Memoir Reflections
This was the Fitzroy library entrance as I knew it in the 1950s and 1960s . It is now located around the corner in Moor street. The library, part of the Town Hall building, was a place I visited frequently when I was a kid. The huge doors felt … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy Library – the Old Days
Fitzroy hasn't escaped tagging and graffiti which is on many external surfaces around the suburb. When I grew up in Fitzroy in the 1950s and 1960s, I don't remember seeing any tagging or graffiti, but now when I walk around it's everywhere - on … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy Tagging
In this photo are two of my favourite shops of the 1960s, in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (between Argyle and Kerr Streets). On the left was Nick's milk bar where I shopped for my parents and bought lollies, drinks and ice creams almost on a daily … [Continue reading] about Nick’s and Eve’s Shops
This fellow was walking along Brunswick Street towards Alexander Parade, in Fitzroy the other day and I couldn't resist taking his photo. I'd loved to have developed my current interest in street photography as a kid back in the 1950s and 1960s … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy Characters
There is light at the end of the tunnel because I've just received the last few chapters of my memoir to correct. After eight drafts, I'll have a 'fair dinkum' one, hopefully that's readable. The next step is to go over the manuscript a couple of … [Continue reading] about Light at the End of the Tunnel