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Nostalgia
Old Ellison St
By JDP
18, Jun 2007 - 23:00

The space  between the PO and Burleigh House was  a single building occupied by the Dwyer family. To the rear was the business premises known as Dwyer's Coach Factory, accessed by a laneway beside the Post Office.  The coachmaking was carried on from about early 1870s to about 1924.

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Orders for new gigs and cabs came from far afield.

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Homespun Yarns !

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At the Spring Show, Joseph H. and son Johnny

 

 

 



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