On the whole, the childhood and teenage years of my friend, Dianne and I, were fairly quiet, predictable and safe, growing up in Hopetoun Avenue. Because of that, some incidents have stood the test of time, remaining clear as day in my mind. Before the use of Spit Road, cars used Parrawi Road as the […]
Growing up in Hopetoun Avenue, Chinamans Beach was a very important place for my friend and I. This veritable paradise, provided we local children with an exciting, wild and ever changing playground, right at our doorstep. Bordered by thick vegetation, this beautiful and secluded beach had the added attraction of a tiny creek, appearing from […]
KraMar Private Hotel, Musgrave Street 1950s to 1960s
A few recollections of growing up at 23 Musgrave Street in Mosman in the early to mid1960s’ That weatherboard house has long since gone and has been replaced by two dwellings. My brother John and sister Roslyn Howell still live in Raglan Street. I often fished for yellow tail off the then Musgrave Street Wharf. […]
We, that is my parents George and Elsie Skinner, James Henry (Jim b’26), Donald (Don b’29) and Margaret Alice (Marg b’31), moved into 3 Bayview Avenue early in 1932. My parents had emigrated from England in 1926 and moved here after living in Hayberry Street, Crows Nest, Richmond Avenue, Willoughby and Gordon Street, Mosman. From […]
In the 1970’s and early 80’s The Crescent was a backstreet in Mosman which only families who couldn’t afford to live closer to the harbour or the zoo, seemed to know about. The quiet of the crescent-shaped road was only interrupted by the ferry bus which used to stop outside our house, the rumble of […]
Seeking to make contact with John Eggins who lived at 52 Rangers Avenue Mosman. He had two sisters Anne and Susan. We went to Mosman infants, primary and secondary schools together and we’re friends. My name is Ian Bagnall and I lived at 55a Avenue Road Mosman until 1961. Ian Bagnall
My first home as a baby was in Awaba Street – it was also my last in Sydney before moving to UK in the late 80’s. Fond memories of visiting my grandparents in Countess Street, friends in Killarney Street, Dalton Road and school at Middle Harbour Primary and then onto Queenwood at Balmoral. Loved Chinamans […]
The possibility of owning our own home was uppermost in our minds. A couple of months after our wedding we began house hunting. We began to check the properties for sale in the Sydney Morning Herald and local real estate offices. We made the decision to settle in the lower north shore as Murray had […]