"Style" At Grange Bowling Club - 1920s - South Australia.

Sharing a personal photo from the early 1920s at the Grange Bowling Club. (Please do not copy or use without seeking permission.)

From the personal photo album of Dulcie Elizabeth Williamson (nee Lill), my aunt.

The woman in the middle is my grandmother, who's home I grew up in, on Seaview Road. Mrs F. W. R. Lill - she and her daughters often helped with fund raising booths and are mentioned a lot in old newspapers. She is Florence Dulcie Lill. My grandfather was a lifetime member of the club.

My mother (adoptive) is the child to the right, in the background. She is probably around 10 years old so that would make this photo approx. 1922? - Joyce Constance Lill - later Basford and Capon, born October 1912.

I have scanned this in hi-res, and is delightful to see the 'youthful', freckled face of my grandmother (Nan), rather than the interesting face with 'cracks' in it. :)

You can click on the image for a slightly larger view.

Summertime love in Grange, South Australia.

I love the beach. Specifically Grange beach - just a few minutes walk from my home on Seaview Rd (536 - changed from 620).
This is from the backyard.
Remember these cotton fabric bathers (swimsuits) - 'bubble' - with elastic - the bubbles would fill up with air.
A dirty face. I'd probably been running through the garden sprinkler to cool off. Ever suspicious of the 'Brownie Box Camera', I've never been too pleased with cameras.
Shows the house next door, to the south, and on the right - part of the 'greenhouse' - a planting shed. This deteriorated a bit - made of wood, grey in color. Was later demolished to make way for a free-standing 'sleepout' for my Dad.
At this time, Grandpa was the gardener, and although aging, he keep a nice garden with orderly garden beds, and some vegetable gardens on the tiered layers going down the back yard to Military Road. He taught me lots about flowers, plants and seeds, I would follow him around, full of questions. He was very patient with me.
Jill Capon, Jillian, Jillian Crider.

Perhaps a more personal look at 'me'. My artworks - many feature South Australia.

Being so far away from Adelaide, I can't say - hey I did a painting of here. So you may recognise some of these places.
The top left - roses are from the rose garden at the Botanical Gardens in Adelaide - Kent Town.
The old ginger cat was at Kapunda Railway Station.
The pine cones on the table was at Riverton Railway Station.
The morning glories was on an old shed west of the Port Adelaide Sailing Club.
The rose bush was somewhere in North Adelaide.
The beach scene was at Henley South.
I am getting my art together, along with the stories behind the paintings. This is the first page - numbers 1-10 of my miniature paintings in 1:12 scale - meant primarily for dollhouses, roomboxes, etc.
http://www.artistjillian.com/miniature-art-1-12-scale-dollhouse

Henley & Grange earthquake - 1964? - Newspaper clipping.

Made the Adelaide 'Advertiser' newspaper front page.

BUT was eternally made fun of by school pals - at Henley High School they hadn't felt it. I was at my aunt's home on Military Road, Henley Beach (3 houses south of North Tce), sitting on a concrete porch. I'd left school early to go to a doctor's appointment. It felt like a big rumbling truck to me, and I looked for it, but couldn't see one. That was more than a mile away from the Tucker/Pearson home in Grange, mentioned in the article.

I remember the 'big' one in Adelaide when we were soundly shaken in the early 1950s. At the time I shared a bedroom with my Mother. I believe it was the early hours of the morning. I woke up, and the windows were shaking - like a rumbling was happening. At the time the railway line was on Military Road, just below us, at our back fence, with house on Seaview Road. Mum had her bed light on, and I asked her what was happening. She told me it was a train going by, to go back to sleep (thanks Mum! - just as well the house didn't come crashing down!). The windows were 'old' glass with rope pulls at the sides. They did rattle with buses on Seaview Road in later years. 

UPDATE - ADD ON: Seems I've already posted on this. See http://bornin1948.blogspot.com/2012/04/earthquake-newsclipping-adelaide-beach.html and also http://bornin1948.blogspot.com/2012/04/earthquake-hits-adelaide-south.html