Memoir Reflections
I'm almost there after eleven years of working on my memoir which is about growing up in the working class suburb of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s. The reason why it has taken so long is because I've had little time to write it while running … [Continue reading] about My Memoir: The Home Stretch
It's good to get past my 'dogs breakfast' drafts and start writing the narrative of my memoir. I've received feedback from my editor about the last dogs breakfast (all over the place) draft and as a result written the narrative for seven chapters. … [Continue reading] about ‘Dogs Breakfast’ to Narrative
This is a recent photo taken on one of my walks around Fitzroy and it certainly is a contrast to the Fitzroy I grew up in during the 1950s and 1960s. I don't remember any outdoor cafe tables and seats along Brunswick Street, Fitzroy back in the … [Continue reading] about Trendy Fitzroy
Here's a photo I took of the Fitzroy Football club's grandstand. The shot was taken from the Brunswick Street end, just after dawn. There was another grandstand on the right hand side of this grandstand but unfortunately it burnt down in the … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy Football Club’s Grandstand
If you were a Fitzroy kid in the 1950s and 1960s then you; Swam at the Fitzroy BathsWatched a movie at The Regent Picture TheatreVisited the Fitzroy LibraryAttended George Street State Primary SchoolWalked past the Marshalite traffic signals on … [Continue reading] about 1950s/60s: Fitzroy Kids