What wonderful information - thank you, fascinating reading. regards dorothy ~~~ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Phillip Carruthers Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2009 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HV] Sketch of Long Bridge WEST MAITLAND Ray, The Bull Street area would have taken a battering in 1955. It was in direct line of the water flow from the Oakhampton breach. It has always been thought the Oakhampton breach was deliberate and indeed the path of the water became the course of the mitigation scheme developed in the years following the flood. I was seven at the time and still have vivid memories of what went on. We had endure several floods in the years before 1955 but they only flooded the streets and low lying houses. We missed out and would stay at home watching the water rise against our brick fence. In 1995 it didn't stop and my father made the decision to get us out but returned to protect the castle. He and Adrian decided to leave when a pole floated around the corner of Hannan and Wolfe Street with a black snake curled around it and a tortoise swam between his legs. We had 3' 7" of water in the house and ;lost everything. We lived for a few days at the old Tally Ho factory on the outskirts of Rutherford until I was evacuated to live with my cousin in Cessnock. The rest of my family lived in a caravan in the backyard of Bill Jack (Jack's Motors on High Street) on Aberglasslyn Road Rutherford. We eventually move the house to Aberglasslyn Road. The site you found the photo on has some great Maitland building shown. Quite a few of them were built by my Grandfather, Charles Taylor who had a workshop in Banfield Street that would not have been far from Bull Street. The buildings include, Walka Waterworks, Maitland Courthouse, and Benholme on Regent Street. Thanks for asking the original question. What's you family name from Bull Street? Phillip Carruthers Brisbane, Australia +617 3273 5531 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [HV] Sketch of Long Bridge WEST MAITLAND Hello again Phillip. Thanks for this. What a great bit of local and family history that item makes. I wonder if they were grateful that it didn't collapse whilst they were walking on it. I was not aware that the bridge had collapsed. When I searched under "Long Bridge" Maitland at the National Library of Australia pictures web-site, there were lots of photos of concrete work being constructed on the bridge, which I was unaware of; so this would now explain it. At the time of the flood, Phillip, we were living in the western suburbs of Sydney, and being a kid, I had no idea at that stage that the family had originated in Maitland, still living almost adjoining the Long Bridge at the time of the flood -- in Bull Street, formerly called Thompson's Lane -- on the eastern side, on my John THOMPSON ancestor's original Veteran's land grant which had stretched right across from Thompson's Lane to Regent Street; so from the photos at the NLA, it would seem that the entire grant would have looked like a river then. Phew! Thanks for sharing this interesting item. Regards again: Ray ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Phillip and Ray I remember seeing this photo in a booklet Maitland City Council published in the 1980s, I think it was something on the history of Maitland. Maybe if have a look at this booklet it may mention details about the photo. Unfortunately, I can not locate my copy. regards Allan Murphy [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Moore Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2009 5:36 PM To: [email protected]b.com Subject: Re: [HV] Sketch of Long Bridge WEST MAITLAND What wonderful information - thank you, fascinating reading. regards dorothy ~~~ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Phillip Carruthers Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2009 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HV] Sketch of Long Bridge WEST MAITLAND Ray, The Bull Street area would have taken a battering in 1955. It was in direct line of the water flow from the Oakhampton breach. It has always been thought the Oakhampton breach was deliberate and indeed the path of the water became the course of the mitigation scheme developed in the years following the flood. I was seven at the time and still have vivid memories of what went on. We had endure several floods in the years before 1955 but they only flooded the streets and low lying houses. We missed out and would stay at home watching the water rise against our brick fence. In 1995 it didn't stop and my father made the decision to get us out but returned to protect the castle. He and Adrian decided to leave when a pole floated around the corner of Hannan and Wolfe Street with a black snake curled around it and a tortoise swam between his legs. We had 3' 7" of water in the house and ;lost everything. We lived for a few days at the old Tally Ho factory on the outskirts of Rutherford until I was evacuated to live with my cousin in Cessnock. The rest of my family lived in a caravan in the backyard of Bill Jack (Jack's Motors on High Street) on Aberglasslyn Road Rutherford. We eventually move the house to Aberglasslyn Road. The site you found the photo on has some great Maitland building shown. Quite a few of them were built by my Grandfather, Charles Taylor who had a workshop in Banfield Street that would not have been far from Bull Street. The buildings include, Walka Waterworks, Maitland Courthouse, and Benholme on Regent Street. Thanks for asking the original question. What's you family name from Bull Street? Phillip Carruthers Brisbane, Australia +617 3273 5531 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [HV] Sketch of Long Bridge WEST MAITLAND Hello again Phillip. Thanks for this. What a great bit of local and family history that item makes. I wonder if they were grateful that it didn't collapse whilst they were walking on it. I was not aware that the bridge had collapsed. When I searched under "Long Bridge" Maitland at the National Library of Australia pictures web-site, there were lots of photos of concrete work being constructed on the bridge, which I was unaware of; so this would now explain it. At the time of the flood, Phillip, we were living in the western suburbs of Sydney, and being a kid, I had no idea at that stage that the family had originated in Maitland, still living almost adjoining the Long Bridge at the time of the flood -- in Bull Street, formerly called Thompson's Lane -- on the eastern side, on my John THOMPSON ancestor's original Veteran's land grant which had stretched right across from Thompson's Lane to Regent Street; so from the photos at the NLA, it would seem that the entire grant would have looked like a river then. Phew! Thanks for sharing this interesting item. Regards again: Ray ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message