Who lived or worked in your street?
Did you know? – St Johns Road
Posted on 8th October 2025
This story of a former corner shop overlooking Orphan School Creek exemplifies the shift toward denser land use that reshaped Glebe and Forest Lodge around the turn of the 20th century.
Memories of Lindy Anne Peisley
Posted on 28th October 2024
Lindy was one of the real characters of Glebe and she will be missed by family and friends.
How I got to Glebe – Lydia Bushell
Posted on 2nd October 2024
There’s a lot to the story of Lydia Bushell, an active long term member of the Glebe Society with an illustrious career in the conservation of antiquities.
‘The Cream of the Coast’ in Forest Lodge
Posted on 27th March 2024
Stripped of its paint during recent renovations, the wall of a former corner shop in Forest Lodge revealed a fragment of a Streets Ice Cream advertisement before being once more retired beneath layers of paint. The fragment was from Streets’ tagline, ‘The Cream of the Coast’.
Forgotten Glebe – the Shot Tower
Posted on 16th March 2024
Part of Glebe’s industrial legacy, the Shot Tower previously at 82 Wentworth Park Road, contributed a distinctive architecture in the early 20th century.
Blue Plaque nomination #21: ‘Calmar’, 128 Glebe Point Road, designed by Edmund Blacket
Posted on 28th February 2024
The twenty-first and final site nominated by the Society in 2021 for a Blue Plaque is Calmar at 128 Glebe Point Road which was designed by Edmund Blacket.
Blue Plaque nomination #20: ‘Hartford’, 244 Glebe Point Road, once home to E. Randolph Magnus
Posted on 28th November 2023
A grand Glebe mansion with a history. Hartford, the home of pioneering dentist Edwin Magnus.
Who lived in your street? John George Bryen and St Helen’s
Posted on 30th July 2023
What did John George Bryen have in common with Toad of Toad Hall? They were both terrible drivers, and as Lyn Collingwood recalls, Bryen lived in a well-known house in Glebe but was not a fictional character.
Who Lived in Your Street? The Herron and Ayre families of ‘alphabet’ house, Divo
Posted on 26th June 2023
The Herron then Ayre families occupied ‘Divo’, one of the ‘alphabet’ houses in the terrace at 433-445 Glebe Point Road. The other alphabet houses are Gaza, Favo, Edna, Cama and Boro.
The Temple of the Tooth
Posted on 31st May 2023
A story about chemists, dentists and gastronomes …. in Glebe Point Road
Blue Plaque nomination #14: 1 Westmoreland Street Glebe, once home of ‘Mr One by One’, Edward Charles Windeyer
Posted on 31st May 2023
In 1953 there was a spate of counterfeiting. Read how the discovery of a cache of 10 pound notes stuffed in the wall of a house in Westmoreland St Glebe, brought the culprit to justice.
Who worked in your street? Missionary James Henry Mills
Posted on 9th August 2022
J.H. Mills was a missionary who worked in the Glebe-Pyrmont district for 35 years. He ran the Glebe branch of the Sydney City Mission from an office in the Mission Hall in Bay St, which opened in 1894. Drinking and gambling were viewed by Mills as major social evils. Read more about his life and his activities as a missionary.
Who worked in your street? Gordon Page Barton (1929-2005)
Posted on 7th July 2022
No.1 Arundel St Forest Lodge was once the offices of express transport giant, IPEC. Gordon Barton and Greg Farrell bought the Adelaide-based Interstate Parcel Express Company (IPEC) in 1962, and grew the business into the multinational express freight company it is today.
