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| This was my home from the age of 1 until I was just over 8. The sale notice recorded with Hornsby Shire Council, indicates that my father sold it to a poultry farmer from Galston for £3,360 having paid less than £1,000 for it 7 years earlier. I say 'less than' because my notes indicate that Mum reckons they paid £300, whereas Dad reckons they paid £1,000. That was there level of agreement on most things, I hasten to add. This house stood upon land 50' wide and 165' deep (about 766 m2) with vehicular access via a rear laneway. The lane also provided a quick and safe getaway up to Grandma's shop. And look at the block of land now. Bloody Westfield. |
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What comes around, goes around, bloody Westfield copped it today in the storm.
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrible storm, Julie...a "mini-tornado" it says in the story I read.
ReplyDeleteVery creepy to think of your post on the area so close to the time of the storm.
I hope you were nowhere near there with your ubiquitous camera at the time of the storm.
Luv, K
The images I saw of fallen trees had this building in the background! Creepy indeed ...
ReplyDeleteSounds like you not a fan of Westfield Julie.
ReplyDeleteReally? Why on earth would you conclude that? Rapacious as Murdoch ...
ReplyDeleteOh my, that is quite a change. My old family home became a real estate agent's office but the shape of it is still there not obliterated.
ReplyDeleteYour little house had a lot of land around it. Was that normal for this area?
ReplyDeleteI gather that you are not a Westfield fan. Love the old house. Quite upmarket for those days.
ReplyDeleteYes, very much so, and for the greater Sydney area too. Not the urban parts like where I used to live in Paddington, but certainly the sub-urban areas where I currently live in Castlecrag. We referred to it as 'the quarter-acre block'.
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