Okay, so what era were they popular in?

Oh, they were very popular in Victorian times and Edwardian times.

But as people moved away from open fires and then had gas probably, or when they got a little bit more money and they bought matches, they tended to move away from spills.

The other part of that were vestas.

Vestas are like the normal redhead matches that were once very common.

They're much shorter.

And you'd have – many in particular would have a vesta case.

Would that be worth anything? When did we have round 50 cent pieces?

It's worth keeping.

Yes, and one of the things that it said was that the health of future Canadians would depend more on changes in environment and lifestyle than developments in healthcare and human biology.

And I thought that was a powerful message, and that was the message I received in 1975.

So I then was working in Toronto in the early 1980s, and my first job as a health planner was to define or to develop a health plan for the city, which was a very new idea.

We eventually came up with a mission statement that the mission of the Department of Public Health was to help make Toronto the healthiest city in North America.

So two things were important about that.

First was to understand that the Department of Public Health alone couldn't make Toronto healthy, that it took the planning department, the public works department, the housing department, the parks department, and on and on and on, that we all had to work together.

No, I've had my sights on her for some time.

I'm wondering if the most suitable place to donate it, maybe, you know, as part of the history of Sydney, would it be the Powerhouse or the Mitchell Library? Where would you suggest, Trevor?

Yes, well, what a wonderful thing to have in the family.

And we forget about the hours and hours of work that goes into something like that.

You know, I can just imagine all the handwork must be absolutely fantastic.

And it sounds as if the family has looked after it, treasured it, and taken great care with it.

That's very special.

There are – the powerhouse is undergoing a bit of a shake-up, I think, at the moment.

How were they made, Trevor?