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Tag Archives: Erskineville
Erskineville History Talk – Erskineville through the generations
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
Five Ways, Erskineville
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 Erskineville, Erskineville History, Inner West
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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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Victoria-terrace – 26 to 40 Charles Street Erskineville
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 Erskineville, Erskineville History, Macdonaldtown
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Debility Cured by Bile Beans After Hospital Treatment Failed to Relieve – Mrs. Ellen Moore – 12 Bray Street Erskineville
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 Bile Beans, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Inner West, Patent medicine, remedies
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Mrs. Carroll’s Prize-winning Marrow Honey
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 Erskineville, Erskineville History, Honey, Inner West, Marrow Honey, Recipes, Vegan Honey
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Arnott’s Living Pictures – Alma May Taylor – Corner George and Cambrian Streets Erskineville
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 Arnott's, Arnott's Milk Arrowroot, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Inner West
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