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The students of Clare Grammar School, The Grove, Coburg, c1948 - 1954. Names include: 3rd row down - 4th from left - Teddy Lithgow; 7th from left - Peter Weddle. 4th row down - 7th from left - Lorna Patchett.
Black and white photograph
This is probably the chip heater restored by Harold Tompkins and donated by him. It was one of over 200,000 manufactured at W.E. Cash’s Coburg factory.
worn by G. Impey AWM website: Australian Women’s League (AWL) ‘was a patriotic voluntary organisation committed to raising funds for the war effort and to giving practical support to military personnel within Australia.’
Number "139"
https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/11529/download-report
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1410190715692930&extid=SZ3cFbRFxraPiuOs
owned by Beryl Plumridge
https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/11529/download-report
The plaque was originally intended for the Murray Road Bridge. The Murray Road Bridge is of state historical and architectural significance. With the Newlands Street Bridge it is one of a pair of bluestone bridges constructed by prison labour in Coburg and is situated within the immediate vicinity of the Pentridge Prison. The bridge has one of five largest spans of stone bridges built in Australia, of which at least three survive. (VHR)
Bluestone
Erected by the Penal Department A.D. 1871 George Oliphant Duncan Inspector General
Detail from page 1 of New Tram Estate brochure, May 1941, showing a photograph of the West Coburg tram terminus (where Melville Road meets Bell Street).
Blue on white paper.
coburg west, trams, melville road
Premiership Presentation Night at St. Linus Church Hall, Merlynston. 'Dawn' Premiers for Season 1952-53. Cricket Club. Names on photo: Back row: Bill Revallion, Ray Miller, Harold Rutledge, …. , Keith Joyce; Front row: John Downey, Jim Hamilton, Dick Wilson, Fred Hanley, Gordon Anderson, C. Lapham.
merlynston, cricket, dawn manufacturer, st linus church
Lee Munday (left) and Brendan Walker (right), inside Walker's Drapery and Clothing Store, Sydney Road, Coburg, 1949. The store was a major Coburg shopping outlet. It no longer exists, although the present-day Walker's Arcade stands in the same location.
Black and white photograph
munday, lee, walker, brendan, walkers store, sydney road, coburg
Mr E. Nancarrow, judge, Coburg Open Show - Pigeon class. Donated by the Coburg Pigeon Club.
Black and white photograph
coburg, nancarrow, e., pigeon clubs
Brunswick and Coburg Miniature Rifle Range: 10 shillings debenture, redeemable 1 Feb 1932. Dated 1 February 1927 and signed by the Treasurer, A.L. (?) Martin and Secretary, W.R. (?) Roberts. The debenture is numbered 114.
brunswick and coburg miniature rifle range, coburg
These are the Merry Moreland Maidens, a WW 2 fund raising group who sang and performed sketches in costume around Melbourne for the Red Cross Comforts Fund. They were led by Mrs May Lecky. Back row. Left to right: Mrs Patterson, Noake, Noble, Cork, Huntley, Egginton, James, Smith, Wakelin, Johnson Front row. Left to right: Mrs George, Pye, Chapple, Millist, Luke, Gallant, Thompson, Luckherd (?), Denman, Numa, Bartlett. (Mrs Violet Johnson).
Black and white photograph
moreland, world war two, red cross
The whistle was used by the horse tram driver.
dark brown wooden whistle, dried pea inside, mouth piece cork?, whole for a string, sign of usage on mouth piece
tram, public transport, tramways
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