Hi Alistair, Sorry. EDWARDS is my married surname and I cannot remember and Edwards of Midson Road although I knew that area well as I lived at the Epping end of Epping Avenue and often cut through opposite our house to Midson Road to go the dairy etc. That's a long time ago! Cheers Joan > > Thank you Joan. Are you related to EDWARDS 1940s fam at 24 > Midson Rd Eastwood. I'd like to contact KATHERINE ROSE > EDWARDS bn May 1932. > > There was just one ack ack gun, beside the up relief railway > line. In the yard of the Boy Scouts hall. Inconspicuous, > below the horizon. The gun crew mainly female. The rail > junction there would allow heavy goods trains from the north > to accumulate then rush to Sydney Markets and Dairy > warehouses. Suitable target for enemy attack. > > The huge Ryde MWSDB pumping station on Victoria Rd was also > of strategic importance. A dummy 'replica' was built in > 1940s beside Meadowbank station. The humorous comment at the > time was that Japanese eyesight and intellect would surely > attract bombers to Meadowbank replica thus assuring survival > of the Ryde pumping site. >