Hartley Spurr Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Audley Reay’s memories of Newcastle and the Hunter in the 1880s

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 17, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

Among some papers given to me by Barry Magor - son of transport collector Ken Magor - was a photocopied pamphlet titled: Memories of the Hunter and Newcastle in the…

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,…