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Jess (left) and Ken Boyle with Errol and May Donnelly in Hunter Street Newcastle in the 1940s. The Ritz Milk Bar is in the background. It was a well known landmark at cnr Wolfe and Hunter Streets. Photograph and information supplied by Ken Boyle.
Photo Ref: 6081
Creator: Boyle, Mr Ken
The following diary entry in relation to the Ritz Milk Bar was written by Newcastle resident John Cowley on Saturday 20th March 1937: "Worked in shop [his Dad's barber shop] all day. Went into town [Newcastle] to the Ritz milk bar with Ray." In another entry from Friday 21 May 1937, he wrote: "Went to scouts, played games for the most part. Went to the milk bar after." John was a teenager at the time and had emigrated with his family from England in 1927. His father, Ernie Cowley, was a barber and owned the barber shop with residence on the corner of Broadmeadow Road and Boreas Road, Broadmeadow. The building is still there but no longer a barber shop. Information supplied by Cheryl Dawes.
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