In the 1940s the small group of shops clustered around the Darebin Station on Heidelberg Road was a thriving shopping centre, in the days of one car and no car families. The trek to the Ivanhoe shops from the Fairy Hills-Darebin area was a major exercise up the hill and beyond – especially for people […]
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Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 Part 5
By Kevin in Diamond Creek – the following reminiscences are not necessarily in chronological order. See also Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 1 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 2 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 3 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 […]
Growing up in Pascoe Vale
I started school at the Catholic school in Kensington and soon after we moved to Pascoe Vale. That would have been about 1940 or 1941. I started at Pascoe Vale Primary School then all the Catholic children transferred to Blessed Oliver Plunckett’s. We spent many years in Ray Street, Pascoe Vale. Most people in the […]