Alva and Des Pickett outside of their home. Stories about their lives are included in the SHKS publication 'Voices from Elwood'Colour photograph laminatedDes and Alva Pickettpersonal histories, st kilda historical society, des pickett, alva pickett, st kilda, mitford street

The photo "Mitford Street looking south from Southey Street in 1906" - shows the construction of the St Kilda to Brighton Electric Street Railway and the lack of any development in the background. Photo used in The Brighton Electric Line by Leon Marshall Wood, 3rd edition page 8 - see item 1351.Yields information about the construction of the St Kilda Brighton line.Black and white print with source stamp on the rear.Has The Argus Newspaper Copyright stamp on the rear.mmtb, tramways, track construction, new tramways, st kilda brighton tramway, mitford st

Photograph looks south along Barkly St, St Kilda at the intersection of Mitford and Blessington Sts. A Victorian Railways single truck combination car with cross bench trailer is travelling northward, bound for its St Kilda Station terminus. The original 1906 tramway from St Kilda Station to Brighton Beach was single track with a double shunt at the station and six passing loops. By 1914 the northern half of this line from the station to the Elwood Depot was duplicated. This dates the photograph to before 1914.Yields information about the VR Brighton Beach lineBlack and white photograph with title below photograph and nothing on rear. On front 'VR Tram Barkly St'. barkly st, mitford and blessington sts, victorian railways, single truck combination car, cross bench trailer, st kilda station, brighton beach, passing loops, depot

Sixteen page book, A4 portrait format, saddle stapled, titled "Light Rail Transit System - Inner Area North-South Link", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority detailing the conversion of the former heavy electric suburban railway lines to St Kilda and Port Melbourne to electric trams or Light Rail. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport, Describes the proposed system, vehicles, development of articulated vehicles (2001, 2002), interchange with rail services, travel times and a map showing the proposed route, including a possible extension along Mitford St. and Broadway to Glenhuntly Road. Has a number of artists impressions of the vehicles at Station Pier and South Melbourne station. Includes colour photographs of the vehicles, conductors and photos of other light rail systems in Hanover and Amsterdam. Published c1986.trams, tramways, melbourne, light railways, mta, st kilda, port melbourne, articulated trams

St John’s Congregational Church was established in 1888 on the corner of Barkly and Mitford Streets, near the Village Belle Hotel in South St Kilda. The building has now been demolished. The photograph was taken at the final service. The church closed in 1974 and gave its hymn books, carpets and curtains to its sister church, East St Kilda Congregational Church at the corner of Hotham and Inkerman Streets (later East St Kilda Uniting Church and now Trinity-St Nicholas Church). black and white photographHonour board of Sth St Kilda Cong ch. Closing Service 31 Dec 1972. First World War 1914-18. SKHS 00771st kilda, churches, congregational churches, wwi, world war i, great war, honour roll, st john's congregational church

St John’s Congregational Church was established in 1888 on the corner of Barkly and Mitford Streets, near the Village Belle Hotel in South St Kilda. The building has now been demolished. The photograph was taken at the final service. The church closed in 1974 and gave its hymn books, carpets and curtains to its sister church, East St Kilda Congregational Church at the corner of Hotham and Inkerman Streets (later East St Kilda Uniting Church and now Trinity-St Nicholas Church).black and white photographPortion of ceiling of St John Cong. Church South S Kilda. Closing Service 31 Dec 1973st kilda, churches, st john's congregational church, congregational churches