I love anything 'old' and I really love hearing about our family history so spending time with grandma, driving around in our hire car and hearing about and seeing all the landmarks of her life was the one thing I really wanted out of this visit. She has an amazing memory and has led an amazing and, at times, a hard life. It was extra special that Jar was there to hear her stories and pretty cool that we had four generations of women (and Ned!!) cruising about the Hunter region !!
The house that Mum grew up in....
and outside that house with grandma and my uncles
We drove out to Greta to see her grandfathers house....
It had undergone some pretty major reno's and looked just like any other house.
I was disappointed because he was the doctor for the collieries and the township and had a surgery next door - lot's of places are protected now but unfortunately not this one.
Grandma still really enjoyed it though and recognised heaps of the old buildings.
We were able to go to the museum (thanks to a really nice lady that came down with 15 mins notice)
and see my great great grandfather's name on the mayors roll - A.E.O Walker.
The museum lady brought out a book that had "my grandfathers story - d.s.mills" written by my grandma in my grandma's writing!!! IN A MUSEUM PEOPLE!!!!
She was pretty surprised too!
My g.g.g/f back row third from left.
It was her actual birthday this day so we celebrated again with a chinese lunch - her favourite!!
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