Lyn Collingwood, Glebe Society Bulletin, March 2021
Our last mystery photo, Dec 2020 Bulletin
Madeleine Jennings identified the location as the Ferry Rd/Avon St intersection, opposite Ernest Pedersen Reserve. The photo of the house was taken in 1970.
Corner buildings usually first functioned as pubs or shops. With a large yard and stabling, no. 45 (originally no. 1) Ferry Rd was a grocery until at least 1932. Its first shopkeeper ca 1884-8 was George Dunn. During the depressed 1890s, there was a regular turnover of tenants. When Edwin Evans vacated, he put his near new Eureka stove and double-barrel shotgun up for sale, as well as his brass tea scales.
In 1908 the entire grocery and haberdashery stock was auctioned, together with a horse and harness, scales, ice chest, marble slabs and a showcase. Roger Florence O’Sullivan moved from Queensland with his wife and young family and set up as O’Sullivan and Co. grocers. The firm had a continuous association with the Glebe site for well over two decades.
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Thanks for the photo! My grandfather was Roger Florence OSulliav better known as Foxy! He was an Irish immigrant who had three children. Unfortunately his wife Susan died in 1916! I’m guessing he must have done well financially as he had enough money to retire to Clovelly! He remarried had 7 more boys and opened another shop! Wonderful photo!