fishing Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Two women with a flathead, probably at Lake Macquarie. Photo by Milton Merrilees.

Ones that didn’t get away: people with fish.

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 22, 2020
Post category:Miscellaneous Vintage Photographs and Photography

Rummaging around collections of old amateur and family photos and negatives I find certain themes recur. One of these themes is fish and fishing. People love fishing, and taking photos…

Hartley Spurr, legendary bait man

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:February 20, 2019
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

Quite a number of years ago my elderly next-door neighbour asked me what I knew about a man named Hartley Spurr. I told him I had never heard the name,…