Historical information
3 items about this person:
1/Two twelve page carbon copied documents, purportedly written by William Letchte, son of George, written in c1935/36. He writes of his jobs as a dairyman, cow minder at the age of ten tears. He recollects streets, people, residences, business and general landscape in the area, as he takes you on a tour of the area.
2/Photocopied photo of Katrina Lechte (nee Bolch?) donated by Ian Lechte, 15 Adrian Street, East Bentleigh.
3/Photocopied copy of first pages and cover of William Lechte’s booklet on ‘Caulfield 1869 – 1935 Memories of the Past’, published by the City of Caulfield, 1992. The Society has the full booklet in its book collection (not yet catalogued as of 07/07/2015).
Subjects
- grange road,
- glenhuntly,
- glen huntly station,
- alma road,
- dairies,
- caulfield park,
- swamp,
- queens avenue,
- station street,
- cross street,
- racecourse,
- heywood j. g.,
- turf club hotel,
- dandenong road,
- royal hotel,
- koornang road,
- north road,
- murrumbeena road,
- mclaurin archibald,
- crosbie j. w.,
- poath road,
- newton mr.,
- hooker mr.,
- peck family robert farmer,
- dairies,
- ross murray,
- rosstown,
- hansen hans,
- arnott family,
- peppin family,
- ormond station,
- malane family,
- fraser simon,
- overtons,
- shepherds,
- spring road,
- mohlers,
- brighton cemetery,
- mall kim,
- market gardeners,
- long john farmer,
- fiedler mr.,
- booran road,
- reservoir,
- summers mr.,
- maddocks mr.,
- holland mr.,
- caulfield council,
- glen eira road,
- harriman benjamin c.,
- kambrook road,
- bambra road,
- princess park,
- marriott john,
- hawthorn road,
- brickworks,
- hyam mr.,
- cottages,
- jasmine street,
- sycamore street,
- paddy o’briens swamp,
- arnold tom,
- london tavern hotel,
- guess john-grocer,
- topp mr.,
- poath road,
- pine trees,
- colonel le marehand,
- balaclava junction,
- chemist shop,
- bell mr.,
- nicholls mr. william h.,
- wine shop,
- orme mr.,
- pepperorn mr. john,
- balaclava road,
- orchards,
- harvey mr. robert tailor,
- schubert mr.,
- blew charlie – gardener,
- philpott mr. richard b.,
- farquhar mr. william farmer,
- newing t. r.,
- glen eira road,
- payne john,
- brockhoft mr.,
- dickson mr. james,
- snipe t.,
- bevan mr.,
- mckean family john,
- murray family,
- francis mr.,
- hart mr.,
- mcdougall james,
- brady peter,
- cad,
- elsternwick station,
- webb mr.,
- masters mr. samuel,
- master street,
- ford mr.,
- anderson mr. joseph gardener,
- slaney mr.,
- boxhill mr. richard,
- post office,
- newsagent,
- hotham street,
- service james,
- bunn mr.,
- sargood mr.,
- orrong road,
- arnold tom – dairy,
- officer mr.,
- grimwade mr.,
- alexandra street,
- oakleigh hall,
- degraves mr.,
- wilson samuel,
- ‘manifold’,
- house names,
- miller septimus,
- alma road,
- knox mr. james gardener,
- smith mr.,
- coachman,
- ‘cumloden’,
- lange mr.,
- holyrood justice mr.,
- cronin mrs. mary,
- mcgivenys dairy,
- ‘belle vista’,
- lloyd c. d.,
- caulfield council,
- hughes mr.,
- armstrong j. a.,
- tom healey’s market garden,
- kooyong road,
- inkerman road,
- tom roe’s market garden,
- mcleod captain,
- daish captain,
- plumridger mr. frederick,
- gardeners,
- tester mr. thomas,
- kent mr.,
- kent g.,
- fiddes mr.,
- billings mr.,
- semple mr.,
- fosberry mr.,
- howitt or.,
- merrett mr.,
- orchards,
- hawthorn road,
- hines mr.,
- ‘rosecraddock’,
- langdon h. j.,
- ‘crotonhurst’,
- webb justice mr.,
- renwick s.,
- ‘garrell’,
- barry mr.,
- drinsdale family,
- st. mary’s church,
- sunday school,
- newing miss,
- teachers,
- stephen justice mr.,
- stephen wilberforce,
- mount l.,
- grimwade’s,
- ‘grimwade house’,
- danby’s,
- spence mr.,
- venables family,
- mr. moss’ congregational church,
- barnhill mrs.,
- porter miss,
- webb’s,
- ferguson,
- orange,
- police stations,
- kooyong road,
- pennington mr.,
- health inspectors,
- engineers,
- inkley mr.,
- farriers,
- mckeon mr.,
- ‘sylverly’,
- dixon mr. edward,
- turner mr.,
- marriott robert,
- ‘ravenhurst’,
- thompson j. j.,
- wott t.,
- architects,
- perrin mr. francis,
- tennis courts,
- royal parade,
- sayce mr. joseph j. p.,
- ricketson h.,
- ‘glen eira’,
- mansions,
- hospitals,
- turner mr.,
- evans family,
- stephens miss,
- registers,
- mcculloch lady,
- convalescent homes,
- prentice street,
- edward street,
- strickland,
- keany pat,
- brentwood charlie,
- fordham lewis,
- hopetoun gardens,
- higgins mr. joseph f. engineer,
- railway construction bill,
- evans mr.,
- beavis mr.,
- twycross family john,
- medina captain,
- cowderoy mr. benjamin,
- murray mr.,
- moore mr.,
- ‘glenfern’,
- st. georges road,
- glen huntly road,
- cedar street,
- hunt bill – ‘bandy hunt’,
- jessamine street,
- alder street,
- le page’s store,
- post offices,
- balaclava junction,
- stephens frank,
- solicitors,
- parkside street,
- robinson j.,
- ilbery mr. and family,
- mclennan mrs.,
- victoria street,
- savings bank,
- riddell parade,
- elworthy mr. richard,
- butchers,
- shaw mr. william,
- armstrong mr.,
- guess’ hotel,
- sycamore street,
- bagshaw mr.,
- clack joe,
- wawn alex,
- sisson family,
- north road,
- younger mr.,
- kooyong road,
- sheridan joseph,
- anketell family – john,
- wren john – carpenter,
- wills mr. peter,
- attrills arnold,
- heffernan family,
- cox peter,
- ilbery john,
- hotham street,
- glen huntly road,
- page j. w.,
- bakeries,
- forests,
- godfrey mr.,
- blacksmiths,
- thompson j. j.,
- olive street,
- cedar street,
- letchte w.,
- tierney richard,
- alma road,
- st. kilda east,
- murray peter,
- letchte’ cows – grazing,
- holland grove,
- eskdale road,
- lechte katrina,
- lechte ian,
- lechte catherine,
- lechte warren,
- lechte stuart,
- lechte elaine
