We’ve just received an email from one of our regular contributors, and ex-Mosman postie: MERRY XMAS TO ALL IN MOSMAN,AND BEST WISHES TO THE POSTMEN OF MOSMAN. TERRY BROWN, SNOWED IN IN SUSSEX UK. We wish Terry and all Mosman Memories contributors and readers a happy Christmas and a fruitful and productive New Year.
We had a lovely email from Rhonda with her memories of Middle Harbour Public School – parts 1 and 2 are now online – and thought Rhonda wouldn’t mind if we published her words on our blog. Local memories don’t just record facts of the past; they are redolent of the spirit of the time. […]
Part 1 I couldn’t wait to start school. Every day as my elder sister, Jeannene left for school I would swing on the front gate and cry big crocodile tears. Mum would call me inside with the promise of a biscuit if I stopped. ‘Why can’t I go to school too’? I would wail. Thus […]
I started school at Mosman Infants in Gouldsbury Street at the beginning of the first term of 1946. I remember a kindergarten teacher by the name of Mrs. Brewer, a kind lady, who to me always seemed to wear the same green cardigan every day. There was also a Mrs. McKell and in a later […]
Settling in I had just turned 2 years old in 1942 when my family moved to Flat 4, 16 Lennox Street, a neat block of four flats at the bottom of the second stage of a two-stage hill situated off Prince Albert Street at the Zoo end of Mosman. The building, then called Ainslie Court, […]
I lived in Congewoi Rd. from 1944 until 1970 and spent so many happy hours playing tennis (and practising tennis!) on Mitchell’s Tennis Courts, which were at 21 Congewoi and also behind our house, 17 Congewoi, and running to Countess Street. My Mum and Dad (Les and Nancye Medland) were keen tennis players, and so […]
Dr. Doak's house on the corner of Military and Belmont Roads Military Road was put through in 1871 to enable the army to move material out to Middle, George’s and Bradley’s Heads to defend Sydney following the withdrawal of Imperial troops from the colonies. Following the ridge, it became the public transport corridor, which is […]
My family has been in Mosman for nearly 100 years. They came from Manchester in the UK and after living for a short time in Eastern Avenue, Kensington, moved to Cremorne. My grandfather, Aaron Jenkins built 1 Thompson Street, and they lived there for some years. I remember stories about the wonderful parties they held […]
Bay Street, 1947 Bay Street, Beauty Point I believe that Bay Street for a small child was probably one of Best Streets in Mosman for offering an Insight into the Heritage of this Country and the Opportunity to Sample some of the Real Australia. I spent the years from Birth to my Later Teens [1939 […]
Balmoral was a self-contained village in the 1950’s. From the south my world started at the Naval Depot pool (used by the Balmoral Swimming Club after the original Balmoral Baths were washed away around 1948). Next was the 1st Port Jackson Sea Scouts shed and then the Balmoral Sailing Club. Further around was the Sunshine […]