Category: Stories
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Chapter 04 – Moving to Moss Vale
Midyear 1934 we moved from New Berrima to the two story home dad and mum purchased in Browley Street, Moss Vale. It was huge compared to the one we left with 1 acre of grounds on the main block and a further 60′ x 390’ block adjoining the school which was later sold to the
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Chapter 03 – Running Late for ANZAC day and listening to cricket
One Anzac Day we left Berrima in the 28 model Buick which dad owns to go to the ANZAC service at Moss Vale. Running late he had the foot down doing at least 20 mph when near the Moss Vale cemetery the complete recap came off one of the tyres and raced off down the
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Chapter 02 – New Berrima
In 1927 at age 4, construction of the Southern Portland Cement works was started. Dad secured a job there as “Outside Yard Foreman”, we moved to a half completed house on the corner of Taylor Avenue and Howard Street while a home was completed by the company at the end near the bush in Argyle
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Chapter 01 – In the beginning
Frederick Stacy Anthon [Fred] Started to write this on 21 June 1998 ———————————- Born at Moss Vale on 19th of February 1923 in the house at the corner of Throsby Street and Spring Street Moss Vale. [Possibly Nurse Mary Ryde’s maternity hospital – Venata Page 3] My parents lived at Wildes Meadow on Belmore falls