The fifty-third Annual Weekend was held at Lindsay over 25–27 April 2003, with the banquet and the Annual General Meeting on the 26th and doubled as Norland Branch's twenty-fifth anniversary as a branch of the Society; the Charter Members Peggy Weaver and Grace Graham attended the anniversary banquet. The Society's newsletter for Spring 2003, pages 3–4.
A natural leather baby shoe with leather laces and visible stitching on a black backgroundA red leather wall clock shaped like a cog, with layered gear shapes and brass handsA white leather card holder with black lacing around the edges and a small stamped geometric panelThree leather card holders in tan, reddish brown and natural, each with a small stamped designA leather fox mask with painted fur detail and whiskers, displayed on a padded head formThe painted leather fox mask on a head form at a display table, a carved leather piece in frontTwo leather belts with brass buckles, one a patchwork of red, orange and black, the other tan with a stitched keeperThe pointed end of a belt carved and dyed in reds and oranges, beside a spray of purple leather flowersA gourd partly wrapped in natural leather, decorated with a shell concho and feather danglesClose-up of a cowhide panel framed with tan leather corners carved in floral scrollworkA cowhide-topped leather case with floral-carved tan corners on a display table before a trophy signA tan leather piece stamped with a basketweave pattern inside a triangular borderA green man mask of layered green leather oak leaves and acorns hanging on a pegboardA side view of the green oak-leaf leather mask hanging on a pegboardA person holds up the green leather oak-leaf mask with acorns, a face peering out from the leavesTwo leather-covered bottles with cork stoppers and a hexagonal box, all in mottled reddish brown leatherA moulded tan leather holder of two joined cylinders, like a rolled scroll, on a display tableLeather roses in natural and red with green leather leaves on wire stemsTwo natural leather roses with veined leaves on green stemsNatural leather roses beside a black leather rose, with green leather leavesA red leather dragon mask with scaled texture, horns and spiky edgesA black saddlebag stamped in a basketweave pattern with two buckled straps and a round snakeskin inlayAn angled view of the black basketweave-stamped saddlebag with buckled straps and snakeskin inlayA Father Christmas figure dressed in a red and gold leather robe over a patterned tunic on a green clothA large tan suede tote bag with a braided leather strip down the front on a display tableA jointed teddy bear of natural leather wearing a black leather vest, one paw raisedAnother view of the natural leather teddy bear in a black vest, seated on a display tableA tall tan leather wastebasket with stitched seams and rings, on a furAnother view of the stitched tan leather wastebasket on a furA tan leather wine carrier case with a rope handle, tooled with grapevines and the words Wines and Spirits
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