Author: Lyndal Coote

Miss Langley’s Kindergarten

1954 — 1958 Fairfax Road, Stanton Road

Does anyone remember Miss Langley’s kindergarten on the corner of Fairfax Road and Kirkoswald Avenue? Three in our family went there from about 1954 to 1958. It was an old timber house with a dirt yard and hanging tires for swings. I remember quite clearly the Christmas when we had a party/concert at Scots Kirk […]

My childhood home

1954 — 1972 Stanton Road, Tivoli Street

I grew up in a house on the corner of Stanton Road and Tivoli Street. When Mum and Dad bought it in about 1954 it was in a very run down state but with a magnificent view out the Heads and a 3/4 acre block. They lived there until 1972 but I moved out in […]