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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:
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Tag Archives: Erskineville Oval
Cricket Curiosities (No. 73) – Dying Cow Stops Game
In January 1930 Sydney’s The Sun newspaper and The Newcastle Sun reported the following unusual occurrence of many years prior: The Sun (Sydney) Tuesday, 28 January 1930 A long-lost Sydney urban myth? Or the exhausted rantings of a sports journalist … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1909, Random Erskineville
Tagged Cricket, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Erskineville Oval, Inner West, Macdonaldtown
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The Staying Powers of Men – Macdonaldtown Park 50yd Race
Good grief. Who knows how it came to this. Now some blokes have been known to overstate their athletic abilities, but I reckon that if you weighed 17st. (108kg) you’d have realised a running race probably wasn’t worth staking your … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1909, Random Erskineville
Tagged Erskineville, Erskineville History, Erskineville Oval, Inner West, Running
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