I am putting this haunting melody on the site today. Brings to my mind the tales My Mother and Father told me of Early Sydney . They were born in the 1920s and passed on a fine ‘ oral history ‘ to me. My father also left his diaries and letters of WWII. I am in the process of getting the letters into order on a blog site of his own. In his later years, we combined to ensure that they were all recorded on ” floppy disks” before sending them off to the AWM where we hoped they would be best cared for. I have converted them to CD records and online blogs. BRUCE SANDERS. The letters still haunt me and bring tears unexpectedly at times. More is said in what has not been written than what has been. Dad was very keen to have his letters and diaries published but we had no resources with which to do so in the 1990s. I am hoping that having them online would please him. His diary featured in Peter Stanley’s (AWM) book on EL ALAMEIN.
My Mother was born in REDFERN and my father in HURLSTONE PARK. As a result I have stories of SURRY HILLS and back lanes of CANTERBURY. This brings me back to THE LANE BELOW THE FLATS.
THE LANE BELOW THE FLATS. Originally a poem by WILFRED NATHAN published in the BULLETIN in the early 20th Century and set to music by members of PASPALUM. Another wee entry into the 20th Century but charming nonetheless. IZZY Foreal ( Peter Knox) located the poem and the vocals are his.
https://dl-web.getdropbox.com/get/HBBS/LANE%20BELOW%20THE%20FLATS.mp3?w=70cfa4b4
BRUCE AND J.G. SANDERS 1946 STREETS OF SYDNEY
http://electronicquill.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/odds-and-ends-on-a-sunday/
Joyce and Bruce Sanders honeymooned in Urunga at the mouth of the Bellinger River in 1948. In the 1970s Lynne,Susan and Jon as well as Joyce and Bruce and Susan’s daughter Josefine relocated from Belmore in Sydney to Urunga. The Bellinger then became home to children, grandchildren and husbands. Susan married into the POMROY family of URUNGA and Lynne married into the BRAITHWAITE family of Bellingen.
For today – odds and ends of BELLINGEN in the NLA.
http://electronicquill.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/odds-and-ends-on-a-sunday/
Joyce and Bruce at Goulburn. In the 1960s.
JOYCE BELL JOYCE BELL is the home person 0
JON SANDERS JON SANDERS is a son of JOYCE BELL 1
SUSAN SANDERS SUSAN SANDERS is a daughter of JOYCE BELL 1
LYNNE SANDERS LYNNE SANDERS is a daughter of JOYCE BELL 1
WILLIAM ALLEN BELL WILLIAM ALLEN BELL is the father of JOYCE BELL 1
JESSIE SARAH READY JESSIE SARAH READY is the mother of JOYCE BELL 1
JACK BELL JACK BELL is a brother of JOYCE BELL 1
BETTY BELL BETTY BELL is a sister of JOYCE BELL 1
JEAN BELL JEAN BELL is a sister of JOYCE BELL 1
BRUCE SANDERS BRUCE SANDERS is the husband of JOYCE BELL 1
BENJAMIN POMROY BENJAMIN POMROY is a grandson of JOYCE BELL 2
JIM ROBERT BRAITHWAITE JIM ROBERT BRAITHWAITE is a grandson of JOYCE BELL 2
JOSEFINE DEWBERRY JOSEFINE DEWBERRY is a granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 2
KATI BRAITHWAITE KATI BRAITHWAITE is a granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 2
CASSANDRA POMROY CASSANDRA POMROY is a granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 2
MARK POMROY MARK POMROY is a son-in-law of JOYCE BELL (the husband of her daughter) 2
JOHN BELL JOHN BELL is the paternal grandfather of JOYCE BELL 2
MARY ANN MCNEIL MARY ANN MCNEIL is the paternal grandmother of JOYCE BELL 2
ROY MCNEIL BELL ROY MCNEIL BELL is an uncle of JOYCE BELL (a brother of her father) 2
LESLIE D.R. BELL LESLIE D.R. BELL is an uncle of JOYCE BELL (a brother of her father) 2
JAMES A BELL JAMES A BELL is an uncle of JOYCE BELL (a brother of her father) 2
NORMAN BELL NORMAN BELL is an uncle of JOYCE BELL (a brother of her father) 2
MARY HENRIETTA BELL MARY HENRIETTA BELL is an aunt of JOYCE BELL (a sister of her father) 2
ANNE MCLEOD BELL ANNE MCLEOD BELL is an aunt of JOYCE BELL (a sister of her father) 2
JANET BELL JANET BELL is an aunt of JOYCE BELL (a sister of her father) 2
WILHELMINA ELIZABETH BELL WILHELMINA ELIZABETH BELL is an aunt of JOYCE BELL (a sister of her father) 2
PETER ( GEORGE) READY PETER ( GEORGE) READY is the maternal grandfather of JOYCE BELL 2
JULIA JACKSON JULIA JACKSON is the maternal grandmother of JOYCE BELL 2
ANTHONY BELL ANTHONY BELL is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
PETER BELL PETER BELL is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
MICHAEL BELL MICHAEL BELL is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
MARGARET BELL MARGARET BELL is a niece of JOYCE BELL 2
JULIE BELL JULIE BELL is a niece of JOYCE BELL 2
CAROLINE BELL CAROLINE BELL is a niece of JOYCE BELL 2
NITA SAVAGE NITA SAVAGE is a sister-in-law of JOYCE BELL (married to her brother) 2
DAVID BURTON DAVID BURTON is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
ROSS CARTER ROSS CARTER is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
NEVILLE JOHN CARTER NEVILLE JOHN CARTER is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
KEITH DUIST CARTER KEITH DUIST CARTER is a nephew of JOYCE BELL 2
JANINE CARTER JANINE CARTER is a niece of JOYCE BELL 2
CHERYL BURTON CHERYL BURTON is a niece of JOYCE BELL 2
ALFRED ROY BURTON ALFRED ROY BURTON is a brother-in-law of JOYCE BELL (married to her sister) 2
WILLIAM DUIST CARTER WILLIAM DUIST CARTER is a brother-in-law of JOYCE BELL (married to her sister) 2
JOHN GEORGE SANDERS JOHN GEORGE SANDERS is the father-in-law of JOYCE BELL 2
ELIZABETH CRAIG ELIZABETH CRAIG is the mother-in-law of JOYCE BELL 2
MADELINE POPPY BRAITHWAITE MADELINE POPPY BRAITHWAITE is a great-granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 3
KATHY ROSE MACDONALD KATHY ROSE MACDONALD is a great-granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 3
JOLENE MACDONALD JOLENE MACDONALD is the wife of a grandson of JOYCE BELL 3
JAI GAMBLING JAI GAMBLING is the husband of a granddaughter of JOYCE BELL 3
JAMES BELL JAMES BELL is a great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 3
WILHELMINA MCLEOD WILHELMINA MCLEOD is a great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
NORMAN BELL NORMAN BELL is a brother of a grandfather of JOYCE BELL 3
GARY BELL GARY BELL is a first cousin of JOYCE BELL 3
ELAINE JOY BELL ELAINE JOY BELL is a first cousin of JOYCE BELL 3
MARGARET SWAN MARGARET SWAN is an aunt by marriage of JOYCE BELL 3
STANLEY WITCHARD STANLEY WITCHARD is an uncle by marriage of JOYCE BELL 3
THOMAS R MCLENNAN THOMAS R MCLENNAN is an uncle by marriage of JOYCE BELL 3
PETER MARK READY PETER MARK READY is a great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 3
SARAH ANN BENSON SARAH ANN BENSON is a great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
WILLIAM BELU JACKSON WILLIAM BELU JACKSON is a great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 3
ELIZABETH JOHNSON ELIZABETH JOHNSON is a great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
WILLIAM JACKSON WILLIAM JACKSON is a brother of a grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
SARAH A JACKSON SARAH A JACKSON is a sister of a grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
JACKSON JACKSON is a sister of a grandmother of JOYCE BELL 3
MATTHEW CARTER MATTHEW CARTER is a grandson of a sister of JOYCE BELL 3
DIONE CARTER DIONE CARTER is a granddaughter of a sister of JOYCE BELL 3
FREDERICK JOHN SANDERS FREDERICK JOHN SANDERS is a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
LUCY JANE HURRELL LUCY JANE HURRELL is a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
HERBERT BERDETT SANDERS HERBERT BERDETT SANDERS is an uncle of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
FREDERICK WILLIAM SANDERS FREDERICK WILLIAM SANDERS is an uncle of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
CLARENCE MACLEAY SANDERS CLARENCE MACLEAY SANDERS is an uncle of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
CLEMENT CONSTANT SANDERS CLEMENT CONSTANT SANDERS is an uncle of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
MAUD EVELINE SANDERS MAUD EVELINE SANDERS is an aunt of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
JANIE SANDERS JANIE SANDERS is an aunt of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
META MAY SANDERS META MAY SANDERS is an aunt of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
THOMAS CRAIG THOMAS CRAIG is a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
MARTHA JULIAN MARTHA JULIAN is a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 3
WILLIAM MCLEOD WILLIAM MCLEOD is a great-great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 4
JANEY MACKAY JANEY MACKAY is a great-great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 4
JOHN J BELL JOHN J BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
JAMES W BELL JAMES W BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
MARY C BELL MARY C BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
NOREINE F BELL NOREINE F BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
ELIZABETH J BELL ELIZABETH J BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
WILLIMINA (WILHELMINA) A BELL WILLIMINA (WILHELMINA) A BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
JANET LAURIE BELL JANET LAURIE BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
MARY H BELL MARY H BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
AGNES M BELL AGNES M BELL is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (cousin of father) 4
AGNES FRASER HIGGINS AGNES FRASER HIGGINS is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of JOYCE BELL (aunt by marriage of the father) 4
JUDE JUDE is a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL (daughter of first cousin) 4
JOHN WITCHARD JOHN WITCHARD is the father of an uncle by marriage of JOYCE BELL 4
ELLEN WILSON ELLEN WILSON is the mother of an uncle by marriage of JOYCE BELL 4
JOHN READY JOHN READY is a great-great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 4
ELIZABETH CURTIS ELIZABETH CURTIS is a great-great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 4
THOMAS BENSON THOMAS BENSON is a great-great-grandfather of JOYCE BELL 4
HANNAH HUTCHINS HANNAH HUTCHINS is a great-great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 4
GEORGE MOORE JNR GEORGE MOORE JNR is the husband of a great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 4
CARTER CARTER is a great-grandson of a sister of JOYCE BELL 4
WILLIAM SANDERS WILLIAM SANDERS is a great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
MARY ANN SKIVINGS MARY ANN SKIVINGS is a great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
CHARLES HENRY SANDERS CHARLES HENRY SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ALFRED SIVERT SANDERS ALFRED SIVERT SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ERNEST ALBERT SANDERS ERNEST ALBERT SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
EDRED JAMES SANDERS EDRED JAMES SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
WILLIAM GEORGE SANDERS WILLIAM GEORGE SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
WALTER THOMAS SANDERS WALTER THOMAS SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
CHRISTOPHER GEORGE SANDERS CHRISTOPHER GEORGE SANDERS is a brother of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
HARRIET FRANCES SANDERS HARRIET FRANCES SANDERS is a sister of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
MARY ANN SANDERS MARY ANN SANDERS is a sister of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
AGNES JANE SANDERS AGNES JANE SANDERS is a sister of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
SARAH ELLEN SANDERS SARAH ELLEN SANDERS is a sister of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ELIZABETH GRACE SANDERS ELIZABETH GRACE SANDERS is a sister of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
JOHN HURRELL JOHN HURRELL is a great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ELLEN CROWE ELLEN CROWE is a great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
GEORGE HURRELL GEORGE HURRELL is a brother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
THOMAS DENNIS HURRELL THOMAS DENNIS HURRELL is a brother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
JOHN JNR HURRELL JOHN JNR HURRELL is a brother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
JAMES HURRELL JAMES HURRELL is a brother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
MARK HURRELL MARK HURRELL is a brother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ANN HURRELL ANN HURRELL is a sister of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
MARY HURRELL MARY HURRELL is a sister of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ELLEN MATILDA HURRELL ELLEN MATILDA HURRELL is a sister of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ELIZA MARY HURRELL ELIZA MARY HURRELL is a sister of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
THOMAS SANDERS THOMAS SANDERS is a cousin of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
ELLEN BOND WOODWARD ELLEN BOND WOODWARD is an aunt by marriage of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
BEATRICE MARY DANGERFIELD BEATRICE MARY DANGERFIELD is an aunt by marriage of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
EFFIE ( EUPHEMIA) NELSON EFFIE ( EUPHEMIA) NELSON is an aunt by marriage of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
WILLIAM CRAIG WILLIAM CRAIG is a great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
MARGARET MARGARET is a great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 4
JOHN STACE JOHN STACE is the husband of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 5
JOHN GUNN JOHN GUNN is the husband of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 5
GEORGE BIGNELL GEORGE BIGNELL is the husband of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 5
GEORGE CLARK GEORGE CLARK is the husband of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 5
JOHN HIGGINS JOHN HIGGINS is the father of an aunt by marriage of the father of JOYCE BELL 5
JANET LAURIE JANET LAURIE is the mother of an aunt by marriage of the father of JOYCE BELL 5
READY READY is a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL (5 generations; great-great-great-grandfather) 5
JOHANNAH CAVANAGH JOHANNAH CAVANAGH is a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL (5 generations; great-great-great-grandmother) 5
JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS is a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL (5 generations; great-great-great-grandfather) 5
ANN MORAN ANN MORAN is a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL (5 generations; great-great-great-grandmother) 5
THOMAS HOGAN THOMAS HOGAN is the husband of a great-great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 5
HENRY SAMUELS HENRY SAMUELS is the husband of a great-great-grandmother of JOYCE BELL 5
WILLIAM SANDERS WILLIAM SANDERS is a great-great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ELIZABETH GREEN ELIZABETH GREEN is a great-great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
GEORGE S SKIVINGS GEORGE S SKIVINGS is a great-great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
GRACE GRACE is a great-great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ANNIE EDITH NELSON ANNIE EDITH NELSON is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
EMILY JANE MINCHEN EMILY JANE MINCHEN is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ELIZABETH HURELL ELIZABETH HURELL is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
MARY ANN PARTRIDGE MARY ANN PARTRIDGE is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ANNIE JANE PARTRIDGE ANNIE JANE PARTRIDGE is a sister-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
LIONEL G TAYLOR LIONEL G TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
WILLIAM HAROLD TAYLOR WILLIAM HAROLD TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
BARRINGTON WALTER TAYLOR BARRINGTON WALTER TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
TAYLOR TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ELLIE TAYLOR ELLIE TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
TAYLOR TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
TAYLOR TAYLOR is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
THOMAS ROWE THOMAS ROWE is a brother-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
JOSEPH ISAAC HARRIS JOSEPH ISAAC HARRIS is a brother-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
CHARLES HENRY WILLIAM TAYLOR CHARLES HENRY WILLIAM TAYLOR is a brother-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ROBERT EVAN KITCHING ROBERT EVAN KITCHING is a brother-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
EDRED EVERSON EDRED EVERSON is a brother-in-law of a grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
MARK HURRELL MARK HURRELL is a great-great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ELIZABETH ELIZABETH is a great-great-grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
THOMAS HURRELL THOMAS HURRELL is a brother of a great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
HARRIET TENPENNY ABBOTT HARRIET TENPENNY ABBOTT is the step-mother of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
MICHAEL CROWE MICHAEL CROWE is a great-great-grandfather of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ISABELLA SWAILES ISABELLA SWAILES is a sister-in-law of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
RUTH HENRY RUTH HENRY is a sister-in-law of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
WILLIAM SANDERS WILLIAM SANDERS is a brother-in-law of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
WILLIAM PRICE WILLIAM PRICE is a brother-in-law of a grandmother of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
ALAN SANDERS ALAN SANDERS is a first cousin once removed of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
SMITH/BOOTH SMITH/BOOTH is the wife of a cousin of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
WILLIAM NELSON WILLIAM NELSON is the father of an aunt by marriage of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
HARRIET HARRIET is the mother of an aunt by marriage of the husband of JOYCE BELL 5
SAMUEL BIGNELL SAMUEL BIGNELL is the father-in-law of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 6
MARY ANN LEVY MARY ANN LEVY is the mother-in-law of a first cousin once removed of JOYCE BELL 6
FRANCIS PRENDERGAST FRANCIS PRENDERGAST is the husband of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAM CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
BENJAMIN CURTIS BENJAMIN CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
THOMAS CURTIS THOMAS CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
FRANCIS CURTIS FRANCIS CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
JOSHUA CURTIS JOSHUA CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAM CURTIS is a son of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
ELIZABETH CURTIS ELIZABETH CURTIS is a daughter of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
ANN CURTIS ANN CURTIS is a daughter of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
CHARLOTTE CURTIS CHARLOTTE CURTIS is a daughter of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
SARAH CURTIS SARAH CURTIS is a daughter of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
CURTIS CURTIS is a direct descendant of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
JANE PURRIER JANE PURRIER is the wife of a direct ancestor of JOYCE BELL 6
TRACING HER ANCESTRY FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND TO NEW SOUTH WALES
LYNNE BELL SANDERS 