journeysourneys with Swamp Dawkins out front.

Great fun!

27/10/2021

If you want to get the jab it is coming to us. The mobile clinic be at the old Ilford road house this week on Friday morning. Couldn't be much easier!

03/11/2020

Abundant spring flowers along Ilford Hall Road - sections of the roadside are recorded as high value native vegetation by the local council. Really worth a stroll to see just how amazingly the bush has bounced back since the drought.

19/01/2020

Ilford Christmas Party. Saturday the 18th, our delayed Christmas Party at Ilford Hall. Start time is 5pm. BYO drinks. Water supplied. Spit roast. Music by Bushrock
A de brief and relax after the past month or so.

12/01/2020

Now that there is something to celebrate!

05/01/2020

Wild outside, calm inside. Wild wind and meatloaf. We thought things had settled down but then the wind pickedup.

04/01/2020

Morning shift over for another day. Hoping the cooler weather brings relief to fire grounds all over.

03/01/2020

Help put our locals get out of the red into the black.

Matthew Maude Ilford /Running Stream Disaster to assist Farmers During this recent disaster there have been a large contingent of private vehicles that over

02/01/2020

Wondering how you can help?
The most direct way to assist the RFScatering corp is by donating gift cards from either Woolies, Coles or IGA Kandos so provisions can be purchased as needed. If you are in the district you can help physically at the hall by joining the roster. There are 2 daily food service shifts 6 to 8.30AM or 4.30 to 8ish PM.
At Ilford Hall, we are caustiously optimistic that the pressure is easing off locally with the Palmers Oaky fire being surpressed. However, Gospers and Nullo are still raging so support should ramp up out of Rylstone RFS.

02/01/2020

Repost of list for donations from Running Stream local Fiona Sim.

"To all the friends and family who have asked about making a donation to organisations helping bushfire affected people, animals etc, the organisations listed below are definitely providing help on the ground.

If you or anyone you know wants help financially, here is a list for your consideration:

RFS (NSW Rural Fire Service) : https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/support-your-local-brigade (This is actually a volunteer organisation, but these are the firefighters on the front line, who have been fighting these fires for weeks, and in some cases, months)

For wildlife

WIRES: https://www.wires.org.au/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0ZHwBRCRARIsAK0Tr-oeqyOf7F9726BlaDs-aZisIHI3qrLohICcExTVl-EchkmxQ5DVPG4aArc5EALw_wcB

Animal Rescue Collective: https://rescuedpets.com.au/ (I don't know much about these people, but they did apparently just organise a large delivery of food to be dropped in Lithgow for kangaroos, wombats etc, so presumably they do good stuff with their donations!)

For pets and livestock:

RSPCA NSW (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals NSW): https://www.rspcansw.org.au/

Helping farmers with fodder:

Rural Aid (Buy a Bale): https://www.buyabale.com.au/ (But I just noted that they're closed til 8 January!)

200 Bales: https://www.200bales.com/ (Similar to the above, but specifically set up for farmers in my region. Actually set up for drought relief, but now helping with fodder for farmers whose paddocks have been burnt out, and they have already delivered two semi-trailer loads of those big round bales for farmers right here. I noticed when down at the fire station/community hall this morning that only four of those bales are now left there, so all the others have been delivered to those who need them.)

Rural Fire Brigades are often more than just an emergency service. They can also be a vital community service, provide a community meeting point or offer assistance with non-emergency roles.

01/01/2020

Breakfast at Ilford Hall - bacon, eggs. Firies morning meeting while vehicles are cleaned and fueled ready for a big day ahead tamping down and putting out that fire.

01/01/2020

Ilford Hall, such a great community infrastructure built and maintained by locals.
Vollunteers have been turning up at the hall for weeks now to support the local and visiting bush fire brigades with cooked breakfast, lunch packs and square meals at shift change in the evening. For locals suffering losses, evacuation or just wanting to stay in the community loop are welcome at anytime.

24/12/2019

Views from on the ground at Ilford.

24/12/2019

Ilford Hall is once again doing what it was built to do by locals more than half a century ago. Providing relief and focus to a community under pressure. With the Palmers Oaky Fire raging on nearby Cherry Tree Hill, Ilford-Running Stream Bush Fire Brigade is using the hall to provide food and respite to front line Firies and our community. Like the Gospers Mt, Kerry Ridge and Nullo Mt fires which have burning out of control for months now the Palmers Oaky Fire is proving incredibly difficult to subdue. This is going to be a long haul. Thank you to all the selfless individuals in Brigades that have come from far away to help.

28/09/2019

From good times with bbq'd fat lambs and lots of cake to dry times with no less Ilford Bush dance has marked the arrival of Spring over Cherry Tree Hill. Thanks for the music that got us up on the dance floor - Stringy Bark Bush, the Drooping Thistles, Bush Rock and the Gang Gang Bands. Profit donated each year to charity via the Ilford Hall Trust.
Sadly, there'll be no Labour Day Long weekend bush dance this year but keep your scoot boots handy - we have something up our sleeves for next April.

29/09/2018

Bravo Gang Gangs Bush Band!! Ilford Bush Dance great music, dancing (thanks Duncan for your calling) food and company.

14/09/2018

Counting the sleeps.

Back by popular demand The Gang Gangs Bush Band will play Ilford Hall Saturday 29th September 6 to 10. BBQ Lamb Tea & Supper. Tickets at the door $25 (kids $10) or click through link on Facebook/Ilford Bush Dance

12/08/2018

Back by popular demand The Gang Gangs Bush Band will play Ilford Hall Saturday 29th September 6 to 10. BBQ Lamb Tea & Supper. Tickets at the door $25 (kids $10) or click through link on Facebook/Ilford Bush Dance

30/07/2018

We are pleased to announce that renowned Australian Bush Band the Gang Gangs will be playing the 2018 Ilford Bush Dance. What better way is there to welcome Spring after such a hard dry Winter.
Saturday September 29.

We are an Australian Bush Band based in the beautiful Blue Mountains NSW

30/09/2017

Supper well deserved.

30/09/2017

BBQ lamb rolls with vego option. Thanks Mitchell Clapham for the beautiful local lamb. And Kate Hodgkinson for the special hebaceous pilaf.

30/09/2017

Danced all night.

30/09/2017

Supper done check!

30/09/2017

Wide open floor - Gang Gang Bush Band ready and waiting.

29/09/2017

The Gang Gangs are starting to gather and will be screeching tonight at the Ilford Bush Dance & BBQ!

25/09/2017

Only 5 days away.

Ilford Bush Dance and BBQ. A traditional bush dance to sweep away those winter blues. The Gang Gangs will get your toes tapping with jigs, reels and traditional 2 steps. You don't have to know what to do with your feet - all dances are called. Dance with the old, the new or the next love of your lif...

19/05/2017

04/01/2017

We are pleased to announce that renowned Australian Bush Band the Gang Gangs will be playing the next Ilford Bush Dance. It's a way off yet - Saturday, the 30th September but for those of you who plan ahead mark this one down in your new 2017 diaries.

We are an Australian Bush Band based in the beautiful Blue Mountains NSW

06/10/2016

Some fun to be had in Ilford

05/10/2016

Cherry blossom time in Ilford.

03/10/2016

26/09/2016

Bush Rock will be rocking Ilford Hall Saturday October 1.
Come for music, food and dance.

19/09/2016

Come and dance, Saturday October long weekend.

08/04/2016

Farewell Billy, you kept the music alive. A troubadour forever!

29/09/2015

Billy's protege John's debut 2013