Glenalvon House

Flashback Friday: This is Wattle Avenue, Macquarie Fields circa 1961. New housing estates were appearing in this area in the 1960s. George Hudson Ready Cut Homes built over 60 homes in Wattle Avenue. (photo courtesy of Vicki W)

The members meeting will be held this Saturday 27June at 1.30pm, in the cottage behind Glenalvon, 8 Lithgow Street.

This months guest speaker is Ron Kydd, local architect, his topic “The Wedderburn Post Office and other crofter’s cottages of Campbelltown “.
The cottages resemble those built in Scotland, pictured on the right.

Afternoon tea to follow and visitors are welcome.

Volunteers and 2 guests having morning tea on the verandah at Glenalvon.

Glenalvon today - Devonshire Tea

Glenalvon is open and ready for our Devonshire Tea morning, with the CWA ladies cooking. The markets are set up outside the grounds with people strolling through.

Flashback Friday: Many locals will remember the trepidation going to this building for their driver’s license test, or perhaps multiple tests. One of the most astounding things about the R.T.A. here in Tindall Street is probably the absence of ANYTHING around the motor registry; No Marketfair, no Park Central, no Bunnings building. Quondong Cottage though can be seen in the distance. We believe the photo was taken around 1980.
Photo kindly donated by Narelle Shafer.

Glenalvon open.
Devonshire Teas
Handmade & Homegrown Markets
All in Lithgow Street this Sunday 21 June from 10am to 1pm. Markets from 8am.

Enjoy delicious scones, jam and cream made by the ladies from CWA Campbelltown branch with either tea or coffee for just $10!
The historical society member volunteers will welcome you to historic Glenalvon and the Alex Goodsell Rural Exhibition Centre. Our photo shows a young visitor on a school tour enjoying the historical agricultural equipment and homewares. (Permission to use given).

Flashback Friday: Take a moment to get your bearings with this image. From the left are our lovely Georgian terraced buildings, beginning with McGuanne House. On the right is the rear of the Old Town Hall Theatre. That missing piece is Campbelltown Mall, about to be built in 1982. Thank you to Trevor Richardson for taking and preserving this remarkable moment in time.