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An SW6 Tram built in 1948. Converted in 1994 to become a Restaurant Tram in Melbourne it was acquired in 2014 by the Museum and was refurbished for further use as a Restaurant Tram in Ballarat. It is named after Sir Henry Cuthbert who was the first chairman of the Ballaarat (Original spelling) Tramway Company who opened the original Horse Tramway in Ballarat.
Ballarat Tramway Museum and Lake Wendouree Saturday 23-02-2019.
SW6 Class tram 856 celebrating 75 years of service to Melbourne on the City Circle on Harbour Esplanade near La Trobe Street, Docklands, Melbourne.
The Postcard
A Norman Series postcard that was published by Shoesmith & Etheridge of Hastings.
The card was posted in Eastbourne on Sunday the 20th. June 1954 to:
Miss Limbrey,
4, Bloom Park Road,
Fulham SW6,
London.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"My Dear Alice,
It is now Sunday and we
have just come from the
Baptist Church which we
enjoyed.
We are sitting on the Front
waiting for dinner time.
Everything is very nice and
a very nice homely crowd
are in the house.
The sun is lovely today.
Love from
Win".
'Eastbourne' by Joseph Coelho
Here is a poem written in 2017 by Joseph Coelho:
'Kicking the pebbles along Eastbourne beach
as the orange-pink of sunset
plays with the ebbing tide,
my mother asks...
“What do you want to do when you’re older?”
There is every colour of pebble beneath my feet,
grey lumps of flint winking their sharp, shining
cores
gritty ovals of sandstone pregnant with fossils,
worn amulets of glass of every sparkle.
They crunch and shift under synced steps
as we stroll, towels wrapped around sand-dusted
bodies.
The sea sings with the pebbles,
knocking a tone from each,
forming a hushing melody.
Sunbursts dip into the wispy clouds,
bounce from the greens, blacks and purples of the
rock pools,
shine red and gold and white from the sea.
There is every colour in the sun.
My baby sister toddles alongside my grandmother,
the years between them
like the ghosts of waves already ebbed
and the years to come
like the promise of tides,
as their silhouettes whisper in the sunshine.
“What do I want to be when I’m older?”
The question bounces around my head
like light and wind and water and time
and I smile…
“I don’t know.”'
Juan Fangio
So what else happened on the day that Win posted the card?
Well, on the 20th. June 1954, the Belgian Grand Prix was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, and was won by Juan Manuel Fangio.
'Cara Mia'
Also on that day, the Number One chart hit in the UK was 'Cara Mia' by David Whitfield and the Mantovani Orchestra.
David Whitfield (2nd. February 1925 – 15th. January 1980) was a popular British male tenor vocalist from Hull. He became the first British artist to have a UK No. 1 single in the UK and in the United States with Cara Mia.
David died from a brain haemorrhage in Sydney, Australia, while on tour at the age of 54.