Family Tree Frog

Manly Swimming Pool Queensland 1936 Sepia Saturday this week encourages us to explore: obvious theme possibilities of swimming and water available, but you might also want to investigate the possibilities of standing around and - like the child at the end of the diving board - hanging around. It's difficult to know where to begin with this blog post.  I've been sitting on it for at least 24 hours.  In those 24 hours, I have managed to list just about every article/listing I could find about my paternal grandmother's swimming feats as found on Trove as well as those of her sisters. This is no mean feat - using the search words "Carrett AND swim*" I found 792 results.  Of course, not all of them are relevant but to give you some idea I now have the following lists and number of items for each sister: Daisy - 70 items Ethel - 130 items Millie - 166 items Nora - 94 items Rene - 258 items Moi - obsessed? Just maybe! I have blogged about the...

1912 Tom McLoughlin - Football Team  - Tom is at the end of the back  row on the right Family history is not complete without a football photo is it? Even from 1912. Not quite sure where this is taken - I suspect Bathurst. Back of postcard The back of the postcard reads in my mother's handwriting on the left Circa 1912  Tom 14 years  Football Team  Tom in sub junior I'm not sure whose handwriting is on the right hand side - maybe my grandfather's.   It says  M McLoughlin  4 Lamrock Terrace  E Orange. M McLoughlin could have been Tom's sister Margaret or his sister Mary or his mother Margaret. Thomas, aka Tom, my maternal grandfather was born 7 July 1898 in William Street Bathurst. I would love to know what Grandad's role was on the team. He's wearing a suit and a tie.  And his boots are nicely polished. Is he the manager?  A coach? A fan? What do you think? Was ...