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North End, The Esplanade

1963 The Esplanade

Keith Cairnes, Linda Cairnes age 11, Natalie and Georgina Starr at North End of Esplanade near baths and jetty? Natalie’s twin, Nigel is taking the picture.

The city from Bradleys Head

1960s Bradleys Head Road

Taken on one of our many evening bush track walks around Bradleys Head. NO tall buildings except the original AMP, no real sign of the Opera House. It’s a very different city now. Ektachrome Slide Film.

Window View Storm

1960s Muston Street

A Storm brewing over Middle Harbour taken from our sunroom in the Muston St apartment. This was my world. Day and night. My father was an amateur astronomer and we spent many an hour looking at the stars through his telescope. I also of course used to use the telescope for terrestrial snooping too. All […]

Muston Street, 1960

1960 Muston Street, Raglan Street

My mother, Gladys Cairnes and self about mid 1960 standing on the corner of Raglan and east side of Muston St. I used to wait on the corner here for my mother to walk home from work at the convalescent home Strathairlie in Bradley’s Head Rd, where she was Matron.

Balmoral rockpool 2

1961 The Esplanade

Another photo of Erica Jobling and self playing on the rocks at Balmoral with the boats scudding by behind. It must have been a weekend.

Balmoral rockpool

1961 The Esplanade

Self and friend Erica Jobling, who lived at 707 Military Rd, playing by the rocks near storm drain outlet near the old jetty.

A memory refresh

Mosman Oval, January 1913 In May this year, mosmanmemories.net will celebrate its sixth birthday. Internet years are like dog years and whilst we won’t hazard a guess as to its equivalent human age, the site deserved an update. Here’s a brief outline of what we’ve done: A redesigned template that will adapt to your mobile […]

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