We used to go do a lot of fishing on the jetty, but my older brother was a better fisherman than I and we'd ride our bikes down to the jetty mainly...
Merv Allen Remembers (Part 3)
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Stories from Henley and Grange
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Improved Postal Facilities Needed at Grange!
“The postal facilities at Grange are a hundred years behind the times," said Mr. G. W. Stacey, on Tuesday morning, 30th March 1909. Feature image:...
Henley Beach Primary School in the 1940s
(The following stories form an abridged version of an article written by Phillip Allen and published in the H&GHS Journal 44, November 2023)...
A Coastal Aerial Video (c. 1985)
The (edited) aerial video below sweeps along the coast from West Beach to Henley Beach and onto Grange. It has been digitised by the H&GHS from...
The Henley Line
Did you know that there was once a ‘street railway line’ right next to Military Road that ran all the way from Grange to Henley Beach terminating at...
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 (Part 1)
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...
The Grange Railway Station
In the 1880s a railway line was built between the townships of Woodville and Grange, influencing the growth and development of the Henley and Grange...
Banner photo: Henley Beach January 1948, Courtesy of th History Trust of South Australia [public domain]