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Play was Yeoman of the Guard

Betty Stewart in front of Yallourn Hotel - circa 1955

My father had a shoe repair business in the middle shop which was in Garden Street next to the methodist church The first shop I can't remember what they sold but I can remember one year they had it full of christmas trees. The shop on the other side of my father's shop was the ESand A bank for some time. The shop on the corner over the lane was Pettigrew's Garage. The brickwork on the extreme left were the garages behind Rockman's behind the stop sign is the RSL. My father was there from 1953 to 1956 then sold to Zenon Miltiados and went back to the SEC for a more comfortable life.

Anne, Jamie & Bernard McGoldrick - approx 1955

Prue, Mrs T Yeend, John & Dorothy McGoldrick holding Anne & Damien. In front Bernard & Jamie.

Mabel and Bill Griffith, their daughter Wilma Cooper and Lee & Rod Cooper

Maurie, Wilma, Lee & Rod Cooper lived at 46 Strzelecki Road from about 1953 to 1960. Eileen & Heart Cooper (parents of Maurie) lived at 52 Strzelecki Road.

Back Row: Laurie Baker, Jim Irving, ?, ?, ?, ? , Eric Sutton, Phil Evans, Neil Robertson, Bill Smith, Jack Spaulding, ?, ?, ? Brian Langdon
3rd Row: "Mac" Mclaren, Bill Laurie, Arthur Brogan(partially hidden), Doug Andrews, Frank Haywood, ?, Bill Allen, Frank White,?.
2nd Row: ?, ?, Charlie Christopher(white hair), ?, ?, ?,?, ?, Colin McLean, Reg Stephens, Bert Milne, Gerald Knight, ?, Brian Clarke, ?, ?.
Sitting: Roy Smith, Jim Watkinson (Snr), ?, ?, Frank Kirby, Mr(?) Whitehouse, Vic Greer, Joe Davis.

Kevin Gordon, an avid South Melbourne supporter, had been introduced to one of his heroes (Eddie Lane) when he had travelled from Yallourn to watch the VFL clash between Carlton and South Melbourne - 16 August 1955

SEC Picnic held at Frankston - Jan 1955 - Reg and Miss Butler. “The girl was from Melbourne. She approached me and asked if I would partner her in the Siamese race.  I had never seen her before - we won!” 

Yallourn’s champion defender, Kevin Fanning, rises high to mark over team mate Stan Brown and Sale forward, Jack McKee, in the 1955 LVFL Grand Final at Morwell. Sale won the thriller by 10 points.

YFC in 1955 - Laurie Shipp can be seen 4th from the left in the back row. Yallourn's other great ruckman of that era, Bruce Knight, is next to Laurie.

YALLOURN FIRE BRIGADE TEAM in 1955:

Back Row: Ian McArthur, Harold Angove, Bruce Knight, Barry Brewer, Bill White
Middle Row: Lloyd Chudleigh, Barry Coad, Jim Watt
Front Row: Carl Smith, Daryl Knight, Bob Lock

(The Ballarat Courier March 3 1955)

Members of the YFC 1955 Grand Final Team

YFC Grand Final Team vs Sale at Morwell in 1955

Back Row: K Fanning, P Cook, B Knight, K Gibson, L Shipp, P Watkinson, K McColl, J Watt
Middle Row: M Williams, J Brown, R Cullinan, G Marchesi, S Brown, J Vinall
Front Row: D Madden, R Kitney, C Whitbourne, J Shaw, B Coad, M Crane

Jim Dorgan as pictured in "The Argus" in 1955

YFCs John Paice played 4 VFL games with Carlton FC in 1955

The start of Colin Nash's fortune...

Ian at 11 Driffield Road

Carmello & Gianna Bajada on arrival in Yallourn - 1955

Source: State Library of Victoria : b 35313

Women camping out overnight to be assured of a good position from which to view the Queen on her visit to Yallourn - 3/3/1954

Museum Victoria collection (Reg No MM 009592)

Museum Victoria (ref no MM009593)

Musem Victoria (ref MM 009583)

A great shot of the locals waiting for a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth in Yallourn in 1954. Can anyone identify the people in the crowd?

Sculpted by Andor Meszaros

1954

Names are on photo

Tribute to Stirling Crowe

The two "mascots" in the front row are Billy Devine and Bill Ebbott. I believe we were "very fast runners" or maybe used as lures.

High School days - Jacqueline, Alice & Diane Pedley in the front garden of 2 Fernhill - 1954

Ken (Mick), Marjory & Helen at back door of 35 Strzelecki Rd

Playmates Lee Cooper & Kay Mewett were neighbours when the Cooper family lived in Strzelecki Road, The Mewett family lived in Chruch Street.

Reg Penkethman & Bob Nash - both in Form 4 at YHS - 1954 - still best friends today (2013).

Vic Lawrence in action during his playing days at North Melbourne. This photo of Vic was taken four years before he arrived to coach at YFC.

Back Row: ? , ? , Jill Carlisle, ? , Jan McHenry, Judy Wallace, ?
Front Row: ? , ? , Lois Gust, Betty Gust?, ? , ?

Lois was awarded this "Royal Visit" certificate by the Shire of Traralgon for her win in the U14 Freestyle Championship at Traralgon in 1954.

Back Row: Maxine Bourke, ? , ? , ? , ? , ? , ? , ?, ? , ? , ? , ?, ? , ? , ? , ? , ?
Front Row: Keith White , John Scott, Trevor McColl , ? , ? , ? , David Sloan, Bruce Mussared, ?

Taken from Rockman's, this photo shows Monash Square with Sir John Monash bust and Cenotaph

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visit Yallourn in 1954

Tom Bamborough and group at his farwell in 1954

Left to Right
Mrs T. Harvey, Mrs T. Bamborough, Bill Wigg, Tom Bamborough, Bill Foley, Tim Harvey, Jack Maxwell, Lyall Horton, Lindsay Ryan, Les Smith, George Ryner, Tom Knox, Jack Slattery, Les Morgan and Jim Cormack

AT YALLOURN RAILWAY STATION the Queen and the Duke wave farewell to the crowd after they had inspected the brown-coal undertaking yesterday.

SOURCE: NLA: 205708118 ‘THE AGE’ THURSDAY 4TH MARCH 1954 PAGE: 4

Source: Stefan Tomasz

I am there, as is my mum and dad, a family called Melbourne (Mick and his wife) from Hernes Oak; May and Dunk, two Scots who emigrated on the same ship as us and lived in Newborough. Interesting how many people dressed up for the day including somebody wearing a tie. I wonder if the Queen remembers us?
...Stefan Tomasz

I am there, as is my mum and dad, a family called Melbourne (Mick and his wife) from Hernes Oak; May and Dunk, two Scots who emigrated on the same ship as us and lived in Newborough. Interesting how many people dressed up for the day including somebody wearing a tie. I wonder if the Queen remembers us?
...Stefan Tomasz

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The royal carriage?

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