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The green tree snake and the lovers
Her screams resounded far and wide, from Mosman heights to distant Chowder bay, It was just a bit of harmless fun our band of larrikins played on that day. We were amblin’…
Teenagers in 70’s Mosman
Mosman in the 70’s was a great community. Our big family lived in Belmont Road opposite the primary school. There was no social class, no haves or have nots. The neighbourhood was…
3 Bayview Avenue
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…
The Oak Tree in The Crescent
The Oak tree in The Crescent – Angela Snelgrove One of the many reasons why my mother chose 21 The Crescent as the house to raise her three children was the oak…
The Hemingways of Morella Road
Dorothy May Hemingway Dorothy May Hemingway lived in large house at 18 Morella Road, Clifton Gardens. She was involved in theatre, latterly children’s theatre, during the years of the Depression and World…
Growing up in The Crescent, Mosman in the 1970s
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.…
Rangers Avenue
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…
Name
Congewoi Lane was known as L86 for many years then Council decided to change the names of the lanes. It then became Awaba Lane in the 1990s, according to a letter from…
43 Cabramatta Road
I grew up in 43 Cabramatta Road with my mum & dad (Del & Wal) and still have the most vivid memories of what it was like. Regular visits to Mrs Martin’s…
A snapshot of times in the late 1920’s
Backyard Tennis Court at no 82 Avenue rd 82 Playing tennis in the backyard with friends was the happiest times for my grandmother in the late 1920’s. The photo attatched was developed…