Ivor Jones
- Sep- 2024 -8 September
The Aussie Milk Bar
Recently, a plaque was installed in Martin Place, Sydney where once stood the “Black & White 4d. Milk Bar” which…
Read More » - Aug- 2024 -22 August
The French Connection
France has been in the news recently with the Olympics held in Paris so I thought – “what connection does…
Read More » - 8 August
A Stage of Transport of a DIFFERENT ERA
Exactly 100 years ago, in August 1924, the last regular stagecoach run by the famous Cobb & Co., was held…
Read More » - Jul- 2024 -27 July
A Cracker of An Idea
As a child in England I have memories of my mother, during the 1950s, bringing home from work broken biscuits…
Read More » - 12 July
A Landmark Junction
Some of Australia’s oldest roads in early Colonial Australia exist within our area. When main roads meet they form a…
Read More » - Jun- 2024 -29 June
A Tale of Two Migrants (Part 2)
As mentioned in the last issue of this magazine, this is a continuation of a story of two migrants, both…
Read More » - 13 June
A Tale of Two Migrants (Part 1)
A while back my wife and I joined a bus tour to Jindabyne and one evening during dinner I overheard…
Read More » - 3 June
An Interesting Case
As a schoolboy, arriving in Australia during the late 1950s, I found that school students carried their school books and…
Read More » - May- 2024 -18 May
Hearing About a Little Dog
Most of the “Memories” that I publish in this section of the Hills to Hawkesbury Community News deal with people,…
Read More » - 2 May
Growing Up 100 Years Ago In The Depression – Part 2
Continuing from the last issue of the “Hills to Hawkesbury” here are some more memories of Mary “Poppy” Heiler of…
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