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Neil’s Second Decade- In The Shire–very special afternoonSutherland was my next stop after Cronulla. I hadn’t been to see my Uncle Roy and Aunt Kay for far too long. Sutherland Station Kay and Roy have lived in this house in Sutherland all their married lives – and my grandfather and grandmother lived there before that. My father built the house over sixty [...]
- In The Shire and living to tell the tale…Yes, FORTY years on! More, given that I left The Shire in 1970. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary of Cronulla High School. There were all these 60-year-olds saying I had been their teacher! Trouble is this was true! This is the actual staff room I was in from 1966 to 1969, except now it’s [...]
- Yesterday in Crown Street MallFiled under: Australia, music, NSW, photo post, video post, Wollongong
- Cronulla imagery–riot-free zone!Trawled through YouTube and hit gold! Filed under: Australia, memory, NSW, The Shire, video post
- The Shire! The Shire!Fourteen posts – well fifteen now – on this blog come up when you check the tag “The Shire” in the categories list. The Shire and I go way back. Oh, further than that… I would like to name Mister O’Neil, my Year 6 teacher at Sutherland Public School (or Sutherland Boys Primary as it [...]
- In The Shire–very special afternoon
- My Wollongong and Sydney photo blog
- In deepest Cronulla — 2
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- Old houses in West Wollongong — 5
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- Unanderra: Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception
- Old houses in West Wollongong — 3
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- Old houses in West Wollongong — 1
- West Wollongong–the sea is never far away
- Crown Street Mall people
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Daily Archives: December 19, 2008
Top poems 5: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) — “The Oxen”
I find the people of Hardy’s generation quite fascinating. A N Wilson’s God’s Funeral is one interesting account of why this might be so, but in brief this was the generation that grew up deeply influenced either by evangelical Christianity, … Continue reading
