My Aunt & Uncle's place
My Mosman memories involve visits to my aunt and uncle Margaret and William Gordon Cumming at 43 Myahgah Road in the 1950s. As a child from the western suburbs of Sydney it was such a joy to go to their place.
It was opposite the park and the cricket oval. Beautiful and green, all painted white, doves cooing in lofty great trees. The children’s playground was my heaven, swinging from the roman rings for hours was my delight. I dreamed my dreams for a better life on those flights through the air, I never wanted to land. O Mosman place of my dreams.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share this memory.
— posted by Robyn, Thursday August 31, 2006
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Oh the memories, I lived just down from the Methodist Church for all my childhood and attended Sunday School and Church there with my sisters. I even met my husband at the Church and was married there in the mid 60s. I remember the Cummings family from back then also. The park was our haven back in the 50s and 60s, many hours spent there also. I dont think we realised back then what a great place it was to grow up, just knowing that someone from the western suburbs would visit and dream about life there makes it even more special.
I spent a lot of my childhood in Myahgah Road with Kay’s sister, Sue. I also knew the Cummings family and went to school with Lynette. How carefree we were back then. Sue and I would often go to each others place after school, and as long as we were home in time for tea, no one worried. I also have many memories of attending the Methodist Sunday School, and the Sunday School picnics at Athol Park.
— posted by Margaret, Thursday September 17, 2009, 10:46:13 PM #
I, too, spent many hours on the Roman Rings at the playground. You could swing from one end to the other and the trick was to see how many times up and down you could go. I used the park sometime in the late forties and early fifties. Also, there were always boys climbing the trees. The park was on the way home from the Methodist Church just up the street from where your aunt and uncle lived.
I also remember the blisters on the palms of my hands!
— posted by Rosemary, Tuesday April 22, 2008, 2:33:52 AM #