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Bicycle Race, Speers Point
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Stockrington 1950-1959
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…I loved working there and would ride my bicycle to and from work, a VERY lonely stretch of road. Many times I would have to stop and wait till a goanna walked off the road into the bush.……I loved working there and would ride my bicycle to and from work, a VERY lonely stretch of road. Many times I would…
Speers Point Park - Warners Bay High School Project
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…Bicycle Circuit … The bicycle circuit area is accessible for all bikes, scooters, skateboards and wheelchairs. It includes marked surfaces, road signs, obstacles like bumps and even a make-belief petrol station. This circuit gives children the opportunity to ride on a pretend road in safety.……Bicycle…
Loop the Lake event history 1997
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…As a member of Warners Bay Rotary Club, Alan appealed to the Club to be volunteers for his project to be called Loop the Lake Bicycle Challenge; the date was to be the second Sunday in March; the charity was chosen as the John Hunter Childrens Hospital.……As a member of Warners Bay Rotary Club, Alan…
Cycle race competitors, Post Office Hotel, corner of Ida Street and Stuart Street, Charlestown, NSW. Hotel stood on the site of the traffic islands and across the road from the early post office which was located on the site of the Mattara Hotel.
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Ruth Myors delivering telegrams at Belmont c1955.
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…Photo Ref: 25492 … Creator: Myors, Mr Peter … Telegrams were delivered by bicycle. Note the pouch on her waist for holding the telegrams so she could cycle unencumbered.…
Soldiers in World War One uniform. William James Stuart Gore (1894-1981) is first in back row. The Gore family were early residents of Windale.
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…After his retirement he helped his wife in the running of the Post Office and often delivered telegrams on an old motorised bicycle that always seemed to have difficulty in climbing up hills.…
Evelyn Ruth Petersen - a brief biography
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…Lena learnt her lessons well and at 100yrs she was still able to recite many poems including: ‘Mulga Bill’s Bicycle’ and ‘The Man From Ironbark.’ by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson. … Lena began her working life at 14 with Mr Davidson a local solicitor, her duties included looking after his 101yr old mother.……Lena…
BMX Track, Holmesville
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Millington, Ray (District cycling champion) c.1930's
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