Venue
Exploring Paddington’s streets and- lanes
Participants
Ron, Chris, Peter, Yvonne, Richard, Helen, Colin and Natalie
The start
The group met at Edgecliffe station and after morning tea walked via Queen Street and Jersey Rd towards Woollahra.
Highlights
Terraces of all shapes, sizes and designs. These varied from one level quaint cottages with well kept gardens to four storey buildings with basement living space and loads of intricate lace work on the wrought iron at the front of the house. Some terraces opened straight on to the road, some had a small porch and others had steep sets of stairs to climb to the entrance door. In some areas there were large stand alone houses with impressive gardens. (Runnymeade in Jersey Rd.)
Narrow lanes at the back of terraces, once used by the ‘night soil’ collectors and other tiny passages to allow movement from one street to another
Several grand and beautiful churches built of sandstone and well maintained. (All Saints Woollahra, Congregational church in Moncur St, St Francis of Assisi Paddington)
Paddington Street lined with massive trees which stretch out across the road providing much shade during the summer
The Scottish hospital which is no longer used and the site of the Royal Hospital for Women, now demolished and replaced by modern housing.
A large ‘bridge’ over the road at McDonald Street once used by the trams as they cut through the suburb. (now labeled Cutler Footpath)
The finish
After lunch at Paddington RSL, the group walked via the Football stadium and Lake Kippax back to Central station
Exploring Paddington’s streets and- lanes
Participants
Ron, Chris, Peter, Yvonne, Richard, Helen, Colin and Natalie
The start
The group met at Edgecliffe station and after morning tea walked via Queen Street and Jersey Rd towards Woollahra.
Highlights
Terraces of all shapes, sizes and designs. These varied from one level quaint cottages with well kept gardens to four storey buildings with basement living space and loads of intricate lace work on the wrought iron at the front of the house. Some terraces opened straight on to the road, some had a small porch and others had steep sets of stairs to climb to the entrance door. In some areas there were large stand alone houses with impressive gardens. (Runnymeade in Jersey Rd.)
Narrow lanes at the back of terraces, once used by the ‘night soil’ collectors and other tiny passages to allow movement from one street to another
Several grand and beautiful churches built of sandstone and well maintained. (All Saints Woollahra, Congregational church in Moncur St, St Francis of Assisi Paddington)
Paddington Street lined with massive trees which stretch out across the road providing much shade during the summer
The Scottish hospital which is no longer used and the site of the Royal Hospital for Women, now demolished and replaced by modern housing.
A large ‘bridge’ over the road at McDonald Street once used by the trams as they cut through the suburb. (now labeled Cutler Footpath)
The finish
After lunch at Paddington RSL, the group walked via the Football stadium and Lake Kippax back to Central station