Tag Archives: Erskineville

Erskineville History Talk – Erskineville through the generations

Posted on August 19, 2019 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

Join historian and local resident Dr Craig Wilcox, long-time Erskineville ALP member Sean Macken, author of ‘Weight of Evidence’ Matt Murphy, and Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club blogger Michael Halloran for an exploration of Erskineville through the generations: Saturday 31 August 2019 – 11am start … Continue reading →

Posted in About | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Five Ways, Erskineville

Posted on February 19, 2019 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

Sydney’s most famous Five Ways is a junction of streets at the heart of Paddington. It is a much referred-to locale of the Real Estate lyricist, spruiking of properties in terms such as “In the heart of the Five Ways village…”  … Continue reading →

Posted in 1900-1909, 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939, Charles Street, Erskineville Road, George Street, Swanson Street | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Cricket Curiosities (No. 73) – Dying Cow Stops Game

Posted on November 29, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

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 , , , , , | Leave a comment

Victoria-terrace – 26 to 40 Charles Street Erskineville

Posted on May 29, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

26 to 40 Charles Street Erskineville – August 2015 This terrace row (26 to 40 Charles Street Erskineville) is comprised of eight, two-storey terraces on the eastern side of Charles Street (known as George Street prior to 1912). The terrace makes … Continue reading →

Posted in 1880-1889, 1890-1899, Charles Street, Terraces and Houses | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Debility Cured by Bile Beans After Hospital Treatment Failed to Relieve – Mrs. Ellen Moore – 12 Bray Street Erskineville

Posted on April 29, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

LIVER DISORDERS CURED BILE BEANS GAIN GREAT PRAISE. A Disordered Liver, if not attended to, very often brings in its train serious results. The stomach, the digestive organs, and the kidneys become lax in their duties. Pimples and blotches appear, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1900-1909, Bray Street, Good for what ails you | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mrs. Carroll’s Prize-winning Marrow Honey

Posted on March 20, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

Sydney’s ‘Truth’ newspaper (1890 – 1958) ran a weekly competition for recipes within its ‘Making Good Wives Better’ column, offering ‘substantial cash prizes for the best recipes submitted each week.’ Mrs. G. Carroll of 25 Prospect Street, Erskineville submitted a … Continue reading →

Posted in 1940-1949, Prospect Street, Recipes, Truth Newspaper | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Arnott’s Living Pictures – Alma May Taylor – Corner George and Cambrian Streets Erskineville

Posted on February 21, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

ARNOTT’S MILK ARROWROOTS THE CHILDREN’S BISCUITS NOTED FOR THEIR PURITY Alma May Taylor, aged six months, daughter of Mrs. G. Taylor, The Elite Academy, corner George and Cambrian Streets, Erskineville, near Sydney, N.S.W. fed since the age of two weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in 1900-1909, Arnott's, George Street, Victoria Street | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

A Tour of Macdonaldtown (Erskineville) in 1882

Posted on February 7, 2018 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

In 1882 a series of articles appeared in Sydney’s Evening News describing several municipalities and boroughs on the outskirts of the city of Sydney. Over many weeks between July and September 1882 the boroughs and municipalities of Paddington, Waverly, Randwick, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1880-1889, Erskineville Road, Macdonald Street, Munni Street, Railway Parade, Union Street | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Macdonaldtown Toll-bar

Posted on November 30, 2017 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

THE Municipal Council of Macdonaldtown are about to put into force the 179th section of the Municipalities Act of 1867, which regulates the collection of tolls, by the erection of a toll-bar on the Erskineville-road, and the collection of tolls … Continue reading →

Posted in 1880-1889, 1890-1899, Erskineville Road, Railway Parade, Swanson Street | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Anderson’s Terrace – 20 to 32 Park Street Erskineville

Posted on October 27, 2017 by The Macdonaldtown Bicycle Club

Anderson’s-Terrace Eastern side of Park Street (Number 20 at left) Anderson’s Terrace (20 to 32 Park Street, Erskineville) is located on the eastern side of Park Street, close to Solander Park. Originally a row of six two-storey terraces, the relatively … Continue reading →

Posted in 1880-1889, 1890-1899, Park Street, Terraces and Houses | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments