Witch way

A sign of the times, witch you can see in Bradshaw Street.

New Arrivals in Rose Street

Red Christmas Bow

Red Christmas Bow in Napier Crescent, Essendon.

VR Signal Department

A nice solid looking steel box along the railway line in Moonee Ponds.  It was manufactured by AR & Co, Hebburn, England.  Can it have been in place since the line was electrified in 1918?  Still in use if the padlock is anything to go by.

Remnant tree from Fairview Farm.

This Moreton Bay fig is on the corner of The Avenue and Hotham Road, Niddrie, a remnant of the garden of the old farm 'Fairview'.  The original bluestone house stood opposite until the 1960s.  The tree has been placed on the Moonee Valley Council's Significant Tree Register, but it is cluttered with postal installations and a too-close planting of a cypress tree, not to mention overheard wires. 

Arts and Crafts for kids

Children at Essendon Primary School prepared these lovely mosaics for their school.








Brewster and Nicholson are two of the House names at the school.

Shaftesbury and Raleigh are the other two houses.  Well done kids and teachers!

Steele Creek and the Lady of the Lake

This new local history book by Christine Laskowski was launched last Friday at the Niddrie Library by MLA for Niddrie, Ben Carroll.

The book covers the early history of Niddrie, Airport West, Avondale Heights, East Keilor, West Essendon, Keilor Park and parts of Tullamarine.  Copies are $30 plus post and packaging.  See the index and details of how to get the book on this webpage.