Sunday 3 August 2008

The A to Z of 2205: Alexandra St, Turrella

Named after Queen Alexandra, Consort of King Edward VII. All streets on this estate are named after the English Queens. (The Origins of Street Names in the Municipality of Rockdale, compiled by Alderman Ron Rathbone, 1990)

Below: Looking south from Willington St
Below: looking north from Denison St
Below: Behind No 9 there are squash courts
Below: A pretty fence and garden at No 19
Below: It's great to see the corner shop survives in Postcode 2205. No 1.




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1 comment:

CaBaCuRl said...

OMG...I used to play squash here with my friends, AND they used to have a trampoline ( this is about 40+ years ago). You paid 6d to have ,maybe, 15 minutes of jumping on it!