Memoir Reflections
Tully ready to read the final draft of my memoir. :)I have three human readers organised to read it and provide feedback. Then it will be sent to a professional editor - starting the process of getting it published. The memoir is about my … [Continue reading] about The Memoir
This is an ordinary picture. But to a kid like me who grew up in Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s it means much more. Before I took this photo in 2013 the area where the cars are parked was once an automotive garage. As kids we would climb on … [Continue reading] about Fitzroy: A Rare View
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