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Ten pound pom
I came to Australia in 1970 as a ten pound immigrant. Not a Pom mind you. I am from Scotland. I was 21. I lived in various locations. Campsie. Lakemba. Newtown. Parramatta.…
Life living in Mosman
We moved from Rose Bay to Vista Street when I was a baby. There I spent my early years. After that we moved to Prince Street. I remember riding my dinky from…
Squatter camps on Clifton Gardens 1946 to 1958
Clifton Gardens, 1909. Courtesy State Library of NSW. My recollections of Clifton Gardens start soon after World War Two ended. My father had survived the war with the famous Sixth division from…
Ron Wylie’s Recollections Part II
These memories relate to 16 Redan Street. Read Part I at Badham Avenue. Prologue Have you ever wondered where the names of some of the streets in and around Mosman came from?…
Notes on Mosman
Lisdoonvarna, Coronation Avenue CORONATION AVENUE Our family arrived in Sydney from Brisbane in 1933. We moved into a house called Lisdoonvarna in Coronation Avenue, Mosman. It was an extraordinary house and for…
Memories of Iluka Road
My parents, Max Carment (1918-2007), a chartered accountant and his wife Diana (nee Sulman, 1927-2005), and I (born in 1949) moved to 26 Iluka Road, Clifton Gardens from Cremorne in 1951 as…
An auspicious intersection
When travelling east on Military Road, in the late 40s early 50s, you reach the cross road / intersection of Cowles Road. On each corner of this crossing there was a landmark…
Whittle’s Hardware Store
I was wondering if anyone had memories of Claude Whittle’s Hardware Store in Military Road, Spit Junction? The staff while I was working there in the sixties were Bill Smith, a charming…
My Mosman childhood – late 50s, early 60s
My first memories of life revolve around The Crescent and Military Road. We lived above and behind the shop at 585 Military Road. Next door to the left was Mrs Mac who…
Memories of a Young Lad from 1921
My first Recollections, 1921 – 1928 I was welcomed into the world at the corner of Raglan Street and Military Road after being born at Paddington Women’s Hospital. My parents were Alfred…