I was recently kindly sent a copy of the book written by Terry Mann on the family history of the Cable family of Western Australia. I am sure that lots of you would have heard of the name before. Terry is to be commended on the thorough research she has conducted into this very detailed […]
CARRYING OVER-WEIGHT – a verse
03/11/2016 By Leave a Comment
Following on from the story on the annual Bricknells Picnic I came across this poem about the ‘performance or lack of, in the Married Ladies Race’. The Sun 4 Oct 1908 Carrying Over Weight An After Dinner Sheffield From the Bricknell Bros Picnic: The event contested immediately after the fine spread had been done justice to […]
Constable Edward Tindall – Grave Tales
29/10/2016 By 1 Comment
Death from Typhoid Fever was common around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the victims were fit young men who could succome to the disease and perish very quickly as this story of a young Police Constable, who had been on the Goldfields less than 6 months, will tell. The following is an […]
Joseph Salinger – Then and Now
22/10/2016 By Leave a Comment
DEATHS. SALINGER.— On the 29th January, at Nurse Egan’s Private Hospital, Joseph Salinger, late of 61 Cassidy street, Kalgoorlie, aged 41 years. Prayers will be held this (Friday) evening at the Synagogue, at 7o’clock, and each evening during the week at his late residence, opposite Commonwealth Reserve, at 7.30 p.m. Joseph was a well known […]
Watch Where You Walk !!!
22/10/2016 By 2 Comments
For many long term residents we may all have heard of the odd old mine shaft opening up in someones backyerd after a big rain storm. There have even been a couple I have seen in the middle of the road (both in Boulder). However there are many old shafts within the city centre which […]
