Hi Paul,

From he museums face book site:

One of the Museum's stalwart Members and an instantly recognisable name in
the Australian Tramway Preservation Movement, Robert (Bob) Merchant has met
with some misfort over the weekend.

Bob is a wealth of information about Sydney's trams was General Manager of
the Museum in the 1960's and early 1970's and has held various senior
positions within the Museum for over 60 years.
He has been editor of the Museum's 'Trolleywire' magazine, Australia's
premier tramway historical journal for some 50 years.

Unfortunately, Bob had a nasty fall on Saturday afternoon and broke his
hip. He had a hip replacement at Sutherland Hospital on Sunday and remains
there recovering. He hopes to move to a repatriation hospital nearer to
his home late this week or early next week. Bob doesn't own a Mobile
Phone, so he is pretty hard to contact. However you can ring Sutherland
Hospital and they will attempt to get a phone to him. Otherwise, you can
visit him at Bed 15 in Jara Wing of Sutherland Hospital, Caringbah.
(Visiting hours 8am - 8pm - make sure you wear a mask!)

He was in pretty good spirits today when I visited him, but with the
medications wearing off, he was in a little pain.
On Tuesday, 19 January 2021 at 08:36:13 UTC+11p...@... wrote:

> Any update on the condition of Bob Merchant?

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> Paul in Melbourne

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