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Established 1998
Established 1998
The picture at right is of the Annandale War Memorial in Hinsby Park, "Erected by the Citizens of Annandale to the memory of the men of this District who made the supreme sacrifice in the great war 1914-1920") - one of whom was CH Cecil Winkworth
In 1906, Margaret Mary Holloway married Herbert Henry Galvin and moved into their first home in Annandale. After the birth of two girls, they moved to Marrickville for a short time before returning to live in Young St. Their six children attended St Brendan's primary school.
At this time, trams ran along Booth St. According to Sydney/Newcastle Tramway History the Balmain Line tram ran from Balmain Road along Booth and Taylor Sts to Glebe and another line ran along Paramatta Rd.
The Masonic Hall in Trafalgar street (now Annandale Galleries) was the venue for 21st Birthdays, Fancy Dress Balls as well as Catholic Youth Association and other social functions. There was a Billiard Room at the corner of Nelson and Booth Streets. While, the teenage social scene revolved around the Athletic Club at the Tram Stop, in Taylor Street. The club activities included soccer, tennis and table tennis and budding romances.
Betty and Alan were both members of the local secular Athletic club. But when it came to marriage, they had to pick between churches. Though Alan had been a choirboy in the Hunter Baillie Presbyterian church, the Catholic church imposed a "behind the altar" Sacristy ceremony.
In 1942, Betty joined the RAAF working in the Suppliers unit in Waterloo. In 1946, Alan was appointed the Managing Director of a clothing factory in Goulbourn and they lived there for ten years.
Memories courtesy of Jean, Betty & Nancye
Picture Australia has many images of Annandale Residents who served in World War II and Vietnam.
The Raycophone system of synchronized sound for motion pictures was first demonstrated in 1929 by Raymond Cotton Allsop. See: Photographs of Radio Factory in Annandale and 1929: Australian engineer tackles the talkies
C. Winkworth & Son had moved from Annandale to 51 York Street, Sydney, N.S.W. and expanded from Pianos to Radios. AWA Radiolette mantel radios in their shopwindow and the Scots Regiment Parade in Front of the Store in York St.
The employment opportunities in light industry and other business, as well as the close proximity to the CBD made Annandale a vibrant place to live and work. Duncan McNab's The Usual Suspect - The Life of Abe Saffron, describes Saffrons early life in Annandale - where the family lived above his parents' fledgling drapery business at 231 Parammatta Road. The business flourished and moved to George St and the family to Bondi. Though life in Annandale had been good the book also mentions that the latest dances from London and America were taught by a local identity Mr FA Reeve in the Annandale Hall in Young St.
Joyce's Biscuit Factory, Annandale,1926
Frank reminises of swimming in Rozelle Bay in the 1930's. He, and his 6 year old mates, had followed Johnston's Creek from Camperdown. Pollution was a problem, he recalls a day when the bay was full of floating Dead Fish and another when one of his mates nearly drowned.
Information provided by the de Havilland company during research into the Memorial's Mosquito aircraft indicates that the Annandale factory of Beale and Company Ltd. was 'taken over' by de Havilland Co. for the construction and painting of the fuselages of Mosquitos.
The Mosquito was a British-designed twin-engine aircraft with a crew of two, made almost completely of wood. Versions manufactured in Australia included fighter-bomber, reconnaissance and trainer models. A total of 212 were produced for use by the Royal Australian Air Force, and a small number were sent to New Zealand post-war.
The finished fuselage sections were transported to Bankstown to be used in the final assembly of the these machines. I understand that all the fuselages were made at Beale's, which gives some indication of the scale of the effort. - John White, Senior Curator, Australian War Memorial.
"Eileen and Eric met in 1927 one day at work when Eric found that the mattress case sewn by Eileen was incorrect.... They were wed at St. Aidens, Annandale in Balmain on the 23rd of May, 1929" -the real mattress and base co.History
Story behind the Horse Troughs on Johnston St, Annandale
This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/story5.shtml Last update 16 September 2008.