Comments on: Surry Hills http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com Picture posts and special pages Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Clare Stehbens http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-12000 Clare Stehbens Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:42:34 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-12000 Thanks Neil - shall do as you suggest :-) Thanks Neil – shall do as you suggest :-)

]]> By: Neil http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-11998 Neil Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:50:14 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-11998 Just wander at will, Clare; I am sure you'll see much change and much the same. Do make sure you wander down Crown Street and maybe Devonshire at least. Just wander at will, Clare; I am sure you’ll see much change and much the same. Do make sure you wander down Crown Street and maybe Devonshire at least.

]]> By: Clare Stehbens http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-11947 Clare Stehbens Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:15:31 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-11947 I hope this blog and website is still current as I have really enjoyed looking at the photos. I lived in Surry Hills from 1953 to 1956. My father and mother had the shop on the corner of Bellevue Street and Albion Street Surry Hills. We lived upstairs from the shop - 4 children under 5 when we first moved in, having come from out parramatta way. Even though I was only aged from 3 to 7 years during my time in Surry Hills I have very vivid memories of the place. By that stage the Irish must have moved on the greener fields as I recall the great part of the population in out area were Maltese. We learned some amazing things from these kids and got such good support from their families as Mum and Dad worked in the shop till all ours. These times were evoked recently when I went to check out the area for the first time in 54 years. I see where our shop now is called AbsintheSalon which is really cool as I have always wanted to experience some of the more deleterious effects of absinthe! Anyway I am gathering my siblings and their families together for a walk around Surry Hills in early January 2010 and I was wondering if anyone out there who has still kept in touch with the area could tell me some palces outside of Albion Street to visit. I think this could be the beginning of my love affair with the area again as new memories get created. Kind regards, Clare I hope this blog and website is still current as I have really enjoyed looking at the photos. I lived in Surry Hills from 1953 to 1956. My father and mother had the shop on the corner of Bellevue Street and Albion Street Surry Hills. We lived upstairs from the shop – 4 children under 5 when we first moved in, having come from out parramatta way. Even though I was only aged from 3 to 7 years during my time in Surry Hills I have very vivid memories of the place. By that stage the Irish must have moved on the greener fields as I recall the great part of the population in out area were Maltese. We learned some amazing things from these kids and got such good support from their families as Mum and Dad worked in the shop till all ours. These times were evoked recently when I went to check out the area for the first time in 54 years. I see where our shop now is called AbsintheSalon which is really cool as I have always wanted to experience some of the more deleterious effects of absinthe!
Anyway I am gathering my siblings and their families together for a walk around Surry Hills in early January 2010 and I was wondering if anyone out there who has still kept in touch with the area could tell me some palces outside of Albion Street to visit. I think this could be the beginning of my love affair with the area again as new memories get created. Kind regards, Clare

]]> By: Tracey http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-10948 Tracey Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:44:43 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-10948 Hi Neil, I had forgotten all about my request - thank you so much for the photos. It's hard to reconcile these lovely homes with what life must have been like for my ggg grandfather. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post the pictures for me. Kind Regards, Tracey Hi Neil,
I had forgotten all about my request – thank you so much for the photos. It’s hard to reconcile these lovely homes with what life must have been like for my ggg grandfather. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post the pictures for me. Kind Regards, Tracey

]]> By: Neil http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-9015 Neil Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01:09 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-9015 Done! See <a href="http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/surry-hills-45-marlborough-street-1/" rel="nofollow">this post.</a> Done! See this post.

]]> By: Neil http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-9014 Neil Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:44:06 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-9014 Hi Tracey, and thanks for that insight into the earlier social history of Surry Hills. I will take a picture of 25 Lansdowne St and post it soon -- as soon as the current Chinatown series has come to an end. ;) Hi Tracey, and thanks for that insight into the earlier social history of Surry Hills. I will take a picture of 25 Lansdowne St and post it soon — as soon as the current Chinatown series has come to an end. ;)

]]> By: Tracey Winters http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-9013 Tracey Winters Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:39:08 +0000 http://ninglunbooks.wordpress.com/about/this-blog-comes-to-you-from-surry-hills/#comment-9013 Hi Neil, My ggg grandfather lived at 25 Lansdown St, Surry Hills in the 1870-1880s. Life was tough - he was a carpenter and declared insolvent in 1880. His first wife died in 1877 as did his youngest son, aged 6 weeks. Another son died in 1880 aged 10 years, and a daughter in 1890 aged 16 years. Do you have any pictures of 25 Lansdown Street please? thanks, Tracey Hi Neil,

My ggg grandfather lived at 25 Lansdown St, Surry Hills in the 1870-1880s. Life was tough – he was a carpenter and declared insolvent in 1880. His first wife died in 1877 as did his youngest son, aged 6 weeks. Another son died in 1880 aged 10 years, and a daughter in 1890 aged 16 years. Do you have any pictures of 25 Lansdown Street please?
thanks, Tracey

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