Memoir Reflections
357 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy - Photo by Chris Bennett 357 Brunswick Street is the address of the shop in Fitzroy, where I grew up. While researching online for my memoir, I discovered several newspaper notices from the 19th century about my … [Continue reading] about One House – Many Stories
The Secret to Writing - photo by Chris Bennett As I write my memoir, I occasionally fall into the writer's trap known as 'paralysis by analysis'. I try and get that paragraph just right - that sentence just right - that word just right. And … [Continue reading] about Paralysis by Analysis
'Please sir, I want some more' - photo by Chris Bennett As a kid I used to love eating Colvan potato chips. You could buy them at any milk bar in Fitzroy. I usually bought my packet of potato chips from Nick the Greek's milk bar, next door to … [Continue reading] about Col-Van Potato Chips
As an adult walking down Brunswick Street, Fitzroy and looking at the buildings around me I can see interesting examples of 19th Century architecture. As a ten-year-old kid walking down Brunswick Street in the early 1960s these buildings … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy’s Mount Everests
Fitzroy Lane Way - Photo by Chris Bennett This blue stone cobbled lane way is one of the many lane ways scattered around Fitzroy. As a kid I played cricket in our nearby lane way, used it as a short cut to get to my mate's place and as an … [Continue reading] about Down Memory Lane