We moved from Rose Bay to Vista Street when I was a baby. There I spent my early years.

After that we moved to Prince Street. I remember riding my dinky from Vista Street to Prince Street along Short Street when I was 3 years of age. Our ‘new’ house was a very old miners’ style cottage with a huge garden and rock pool down the back.

I actually knew all the neighbours back then, the two neighbours that lived next door were Elsie and Bessie Talbot.

I went to Mosman Infants school then onto Mosman Primary. I would walk to school every day and on special occasions would catch the tram home which cost all of 3 pence. There I would get off near Cowles Road and walk down.

I spent a lot of time at the beach (Balmoral), also loved fishing down at Mosman wharf which we would walk to. We used to shop at Spit Junction every Saturday morning and remember a lot of the shops in the area. My mother used to take me to the library often which was on Military Road. The children’s section was downstairs and I would look at books whilst she would go upstairs to the adult section.

I left Mosman in 1970 and moved to Melbourne where I have resided ever since. Growing up in Mosman was a great experience and I will always have fond memories.