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Canterbury History GroupLetter - A reminiscence, Oriander, Betty
Some memories of life in Canterbury from Betty Oriander (nee Wyatt) who came to live in Canterbury with her family at the age of four in 1912canterbury, boston road, hopetoun avenue, carisbrooke college, crisbrooke nursing home, canterbury station, hansom cabs, camberwell grammar school, grocers, vintage cars, vineyards, commonwealth day, world war 1914-1918, canterbury road, canterbury gardens, st barnabas anglican church, wyatt family, demaine family -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Canterbury, Williams, Allan, Dr, 1/06/1987 12:00:00 AM
Dr Williams gives details of some of the earlier shops in Canterbury Roadcanterbury, canterbury road, dentists, williams> allan, williams> ray, hansom cabs, canterbury station, veitch family, hughes family, shops, fireworks displays -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - A.J.C. Cabs of Canterbury, c.1920's
Black and white photograph of Gordon Steward and Mr A. Jeffs standing beside a blue bus at the front of A.J.C. Garage in Rochester Road Canterburycanterbury, rochester road, a.j.c.garage, petrol stations, buses, steward> gordon, jeffs> alan, vintage cars -
Victorian Railway History LibraryBook, Melbourne University Press, Mind the curve! : a history of the cable trams, 1970
The colourful cable tram, 'gliding along with its swan-like motion', remains the nostalgic memory for Australians that the hansom cab is for the Londoner. Yet it was the major street transport over two generations for Melbourne, San Fransico, Chicago and other brash and self-confidently expanding great cities of the late nineteenth century.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.155.non-fictionThe colourful cable tram, 'gliding along with its swan-like motion', remains the nostalgic memory for Australians that the hansom cab is for the Londoner. Yet it was the major street transport over two generations for Melbourne, San Fransico, Chicago and other brash and self-confidently expanding great cities of the late nineteenth century.cable trams - melbourne, public transport - melbourne -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Canterbury Railway Station 1898, 1898
Three photocopied images of Canterbury Railway Station in 1898. Donated to the Canterbury History Group by Mr Norman Mills who digitised the photographs left to him by a relative.Includes copies of the old photographs before digitisation and a letter from Mr Mills.canterbury, canterbury railway station, pedestrian underpass, stationmaster's house, gaslights, signals, hansom cabs, steam trains -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Canterbury Railway Station, c1910
Photocopy of a photograph from "Canterbury, a history" by Don Gibb courtesy of Michael Venn.canterbury, canterbury railway station, canterbury road, canterbury theatre, hansom cabs, steam trains
