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Emma looked around the room. Here she was fifty years after she had married Frederick in 1879 and he was still here with her, standing by her side. It had been a cold, sunny, winter’s day when she had walked … Continue reading
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Lilian and her daughter, Ivy, entered the ballroom. As they looked around they could see the flash and glitter of men and women dressed in their finest as they swayed to the music. The room was a buzz of activity … Continue reading
Outside water glinted off the pool and the breeze wafted gently among the bright pink flowers. The air was scented with the smell of newly cut grass and Ray’s pigeons made their characteristic coo of contentment as they nested in … Continue reading
The teeth broke in through the wall. “They tore the walls down like paper as they came crashing through them”. That was how she described the experience. For months now neighbours had been complaining. The smell pervaded the atmosphere outside … Continue reading
He wasn’t in the Will. Percy Bean had been in his father’s Will but when his mother died a few years later Percy wasn’t mentioned at all. Instead, she left what little she had to “her three children, Ethel, Lily … Continue reading
The teeth broke in through the wall. That is how she described the experience. For months now neighbours had been complaining. The smell came out of the unit as they passed on the walkway. Glimpses through the door showed years … Continue reading
“A Tantalising Tart wants her old man bound over”. That was the heading in the News Papers. Case dismissed! Years of being the punching bag and hearing herself described in vile and despicable ways by her husband and now she … Continue reading
Last week I did a talk for the local Family History Society on Ray Bean. Much of the information that was in that talk I had also blogged about as I was doing my research for the talk. However, when … Continue reading
Thanks to Neil Cook, I have recently received a number of photographs taken by Ray Bean in 1947. Ray went for a canoe trip down the Murray River and during his trip he took a number of photographs of Steamboats … Continue reading
Having now gone through the NSW State Library’s catalogue of photos for Walkabout Magazine I now have a fairly good idea of where Ray Bean was when. It seems likely that he sent is first photo into Walkabout Magazine sometime … Continue reading