By Cathy Jones The ‘Windsor Flats’ are located on the corner of Loftus Crescent and Knight Street (formerly Rochester Street) Homebush. The flats were built in 1937 and are located opposite Homebush Rail Station on Loftus Crescent and behind the Horse & Jockey Hotel on Knight Street This type of flat is reasonably rare in […]
ANZAC Day is held on 25 April, which is this Saturday. Due to COVID-19 crisis, services have been cancelled. ANZAC Day 2020 will be very different to ANZAC Days of previous years. While we will not be gathering at services or marches, there are still ways to acknowledge ANZAC Day and ensure Australian servicemen and […]
The current crisis is extremely challenging but I am very concerned about the impact on our local businesses. Our local shops provide our local services and employ many people, but may be forced to close without support. I was at Homebush Village at lunchtime and heard first-hand how badly affected many of the shops are […]
The photo above is of Historic St Ann’s Catholic Church Strathfield South in 1936. Historic St Ann’s Catholic Church is the original church built between 1859-1864 and located in St Anne’s Square, the centre of the Village of St Anne’s in Strathfield South. St Ann’s has a fascinating history and was the final church built […]
Veteran actor, cricketer and long-term Homebush resident, Ron Haddrick, died recently aged 90 years. He had a long career on stage, screen and radio. He made his stage debut in 1946 at the Tivoli Theatre in Adelaide and in 1953, auditioned and was invited to join the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, now the Royal […]
