Memories were flowing on Wednesday when members of the Narromine Men's Shed visited the Historical Museum.
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The Ngarru Mayin Elders Aboriginal Committee, which runs the museum, invited the Men's Shed for morning tea.
John Lenhan and Roger Blackman were delighted when they discovered two Argonaut trophies from the 1980s which featured their names.
"We found a family heirloom," Mr Blackman said with a smile.
Mr Lenhan explained the award went to the hardest worker of the Argonaut Club for that year, he won it twice.
"It's for the person who worked the most hours for working bees," he said.
"We were like a Lions Club. But we all got older and none of the younger ones were coming in so we shut down."
The men from the shed were also treated to a raffle which Tiger Berryman won. He took home an Easter hamper full of chocolate treats. Ngarru Mayin Elder and Councillor Ruth Carney was thrilled with the event.
"We'd like to thank Coles for the goodies, thank you to the Colonial Dairy for the sandwiches and Gayle Smith for the sponge cake. It's been a wonderful day which everyone enjoyed," she said.
Mrs Carney said the men enjoyed the articles and historic ornaments set up in the museum.
"They found it interesting reading the older papers and the old blacksmith's shop out the back," she said.
Men's Shed president Allan Sly said the members were grateful for the invitation.
"We're very happy to be invited to the museum, they've done a great job restoring the old museum," he said.
Mrs Carney said the museum had been going well since its opening in November.
"People find it interesting, they travel through. Council have done a package for travellers," she said.
People coming through Narromine look up family history and go and visit town historian Norma Meadley.