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Ken Magor, fireman, transport enthusiast and compulsive collector

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 12, 2020
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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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…

Norm Barney in March 1990.

Norm Barney, inspiring history journalist who left a great legacy

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:November 7, 2018
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Norm Barney was a journalist with a passion for history and for the Hunter Region. Through his books, his newspaper articles and columns, he brought local history to life for…

Greg and Sylvia Ray’s image archive

Post author:Steve
Post published:September 25, 2018
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia News Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Greg Ray has always been interested in history, and when he started work as a cadet journalist at The Newcastle Herald in the 1980s senior colleagues including Norm Barney and…

Planespotters on the job in World War 2 May 18, 2021
Dressing up: a goofy costume gallery May 9, 2021
Mementos of my grandparents May 5, 2021
Remember Green Coupons? May 4, 2021
Pozieres 1916: hell on earth under shellfire April 23, 2021

John Carr on A Mesopotamian campaign album
Anthony Finnegan on A gallery of workplace photos: Part 1
Lachlan Wetherall on Icing on a badly made political cake
Lachlan Wetherall on Rushing headlong out of Eden
Ken on Why do some Christians like Donald Trump?