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19.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday The class photo, nearly 100 years ago. Can you see your great-grandmother? Canterbury Public School, Class 8 and 9, [group portrait], 1921 Courtesy City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection

13.01.2022 Some things never change, and our love of sports is one of them! What are your favourite memories of sports in Canterbury-Bankstown?

10.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Remember when phones looked a little something like this? First telephone in Campsie, ca 1940 This telephone was installed about 1918 and was ...apparently the first telephone in Campsie. It was in the first shop in Beamish Street, Campsie. It was transferred to 38 Campsie Street in about 1920 and remained in use until late 1960's. Courtesy Mr E.J Allen and City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more

08.01.2022 FLASHBACK: This undated photo shows what Canterbury Hospital, which celebrated its 90th anniversary last year, looked like in the past. Times may have changed but it's still servicing the community!

03.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Fletchers Dairy truck, Kingsgrove, ca 1950s Fletchers Dairy truck parked on Sharp Street, Kingsgrove ( now known as Kingsgrove Road, Clemton Pa...rk ) just up the road from the car factory. There were 156 cattle, eleven ( 11 ) milk cows ( extra milk was purchased from the Co-op ), eleven carts ( 11 ) carts and twelve ( 12 ) to forteen ( 14 ) horses. The diary farm was located on the corner of Kingsgrove Road and Chisholm Avenue, Clemtom Park. The land was leased from about 1938 and by 1942 the family operated three ( 3 ) milk runs. Motorised trucks were purchased in the late 1950s. Courtesy Merle Dibden and City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more