Historical information

The Armitstead family operated a woodyard and ice delivery business in Union Road, Surrey Hills. There are a number of photos in this collection documenting this business. The family lived nearby in Croydon Road.
The site of the woodyard is now the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre.

Physical description

A vertical file containing information about the Armitstead family:
1. Land Victoria map of Surrey Hills including Union Road from Bedford Street to Montrose Street, showing location of woodyard (undated) (1 A3 page).
2. Possibly ‘Sun’ article ‘When Surrey Hills ran short of wood’, Michael Sefton (undated) (1 page).
3. Plaque for the red mechanism of the weighbridge at Centre, by convenor, Surrey Hills Heritage Group, 12.11.2002 (1 page).
4. Pooley and Sons weighbridge, notes by Dennis Armstrong, in email to Sue Barnett, 4.4.2013 (2 pages).
5. Laminated diagram and notes by Ken Hall re weighbridge from Armistead’s woodyard, and photocopy, undated (3 pages).
6. ‘Armistead’s woodyard’ 153-7 Union Road (now Neighbourhood Centre), typed Progress Leader article, 13.1.1982 (2 pages).