This video captures a warm and vivid oral history of Ayneslie's life growing up in Grange in the 1920s and 1930s. She recalls the family house on...
Ayneslie Dawson (nee Steeles)
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Grange & Henley Beach Bowling Club 1906-1923
A meeting to discuss forming the Grange and Henley Beach Bowling Club was held at the Grange Institute on the 12th May, 1906 at which Alderman King...
Mystery of the Missing Roll of Honour
The advertisement above appeared in 'The Advertiser' on Saturday 10 March 1917. Below is an extract from the report in 'The Register' on Monday 12...
Fred and Florence Lill of Grange
[Fred and Florence Lill c. 1904] Jillian Crider has lived for many years at Grange. In the story below Jillian shares memories of her grandfather...
A Grange School Story (c. 1920)
Ron Jones, who was born in 1915, lived in Grange since he was two years old. In this audio interview recorded by George Willoughby in March 1988 he...
Merv Allen Remembers (Pt 2)
I'll just talk a little bit now about my recollections of my school days. The only school was the Henley Primary School. There was no kindergarten...
My Henley of the ’50s
Gary Bennett has always loved Henley Beach. As a youngster he often spent a portion of his school holidays with his paternal Grandma and Uncle...
Merv Allen Remembers (Part 1)
My name is Merv Allen. Fortunately, I've been able to live on the Esplanade at Henley South all of my life. I was born in 1939 and my father and my...
Edna Dunning Remembers
Edna Dunning’s many vivid memories of Henley Beach have been recorded in several H&GHS journals. Here are just five of her interesting stories ….
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]