Category: Story
Browse posts in this category. Click a tile to read the full story.
The First Council Clean Up
I think the year was 1962. Mosman Council had announced its first council clean up whereby residents were urged to put any unwanted ‘rubbish’ on the kerb outside their houses. In the…
My Mosman childhood
3 Ellamatta Ave; Mosman. I’m not sure when my parents, Richard Jnr and Joan Beard, moved to this house from Flat 4, 11 Waitovu St; Balmoral (the block of 4 flats was…
GOING TO SCHOOL IN MOSMAN (3)
MOSMAN HIGH SCHOOL, (1966 – 1970) was on the other side of the white line from the Primary School, that is, on the Belmont Road side of the block. It consisted of…
GOING TO SCHOOL IN MOSMAN (2)
PREPARATIONS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL: The day before school began at Mosman Primary, (it was the end of January 1962 at the close of the six-week Christmas school holiday break), I excitedly packed…
GOING TO SCHOOL IN MOSMAN (1)
All the schools were close by and within walking distance of our house, 52 Cowles Road. The first school I attended (in 1958) was MOSMAN KINDERGARTEN located on the corner of Belmont…
Memories of 52 Cowles Road, Mosman, 1957 – 1971
We moved into 52 Cowles Road, Mosman in 1957 when Mosman was still a working class suburb. I remember Mum telling me some years later that the house was bought for 4,000…
Architraves at Redan St
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
Margaret Drake’s memories of 16 Hunter Road Mosman
In 1963, married with children, we built the small, modern ‘Safari’ house on a redundant tennis court at 16 Hunter Road, Balmoral – (pic enclosed).
Development of businesses in Cabramatta Road, Mosman
Local businessman Ian Jones, through meticulous research, has documented the development of businesses in Cabramatta Road Mosman.
Clifton Gardens Postwar Clifton Gardens
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…