Beauty Point Estate I was born in Mosman: Lauriston Private Hospital, which was at 4 Mandalong Road, near the fire station. In 1939, Australia was clawing its way back from The Depression and the world was sliding towards war. One of my earliest memories is at age three on the night of 31 May 1942 […]
sirius_ave_1b Mosman Infants School, 2nd class, David Clegg, Backrow, 4th from left alongside his friend Takahashi. Photographer unknown, 1938 My first memory of Sirius Avenue is of a hill rising from what was originally a creek bed wending its way from a ridge – Queen Street, in a southerly direction and gradually increasing in width […]
While renovating our house in Redan Street we found this piece of wood with the message “These architraves were fixed by Gregory Bryson 15th Nov 1890.” architraves at Redan St
In 1963, married with children, we built the small, modern ‘Safari’ house on a redundant tennis court at 16 Hunter Road, Balmoral – (pic enclosed).
Local businessman Ian Jones, through meticulous research, has documented the development of businesses in Cabramatta Road Mosman.
It was 1945 and the war had ended, Our brave men were coming home, The survivors of the fighting “Sixth” Their slouch hats were proudly worn. They had seen the worst, of it all, Good mates they’d lost were many In the Middle East, Greece and Crete And in the jungles of New Guinea. My […]
Her screams resounded far and wide, from Mosman heights to distant Chowder bay, It was just a bit of harmless fun our band of larrikins played on that day. We were amblin’ back from the Mosman flicks to our camp at Clifton gardens, And the sounds we heard from that old parked car, sure got […]
1st Balmoral Scouts & Cubs , outside Joel’s Boat Shed 16 December 1939 Back Row: David Royle, Bob Fairlie, Hugh Farquharson, Geoff Dixon, Peter Ford, Don Hogarth, Paul Royle, Geoff Shephard, Russell Cook, Phillip Amos, Gordon Cook, ? Centre Row: Brian Chappel, Max Greenwood, Ray Hockey, Allan Royle, Barry Dyson, Bruce Watson (Cub Master), Rae […]
This photograph was taken in 1940-41 at 29 Clanalpine Street Mosman. The lady, with the small boy, was my mother and the boy my eldest brother Anthony. In the middle is my aunty, Stella Howson and on her right is my uncle, Charles Field. The gentleman sitting in the middle was the air raid warden […]
Christmas party at Malvern Kindergarten, 1947. Read Dennis Francis’ Memories of Mosman.