Cowles Road
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…
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…
59 Cowles Road
I 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 car by then.…
Memories 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 home, and Mosman). On my return to…
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…