Photograph of the interior of the Rutherglen Laundromat after the fire in July 1978laundromat, fire

Colour photograph of the front of the Rutherglen Laundromat taken in July 1979, one year after the fire.laundromat, fire

Around 1930, the Bennett Brothers' garage replaced a produce store that had operated since the 1860s. The house has had numerous owners and functions since it was owned by Joseph Shepherd in the 1880s - among other things it has been used as an opportunity shop, and as a laundromat.Black and white photograph of two buildings on the east side of Sussex Street, Linton. Photograph taken in 1982, showing a house which was owned by Joseph Shepherd from the 1880s and lived in by his niece Mary Ann Shepherd until 1921. Next to it is a brick building, the former motor garage built in the 1930s by Bennett Bros. houses, bennett bros. garage, 79 sussex street linton, joseph shepherd

Photograph taken in 1988 of building in Sussex Street, Linton: house dates from 1860s, and was owned from 1883 by Joseph Shepherd, and then from c.1930 by the Bennett family who used it briefly as their butcher's shop; later was it a cake shop run by Stella Ralf (Stella Ralf also taught piano). Later (1978-1981) run as op-shop by Mrs. Stella Surman to raise money for Maxwell Park C.E.B.S. camp. House had a later incarnation as a laundromat in 1980s - at this time many women were still without electricity on outlying farms and house blocks. Next to it can be seen the former Bennett garage building, built on the site of a produce store which also dated from c.1860.Colour photograph showing green painted timber house with pitched roof and small verandah, white trim, next to brick building with pitched roof and verandah over footpath, brick pillars. "Stella Ralph's old shop (cake) later Bennett garage"stella ralf, bennett's garage, stella surman, bill hall, georgina hall, joseph shepherd, 79 sussex street linton