That Moment in Time: July 2016

Books I'd recommend ...

'A Nimble Fingered Tribe' Barbara Hall

'Governor Macquarie' Derek Parker

'Storm Bay' Patricia Shaw

'The Flower Net' Lisa See

'The Boy at the Gate' Danny Ellis

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

TROVE TUESDAY 26 JULY, 2016

TROVE

While looking for something extra for this week's

TROVE TUESDAY,

I kept coming across mention of the 'Killarney' Private Hospital in Bellingen, NSW. I'd not heard of it till recently and saw the name mentioned constantly from the 1920's era.

Many birth notices mention it as place of birth, but there were also general patients there. Over some time, a few different Matrons were mentioned. Thanks to the Bellingen and Urunga Museum, I found a photo of the hospital from 1921 and also a photo of some of the nurses in 1920. I would love to know where exactly the Killarney Private Hospital was and who the nurses were.

If you click to enlarge the photo, you will see names on the bottom of their skirts.. Lill, Matron, Pat and Denny?

In 1943, the following notice appeared in the Daily Examiner, Grafton..courtesy of TROVE.

Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW / 1915 - 1954), Saturday 31 July 1943

I decided to look further and came across this article in the Bellinger Shire Courier Sun, a long standing local paper..

Tribute to loved local | The Bellingen Shire Courier Sun

Here is an extract. Nice to know that Killarney lived on.

N.B. Bellinger Shire Courier Sun is not yet digitised by TROVE.

UPDATE: You never know who knows what. I was talking to an older friend of the family just now and telling her about this article I wrote yesterday about 'Killarney'. She knew it well.. and was able to add some extra family information. My much loved cousin, who passed away in March this year, was actually born in 'Killarney.' I knew she was born in Bellingen and assumed that it was in Bellingen hospital... Lesson learnt, never assume, always dig deeper!

Monday, July 25, 2016

TRAUMA TEDDYS NEEDED..

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FILL IN SOME OF THE COLD WINTER NIGHTS,

OR COOL SUMMER EVENINGS,

IF THAT'S THE WAY IT IS FOR YOU,

KNITTING FOR A GOOD CAUSE?

KYNETON CWA

needs your help to provide a lot more teddys.

These beautiful Teddys are needed for new owners..

children who have been traumatised by any manner,

perhaps illness or accident, loss of a family member,

home or any thing that worries them.

During these times, a cuddly friend

can do wonders.

If you are in Australia,

then you can contact me via comments or email as in About Me and I will forward a postal address for you to send them to.

If elsewhere, why not donate some to your local hospital or children's charity.

Sadly, there are children in need everywhere.

Thank you.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Here's some more great old historical photo's.

Here is the way they parked cars in NYC during the 1930's.

Wouldn't you love to own this group of cars today?!

A worker helping to build the Empire State Building in the 1930's,

during the Great Depression era. No safety equipment used here and

very dangerous work.

It took great courage to be a steel worker during this period, where

they weren't required to use any safety lines.

This crew was working on the Woolworth Bldg, NYC, in 1926.

In the Paluxy River , in Glen Rose, Texas , they found human AND

dinosaur footprints in the clay.

This is what NYC looked like in the late 1800's. A busy place.

I wonder who had the job of picking up all the road apples from the

horses?

The USS Ranger....the first Aircraft Carrier. Just look at the Bi-Planes!

A Normandy Beach landing photo they don't show in textbooks -

Brave women of the Red Cross arriving in 1944 to help the injured

troops, WWII.

Library hidden in a cave, a unique repository of ancient manuscripts

known as the Library Cave . A hidden cache of 50,000 books

and rolls dating from ca. 500 to 1002 AD that were deemed heretical

and hidden in the cave since the early 11th century.

"Second Class Saloon...The saloon that Wyatt Earp and wife owned in

Nome , Alaska between 1887-1901

He knew where the money was!

Atlanta in the Civil War before Gen. Sherman burned the city to the ground.

New Orleans circa 1906. "Italian headquarters, Madison Street ." The streets were

still dirt!

On July 10, 1913, Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the

highest temperature recorded in the United States .

You remember "20 mule team Borax"?

A cool photo of the Eiffel Tower , Paris , in 1928.

Baptism in the river. From "Appalachian Life" photographic study.

No other family in American history has suffered a wartime loss like

that of Waterloo's Sullivan family. The Sullivan's gave up their five sons

in a World War II tragedy that has never been forgotten. They all were

serving on the same ship that was sunk. The Navy changed its policy,

after that tragedy, about next of kin serving on the same ship.

lleta Sullivan reads a letter from the U.S. Navy. She received two letters

from F.D.R. in February of 1943. The first informed her of the death of

her five sons in the line of duty, the second sent later requested her

presence at the christening of the destroyer U.S.S. Sullivans named in

their honor.

Can you even start to imagine the grief this poor lady had?

Righting the overturned hull of USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor ,

19 March 1943

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