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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 / vintage photographs
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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 / vintage photographs

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 / News / vintage photographs

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…

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