Two items about the Attwood Family:, A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses., A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death., Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood, john, attwood, myra, attwood, rhonda, attwood, colin, attwood, warren, attwood, murray, attwood, janine, attwood, susan, attwood, michael, attwood, greg, attwood, gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens, alf, sykes, harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd, merric, boyd, mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson, cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war, 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck, george, bowyer, ralph, rennie, bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland, bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland, alec, lee, ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head, lindsay, head, doug, head, clarry, head, ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird, mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow, mr., pidgeon, mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank, murrumbeena, esanda bank, murrumbeena, state savings bank, murrumbeena, commonwealth bank, murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow, mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house, miss, bicycle shops, barnhill, les, mr., fliner, mr., boot makers, widdop, peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien, kevin, wrought iron work, williams, mr., candle making factory, lights, power, tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw, bill, hanna, rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto, bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey, mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board, roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid, shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland, alec, liquor shops, johnson, suzanne, singers, taylor, squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase, christopher, skase, charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph, j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape, frank, builder, smith, colin, mansions, death registers, hockley, myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors