Recently I came across this photo taken in Sydney Road, Coburg in the lead up to Christmas 1948.
Image courtesy Coburg Historical Society.
It seems hard to believe that the old house was still standing in 1948 - and was being used as a shop.
It was on the west side of the street (that is, on the same side as Coles and Walkers) and was just south of Walkers Store, which was located at 471-475 Sydney Road.
If you look carefully you can just make out the name Walkers painted on the side of the building on the right of this image, so I think the house must be 469 Sydney Road, which Sands and McDougall Street Directories say was occupied in 1942 by Miss B.C. Murphy.
And check out the vehicles lined up out the front. You can see the front wheel of a motor bike, a push bike, a billy cart, another push bike and a car. Not something you'd expect these days - at least the billy cart isn't.
By the looks of the rack outside the shop, it sold general goods, but that's just a guess.
There is also a Giant Christmas stocking raffle being conducted by the Pascoe Vale Auxiliary for the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. I can't quite make out the ticket price and can't see any indication of what the prizes were, but in November 1948, Graeme Bell's Jazz Band played at a fundraiser at the Coburg Town Hall, so it was an all-out effort to raise money for the Repat.
Age, 18 November 1948
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