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Swimming in Salty Creek, 1936
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Stoney Creek
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…The club established interclub competitions and which brought in visitors to the area, while also allowing Stoney Creek to still be used by locals as a popular swimming hole. The club held carnivals, and club meets regularly, as well as offering swimming instructions to locals.……The club established…
Holidays at Belmont Bay
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…No swimming was ever done at this beach at that time. We spent hours picking up hundreds of the beautiful coloured shells. We tried to find those that had holes in them and we mostly collected beautiful coloured cone shaped ones and flat ones.……No swimming was ever done at this beach at that time. We…
Interview with Ron Turvey, January 26, 2016
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…The grate hat rolled over backwards and took the coal, and by the time it got to the back of the grate it was burnt, and the ash would fall into the ash-hole. The grate had all holes in it and fans used to blow air up through the holes in the grate.……The grate hat rolled over backwards and took the…

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