Memoir Reflections
The following facts have been chosen at random from 'Fitzroy - Melbourne's First Suburb.' I have a copy and highly recommend this detailed, researched book about Fitzroy. It's been very handy when I need to do research for my memoir. … [Continue reading] about 10 Fitzroy Facts
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 old home. The notices below are from Trove, an Australian … [Continue reading] about One House – Many Stories
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 the end result is that I've spent a lot of time … [Continue reading] about Paralysis by Analysis
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 Eve's toy shop. If you were smart enough you could hang … [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