https://henleyandgrangehistory.org.au/henley-town-hall/ Preserving and sharing our community's past Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://henleyandgrangehistory.org.au/henley-town-hall/#comment-3255 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:15:21 +0000 https://mockup.diydigital.com.au/?p=410#comment-3255 My mother, Philippa Gamlin was the first woman to be elected to Henley and Grange Council in 1956. The topics of the day included changing the restrictive dress code while bathing at the beach.
Also, from memory, there was talk of putting a supermarket on the West side of the square and utilising the space in front for car parking. This would have meant the loss of the square as an amenity. At that time the summer festival was enormously popular and the Henley to Grange parade was well attended, so it was a battle between the community and developers. The people won!!
Our immediate family left Henley in 1960 but Philippa and Max returned to SA upon retirement.
The construction of Henley Town Hall involved my grandfather Jack Gamlin who arrived from UK in 1911 and also built many homes in the Henley and Grange area.

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