Memories
- Apr- 2021 -9 April
Are You Being Served?
Ivor Jones Recently a friend gave me a book about how some of Britain’s major retailers began. This led me…
Read More » - Mar- 2021 -26 March
Sweet Memories-Toffee apples and homemade toffees
By Ivor Jones Easter time has become a time when many chocoholics consume mountains of Chocolate eggs and assorted sweet…
Read More » - Jan- 2021 -29 January
Beautiful Views
Memories With Ivor Jones & Friends Living in the Hills District with its many hills one would expect that there…
Read More » - 15 January
From Model Farms To Booming Suburbs
MEMORIES WITH IVOR JONES & FRIENDS Immediately after the end of World War II, Australia sought to increase its population…
Read More » - Dec- 2020 -4 December
How It Was For Them – Part 2
Continuing Mary Leonora Smith’s story about her parent’s trials and tribulations during their lives at Baulkham Hills during the 1920s…
Read More » - Nov- 2020 -20 November
How It Was For Them
BY IVOR JONES Regular reader and contributor to this publication, Mary Leonora Smith of Old Toongabbie tells of how it…
Read More » - 7 November
Memories keep flooding back
BY IVOR JONES A newspaper article recently listed the top ten Sydney suburbs for storm damage in the past year.…
Read More » - Oct- 2020 -9 October
Yesteryear’s Wedding Customs
BY IVOR JONES A MONTH AGO I wrote in this publication of the custom of White Weddings. In this issue…
Read More » - Sep- 2020 -26 September
Sophia Jane and the trials of the Old North Road
IVOR JONES As you gaze along Old Northern Rd at Baulkham Hills or Castle Hill can you imagine how it…
Read More » - 11 September
WHITE WEDDINGS
Ivor Jones As Spring is often associated with love and romance this article is dedicated to the practice and tradition…
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