Rose Barry's Memories of MosmanMy life began on 10 October 1924, when I was born in 129 Ourimbah Road Mosman (a room which I slept in until 1988), to my parents Mr & M...151.235313,-33.821344houseboat at Fisher Bay, The SpitHouseboat, The Spit after it had been altered and where Dennis lived in 1949. Read Dennis Francis’ Memories of Mosman.151.24996,-33.80074To schoolDennis on his way to Malvern school. Read Dennis Francis’ Memories of Mosman.151.23806,-33.83396Dennis Francis' Memories of Mosman Dennis on his way to Malvern school My earliest memories of Mosman was when I attended Malvern Kindergarten; it was a lovely o...151.240676,-33.832396View from Musgrave Street to Sydney Amatuer Sailing Club, Kareela Road and Old Cremorne Wharf, 19623rd from the negative. The eight story steel framework above Sydney Amateurs stood, like this, exposed to the seasons for well over a yea...151.23292610049248,-33.842872663757994View from Musgrave Street to Cremorne Reserve, 1962Another one taken from the negative. For some reason this appears a little darker than it should.151.23291805386543,-33.84290830786124Musgrave Street Wharf and Cremorne Point, 1962Morning peak hour, taken from 2 Musgrave Street. Recently found some negatives of Mosman Bay and the detail (compared to the printed photo...151.2329132,-33.842956652 Cabramatta RoadMy Dad grew up in 52 Cabramatta Road. His Mum and Dad moved there in the 30s and lived there until grandpa died in 1967. I remember going ...151.233776,-33.8298841970s in Inkerman StreetInkerman Street was short of kids in the 70’s except down towards the dead end. We use to play cricket in the street, forcings back ...151.2365951,-33.8179316Mosman Prep memories Just north of St. Clements C of E Church, was a wide bitumen path which in those days was the principle entrance to Mosman Church of England...151.24003529548645,-33.83281263530431Spit Junction memories 1950/60The shops that I recall in Spit Road: West side from south to north (some may be missing or misplaced) Military Road – Greengrocer...151.2421327829361,-33.82368395344665The Esplanade memories 1946-1954In the days when I was a member of the 1st Balmoral Cubs and Scouts , I used to visit a large tearoom / milk bar on the corner of The Espla...151.25198185443878,-33.827554348372026My time in Ryries ParadeI emigrated to Australia from England, with my parents, in 1937, when I was 14 years old. We lived in various flats for a few years after ou...151.2318094,-33.817901663 Rangers Ave63 Rangers Ave, circa 1940’s. See My Grandmother’s Memories for more about this photo.151.23198062181473,-33.83204396523809My Grandmother's Memories 63 Rangers Ave, circa 1940's These memories, covering approx 1902 to 1920, were taken from an interview with my Grandmother (M...151.23235881328583,-33.832957456427041st Balmoral Cubs and ScoutsIn 1946, I joined the 1st Balmoral Scouts as a Cub Scout. The meeting hut was a primative affair. The little timber room had an east veranda...151.25224471092224,-33.82797546885757Street party at The GroveWe lived in The Grove from 1969 until 1994, after ‘emigrating” from Melbourne where we had lived all our lives until then. When we downsize...151.2472567,-33.8231312The area I knew and lovedI was born in 1943 at St Monans Hospital – Cremorne? I went to Sunday School at the Congregational church in Belmont Road – n...151.2420839,-33.812651659 Cowles RoadI have found an old black and white photo taken about 1950. There were no trees in the street, but the garage had been built, so we had a ca...151.23799681663513,-33.82619293409221Arrival in SydneyMy parents and I migrated to Australia in 1948 and our first place of residence was Kahibah Road, renting from a kind man named Mr Stocks. ...151.253864,-33.8327622Memories of 59 Cowles Road 59 Cowles Road, c. 1950 I grew up in this home, where I lived with my parents and grandmother from about 4-21 (when I left hom...151.238353,-33.826315A (small) room with a view!After living in both a flat in Sommerset St and a house in Noble St, in 1966 we suddenly moved to a small flat in Middle Head Road. This cam...151.24558210372925,-33.83263216556184Origin of the name of Pursell AvenuePursell Avenue was named after the Pursell family who lived in a large house on the east side of the street overlooking Middle Harbour and T...151.2428572,-33.8119702Tennis Champ !This is my great grandma Rose Barry 1950 at I believe some tennis courts that were in Countess Street.151.23585373163223,-33.82024122698198North End, The EsplanadeKeith Cairnes, Linda Cairnes age 11, Natalie and Georgina Starr at North End of Esplanade near baths and jetty? Natalie’s twin, Nigel ...151.2517485022545,-33.82697056945345The city from Bradleys HeadTaken 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...151.2450349330902,-33.85208060078079Window View StormA 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 am...151.2458354,-33.8283336Muston Street, 1960My 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 ...151.24583423137665,-33.830894289282725Balmoral rockpool 2Another photo of Erica Jobling and self playing on the rocks at Balmoral with the boats scudding by behind. It must have been a weekend.151.25207841396332,-33.8261717662686Balmoral rockpoolSelf and friend Erica Jobling, who lived at 707 Military Rd, playing by the rocks near storm drain outlet near the old jetty.151.25204756855965,-33.82614948434335The hoopla craze on Somerset StreetMy Mother and Dad came from Hurstville to live in Mosman as a result of my Dad serving at Georges Heights in 1939 as a Conscript. Dad liked ...151.23626947402954,-33.83529684056916426 years in Muston StI found this website today, quite by accident, as I was watching the announcement of the 16th visit of Queen Elizabeth soon to come. Her 1st...151.2460219860077,-33.828316374398064Growing up in Noble StreetGrowing up in #14 Noble Street Mosman in the 50’s/60’s was a combination of “Leave It To Beaver”, “Happy Days&...151.239453,-33.82969649 Hale Road & Dusty49 Hale Road Mosman about 1959. The dog in the foreground was called Dusty and belonged next door at No. 51.151.234014,-33.822603Alf and Bertha WintleAlf and Bertha Wintle outside their home at 28 Rosebery Street about 1960 151.23634,-33.822251My aunt in my grandparent's shopInternal photo of my grandparent’s shop at 189 Ourimbah Rd, Mosman in 1970. That’s my grandfather, Arthur Booth in the backgrou...151.23265653848648,-33.821061254662624Grandad's Shop, 189 Ourimbah RoadThis is the shop of of my grandparents, Arthur & Emile Booth (Lower) and the adjacent shops with beauty salon near the BP service stati...151.232750415802,-33.82123952050924Grandad's Shop, 189 Ourimbah RoadThis is the shop of of my grandparents, Arthur & Emile Booth. Purchased in 1960 and closed in 1971 after the clearways imposed in Ouri...151.23259484767914,-33.82121723729875View from the roof of 65 Rangers AvenuePhoto taken by T.O. Booth (my father) in 1948. My Grandmother and father and uncles lived at 65 Rangers Avenue during the war while my grand...151.231936,-33.831778Coming to MosmanAlthough I was born close to Mosman (on the Cremorne side of Holt Ave, at the demolished St Monans Pte Hosp) my family soon moved back to th...151.2469619,-33.8247288Taronga Zoo Floral ClockI found this old photo in my grandmother’s collection, and I believe it dates back to the 1940s or early 1950s. I can remember how exo...151.24291397631168,-33.8434986611588Cyprian Street, 1968The postman at the bottom of Cyprian Street before continuing on into McLean Crescent. They used to criss-cross the street on the way down, ...151.24749720096588,-33.813660665818304Growing up in MosmanI spent my young years from 1966 untill 1975 around the mosman area. We lived in a number of streets, Earle St., Clifford St, Wunda Road, Vi...151.2409257888794,-33.8244905786996743 Shadforth St, c.1951Grandmother and Uncle in front of our house (semi on right). Ex Army BSA bike. The Greenhalgh family lived in this house from late 1951 to...151.2373584508896,-33.83465295931984Middle Harbour Public SchoolPart 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 ...151.2323695421219,-33.82239155458261Recollections of Mosman Public SchoolI started school at Mosman Infants in Gouldsbury Street at the beginning of the first term of 1946. I remember a kindergarten teacher by th...151.24075412750244,-33.82832305880684Recollections of Lennox StreetSettling 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 bott...151.240545,-33.839087Tennis on CongewoiI lived in Congewoi Rd. from 1944 until 1970 and spent so many happy hours playing tennis (and practising tennis!) on Mitchell’s Tenni...151.235286,-33.820213Shops and docs on Mosman's high street 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 ...151.24103307724,-33.82460644689554My recollectionsMy 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,...151.245384,-33.838719Bay Street Heritage Bay Street, 1947 Bay Street, Beauty Point I believe that Bay Street for a small child was probably one of Best Streets in Mo...151.2385534,-33.8138057Balmoral – a VillageBalmoral 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...151.2474317,-33.82756258 Almora StreetThis photo of Mylah Crosbie with son Michael and daughter Lee was taken around 1955 at 58 Almora Street Mosman. We had a beautiful view fro...151.24546140432358,-33.826909294717495Amaroo CrescentAmaroo Crescent existed in name only in the early 1960s. Dennis and Joan Georgeson sold the bottom of their property in Pretoria Avenue to g...151.253821,-33.8313554Front garden of "Sebrof"151.24295353889465,-33.824076125790775Afternoon tea at "Sebrof"Mulligan family enjoying afternoon tea in the garden of ‘Sebrof’.151.24308228492737,-33.824142973170011 Gurrigal StreetThe house it is no longer. Certainly, my memories, as a boy rest there from the period of early sixties. The photo precedes this time, my g...151.2387853860855,-33.82479807472105Mosman during the 30s and Depression YearsMy family moved from North Sydney to Mosman’s Esther Road, Balmoral in about 1922, when I was four years old. Mosman was a wonderful p...151.2498263,-33.8263608Memories of "Sebrof" 14 Clifford StIn 1911 my grandparents, James and Martha Mulligan, sold their country property “Woodford”, near Armidale, NSW. Their son had di...151.2429803609848,-33.82420536401016Memories of "The Hut" 22 Pretoria AvenueIn the late 1930s my parents, Ian and Edith Kitson, built a house on a battleaxe block of land at 22 Pretoria Avenue, George’s Heights...151.2567937374115,-33.83116165716374Flu epidemic hits MosmanMosman was not immune to the pneumonic influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918, taking with it more casualties than World War I. The...151.24304205179214,-33.824122918961734Living in ‘Duncraggan’How lucky were my family to live in a portion of the beautiful mansion in McLeod Street, Mosman during the 1930s and early 1940s. We had li...151.23401,-33.840473Hawkers came down Mackie LaneAlthough our home address was 23 Hale Road we had this lovely back entrance which wound around the back of the Ice Works into Lang Street an...151.2334805,-33.8234338Balmoral MemoriesFor my name and memory, I leave it to men’s charitable speeches and to foreign nations, and the next ages. Frances Bacon 1561 – 1626. My ...151.2518815,-33.8263667113 Awaba Streethi recently after my mum died, we found an old case that contained letter and pictures of her uncle and aunt, ernest and lucy swindells who ...151.237945,-33.819883First Port Jackson Sea Scout TroopFirst Port Jackson Sea Scout Troop at the Fairfax Challenge, Clifton Gardens Army Water Base.151.25209987163544,-33.8386119724364Ten pound pomI 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. Cam...151.24265313148499,-33.82960645560855Life living in MosmanWe 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 ...151.2339531,-33.8265798Squatter 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 e...151.25194430351257,-33.83858078227881Sam at Redan StreetPhoto of Sam and my grandaughter Nicole.151.2465812265873,-33.83120621839593Front of House, 16 Redan StreetView of 16 Redan Street – front of the house – in the 1980s. 151.2466536462307,-33.831129350255864Sydney sandstone wall, Redan Street View of the sandstone wall at 16 Redan Street. The wall was built in the late 1800s and ran from Redan Street along to Almora. 151.2467823922634,-33.83103799962271Original house at 16 Redan Street A view of the original front part of the house. Taken late 1960s. 151.24658927321434,-33.83117279747396Looking out towards Manly View from the roof at 16 Redan Street in the late 1960s. 151.24648,-33.831181Ron Wylie's Recollections Part IIThese memories relate to 16 Redan Street. Read Part I at Badham Avenue. Prologue Have you ever wondered where the names of some of the...151.24648,-33.831181Mum, dad & John at Balmoral BeachJoseph, Elisabeth and John Maurici at Balmoral Beach, 1959.151.25235736370087,-33.8275008726064Dad in his shop, c.1970Joseph Maurici in his shop at 56 Avenue Road.151.2381148338318,-33.83189023039541Dad's Shop c.1960Joseph Maurici outside 56 Avenue Road, Mosman, late 1950s early 1960s.151.23815640807152,-33.8319927203212514 Clifford StreetHome of James Henry & Martha Mulligan and their six children until approx 1949. The home was named Sebrof. Note large statue on the left...151.24307692050934,-33.824321232592521 Cabramatta Road, 1908Te Aro – home of William & Edith Jeyes.151.23674154281616,-33.829938442269764W.J. Lockman, Hatter & Mercer, 1926William James Lockman outside his shop in Military Road.151.22997365891933,-33.82837987626032W.J. Lockman, Hatter & MercerWilliam James Lockman outside his Hatter & Mercer business circa 1915. The family lived above the shop.151.2299307435751,-33.82835091050444Pte. Boyle & Sister AndersonThis image is from a photo album owned by Margaret Holmes. It is reproduced here with her kind permission. It was taken at the 21st Austra...151.25744819641113,-33.83442793393324Fire PartiesI became a N.E.S. messenger or junior warden for the street but I was never required.151.2390875,-33.8329669Notes on Mosman Lisdoonvarna, Coronation Avenue CORONATION AVENUE Our family arrived in Sydney from Brisbane in 1933. We moved into a house ...151.2474102,-33.8199124Memories of Iluka RoadMy parents, Max Carment (1918-2007), a chartered accountant and his wife Diana (nee Sulman, 1927-2005), and I (born in 1949) moved to 26 Ilu...151.24929,-33.842452An auspicious intersectionWhen travelling east on Military Road, in the late 40s early 50s, you reach the cross road / intersection of Cowles Road. On each corner of ...151.23836159706116,-33.82435688443241Whittle’s Hardware StoreI was wondering if anyone had memories of Claude Whittle’s Hardware Store in Military Road, Spit Junction? The staff while I was working ...151.24138712882996,-33.82389786585731Double Decker bus at Pearl Bay Avenue terminusThis is a view of Pearl Bay Avenue looking west towards Beauty Point Road. It shows the double decker “236” Musgrave Street Wh...151.24389231204987,-33.810948516153042 Pearl Bay AvenueThis is a picture of 2 Pearl Bay Avenue, Mosman. It was my family home and was built in 1938-39. We lived here continually from 1939 until...151.2437903881073,-33.810718971191281st Mosman Bay Scout Troop1st Mosman Bay Scout Troop in front of The Barn, Mosman Bay.151.23308837413788,-33.83706359015532Entertaining Japanese visitors at MosmanBalmoral? Georges Heights? Clifton Gardens? Leave a comment if you know where this photo was taken. – Mosman Library151.25226616859436,-33.823510149218941st Mosman Bay Scout Troop1st Mosman Bay Scout Troop, Reid Park, Mosman. Ron and Len Wylie holding the flags.151.23302936553955,-33.8346373635200811 Clifford Street151.24268531799316,-33.82428335249632Balmoral bathing beauties151.2510859966278,-33.820947609991435Uncle Claude at Balmoral151.2517672777176,-33.82113478936938Betty James and lamb, Almora Street[Location based on Peter O’Donnell’s comment]151.2502384185791,-33.82526600132756Billy, Ron and Leanne at Almora Street[Location based on Peter O’Donnell’s comment]151.25021561980247,-33.82527491419046Lennie, Aunty Fonsie, Ronnie and flag at Almora Street[Location based on Peter O’Donnell’s comment]151.2501847743988,-33.825283827052424Mosman Public School, Rugby League teamAre you in this photo?151.241212785244,-33.8277014065550617 Badham Avenue17 Badham Avenue, c.1931. Number 17 was on the site of Archibald Mosman’s home.151.23414784669876,-33.83783221508176First pair of long 'unsRon Wylie in the garden of 17 Badham Avenue with Rodger the dog.151.23421221971512,-33.83772527637553Outside Council workers' shedRon Wylie and friends outside Council workers’ shed in Badham Avenue.151.23410761356354,-33.838268880076846The Band“The Band” under the grapevine in the backyard of 17 Badham Avenue. It is believed that this vine was in fact planted by Archibald Mosman in...151.23425245285034,-33.83779434097194Fossicking in Mosman BayTo the right is some sandstone that came from the Mosman Bay wharf built by Archibald Mosman in the 1830s. This photograph was taken in the ...151.23198866844177,-33.837391092056116Under the grapevine at 17 Badham AvenueThe Wylies under the grapevine at 17 Badham Avenue. It is believed that this vine was in fact planted by Archibald Mosman in the 1830s.151.23441472649574,-33.837861177625015My Mosman childhood - late 50s, early 60sMy first memories of life revolve around The Crescent and Military Road. We lived above and behind the shop at 585 Military Road. Next doo...151.2417714,-33.8250692No. 7 & No. 5 Cobbittee Street in the early 1920sThe house in the middle #7 is ours and the one on the right is the Stevens’, #5. Note one can see some people standing outside #5 ne...151.25696003437042,-33.83193701928984Memories of a Young Lad from 1921My first Recollections, 1921 – 1928 I was welcomed into the world at the corner of Raglan Street and Military Road after being born at Pad...151.23441,-33.837864Cobbittee capersIn January, 1933, I was married at St Andrews, Wahroonga, to Dr T.A.G. Holmes, eldest son of Dr H Glennie Holmes of Mosman. After 14 months ...151.2568815,-33.8314749'Finedon' view to westView west to Quakers Hat Bay and Northbridge beyond over the front wall of Finedon, 4 Ryrie Street. The house was built early 1939 by archit...151.24196246266365,-33.816274677748595'Finedon'View of Finedon, 4 Ryrie Street, built early 1939 by architect Hedley Norman Carr, whose family lived there until 1983. Mosman Library hol...151.24195843935013,-33.81623345141147Just so NiceI lived in Clifford Street a long time ago, and now reside in England. We as a family emigrated to Sydney 1959 and just loved the country. ...151.2431281,-33.8243328Dick's Hotel & Obelisk Beach Family PicnicsAs a child I lived at No 5 Methuen Avenue, in the 1950s & 1960s (see story about the residents in the 1950s and 1960s). My father, Dick...151.255012,-33.833512My Aunt & Uncle's placeMy Mosman memories involve visits to my aunt and uncle Margaret and William Gordon Cumming at 43 Myahgah Road in the 1950s. As a child from...151.24028,-33.827436My neighbours and our wonderful streetWhen my Dad left Australia, in command of 2/2nd Battalion A.I.F., on the Octants, 10/1/40, our family was living at ‘Nydfa’, a block of flat...151.2434846162796,-33.82404938682445Methuen Avenue residents 1950s & 1960sNo. 1 – Dr “Doc” Herbert Evatt resided in the top house with a tennis court below. The Wilsons bought this in the 1960s, s...151.2547216,-33.8329459133 Awaba Street, post 1979Post 1979 and to date with second storey addition.151.23666375875473,-33.819944856347774133 Awaba Street, 1966Original condition as purchased in 1966.151.23673349618912,-33.81995376976528Childhood memories from Awaba StreetMy first home as a baby was in Awaba Street – it was also my last in Sydney before moving to UK in the late 80’s. Fond memorie...151.2417801,-33.8207548Another view of street garden in Clanalpine Street, c.1920This photograph is part of a collection donated to Mosman Council in the 1950s by former Mayor, and historian, Dalton “Jack” Car...151.23856008052826,-33.837702997461555Street garden in Clanalpine Street c.1920This photograph is part of a collection donated to Mosman Council in the 1950s by former Mayor, and historian, Dalton “Jack” Car...151.23812019824982,-33.8376851743262A marvellous place for childhoodIn 1933 my parents, Ralph and Frieda Avison, my grandmother and I moved from Hunters Hill to 30 Clanalpine Street, a street named after an a...151.24056,-33.835983Block's BlockThe possibility of owning our own home was uppermost in our minds. A couple of months after our wedding we began house hunting. We began t...151.23678714036942,-33.81967968175186Block's BlockBreda and I married in 1965 shortly after she joined me from the USA. At first we shared a flat in Spruson Street, Neutral Bay. This was a c...151.23677641153336,-33.819738733308661 Ryries ParadeI think I was about 10 years old when we moved into what was I think was number 1 Ryries Parade. I say ‘I think’ because the number 1 was on...151.242468,-33.816705Dad and daughter outside 9 Mitchell RoadMe and my dad in the front garden.151.24298572540283,-33.81890420846776Down Windward AvenueWindward Avenue was an unnamed dirt track with a handful of houses until the early to mid 1950s. When the decision was made by Council to se...151.2550247,-33.8324292Poppa and his grand-daughters in their Sunday bestHugh Beeson, affectionately called Poppa, with his grand-daughters Susan and Janis on the front steps in matching “Sunday best” ...151.2429803609848,-33.81893763418535My grandparents' home on Mitchell Road9 Mitchell Road, Mosman, in the 1940s.151.2428918480873,-33.81891757875636Mitchell Road memoriesMitchell Road Mosman was the centre of my early childhood universe in the 1950’s. We lived with my maternal Grandparents in Mitchell Road w...151.2430061,-33.8183935Neat hedges and little old ladiesMy earliest memories of Clifford Street are of neat hedges and little old ladies. However, at No. 11 where I lived we had neither a neat he...151.24261289834976,-33.82452400223382