About
Founded in Erskineville in 1909 the Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club is pushing off and trundling the streets of Erskineville again in search of old maps, its old houses and terraces and various past happenings.Contact:
macdonaldtownbc@gmail.com-
Recent Posts
- Why women age faster than men: Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills – Mrs. W. Callaway – completely cured after a long period of suffering from kidney complaints
- Excitement at Erskineville – A Ruse Which Led To Escape
- Arnott’s Famous Milk Arrowroot Biscuits ‘Make Bonnie Children’ – Doreen and Edward Webb – 11a Burren Street Erskineville
- Lemon Rings – a 1920 recipe from Erskineville, Sydney
- John’s Terrace – 1 & 3 John Street Erskineville
Categories
- 1850-1859
- 1870-1879
- 1880-1889
- 1890-1899
- 1900-1909
- 1910-1919
- 1920-1929
- 1930-1939
- 1940-1949
- 1980-1989
- About
- Advertising
- Albert Street
- Arnott's
- Ashmore Street
- Baldwin Street
- Burren Street
- Charles Street
- Erskineville Road
- Flora Street
- George Street
- Good for what ails you
- Industry
- John Street
- Knight Street
- Lambert Street
- Macdonald Street
- Malcolm Street
- Morrissey Road
- Pleasant Avenue
- Prospect Street
- Railway Parade
- Random Erskineville
- Real Estate
- Remedies
- Rochford Street
- Septimus Street
- Swanson Street
- Sydney Street
- Terraces and Houses
- Toogood Street
- Truth Newspaper
- Union Street
- Victoria Street
Blogs I Follow
- The Vapour Trail
- St Peters Cooks River History Group
- The Social Historian
- The Australian Ugliness?
- The Old Parramattan
- Sydney History
- The Past Present
- Past/Lives of the Near Future
- Pavement graffiti
- The Dirt On The Rocks
- Nosey In Newtown
- Abandoned Australia - Urban Exploration in Australia
- 52 suburbs
- Test builds
- Scratching Sydney's Surface
- The Mayor of Newtown
- mirrorsydney.wordpress.com/
Archives
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Pulpits and Personalities – The Shifting Sands of Time – Holy Trinity Church Erskineville
As the end of 2015 nears it is worth mentioning before the year is out the 135th anniversary of the formation of the parish of Holy Trinity Macdonaldtown in 1880, and the 130th anniversary of the opening of the Holy Trinity Church in Toogood … Continue reading
Liver and Kidney Troubles – A Sydney Woman’s Trials
Here follows the story of Mrs. Ada Lord of 45 George Street (now 45 Charles Street) and the wonderful results she obtained from taking Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills (there is more information about Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills here). These … Continue reading
Arnott’s Living Pictures – Hazel Harris – An Arnott’s Milk Arrowroot Biscuit Girl
The Arnott’s celebrates 150 years website describes the ‘Living Pictures’ advertising campaign as running from 1892 until the 1950s and involving tens of thousands of proud mums sending in testimonials with portraits and photographs of their well–fed babies. The lucky few would have portraits … Continue reading
Posted in 1910-1919, Advertising, Arnott's, George Street
Tagged Advertising, Arnott's, Arnott's Milk Arrowroot, Biscuits, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Inner West
