ON the night of May 22, 1922, a seaman by the name of West had a bad dream. West was a fireman aboard the NSW collier Meeinderry, due to leave…
Goldsmith's shoe store had been a landmark business in Newcastle, NSW, for decades before a fatal fire in September 1961 dreadfully seared the name into local consciousness. The fire cost…
Scanning through some old photos of Newcastle, NSW, in the 1940s, I was surprised to discover an image of an electric delivery truck heading west on Hunter Street, alongside a…