Pam Holding celebrated her 90th birthday at lunch for 40 people at the Young Services Club on Saturday 23 July 2022.
Pam was born on 18 July 1932 and now lives in Young.
At the lunch there were three generations of the Holding family plus long term friends from Harden and Young.
It was the first opportunity for the family to come together for a number of years with family travelling from Batemans Bay, the Hunter Valley, Sydney and Canberra to mark the 90th birthday occasion.
Pam is the matriarch of a family consisting of three children (Pater, Janelle and Richard), seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
In the week of her birthday an additional greatgrandson, Billy, was added to the family. The family was dissapppointed that the only other living member of Pam’s generation from the family, Velvy MacLeod, was unable to join in on the celebration.
Velvy’s children and partners (the Rourke family) did attend to be part of the celebrations.
A highlight of the lunch was the gift of a croquet mallet. In the last 12 months Pam has taken up playing croquet at the Young Croquet Club once or twice a week.
Life in Young continues to be very active both socialising with friends and making handmade embroidered items for family and friends.
