Showing posts with label Murray Bros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murray Bros. Show all posts

Friday, 7 February 2014

Ghostly Tales of Parramatta

Murray Brothers store windows, George Street, about 1930
Parramatta Heritage Centre Collections, LSOP 572


Come on, ye lads and lasses;
Come on ye civic host,
Let's form ourselves in masses
And lay low Murray's Ghost,
Let's catch this weird specter,
With hideous grin and yawn,
That no longer he may hector
In the midnight and the dawn.

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Parramatta Hails It's Golden Girl Betty Cuthbert


Betty Cuthbert won a place in the hearts of Australians after winning  three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics . Winning the 100m, 200m and 100m team relay, the blue eyed girl from Ermington was the first Australian ever to win three gold medals at a single Games, earning the title of the nation's Golden Girl.