Pieces of me
Little fragments about my journey
Monday, 28 April 2025
S is for Stonemason
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Stonemasons prepare stone to construct specific structures. These structures may be buildings, monuments and also headstones. Robert Jenning...
Saturday, 26 April 2025
R is for Railway Employee
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John Allen Belshaw was employed by the NSW Railways as a truck examiner, when he was accidentally killed in a terrible workplace accident,...
Thursday, 24 April 2025
P is for Paperhanger
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Albert Bonney was recorded as a paperhanger when he passed away in 1916. Albert John Bonney was born in Norwood in South Australia in 1857 t...
Monday, 21 April 2025
O is for Oil Colourman
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Ernest Nichols was my great grandfather. Born in London in 1875, he migrated to Australia after his marriage in 1910. As a young man, he was...
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N is for Nanna
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Florence Muriel Leach was my mother's mother, my grandmother. Her grandchildren, all ten of us, fondly called her Nanna. Born in 1910 in...
Saturday, 19 April 2025
M is for Mechanic
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The letter M was easy. M stands for mechanic. Both my father and grandfather, plus my uncle, were mechanics. William Robert Nichols was born...
L is for Librarian
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I could not find any occupations starting with L, so I decided to be a bit creative. I thought I might like to be history teacher when I lef...
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