Ken Magor Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Ken Magor, fireman, transport enthusiast and compulsive collector

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 12, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle / vintage photographs

Ken Magor was a passionate Newcastle-based collector of transport and fire brigade memorabilia who, at the time of his death in 1993, had amassed about 250,000 photographic negatives, in addition…

The steam trams of Maitland

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 7, 2020
Post Category:History / vintage photographs

The steam trams of Maitland are fast vanishing from memory, but at one time there were high hopes that a tramway system might link Maitland, Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, Homeville and…

Travelling Through Time, dedicated to our Dads

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:December 3, 2019
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Newcastle / vintage photographs

Our 10th book, Travelling Through Time, will always be associated in our minds with sad endings and joyous beginnings. That's because for much of 2018 as we worked on the…