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| Aerial photo showing Horseshoe Bend Farm in 1951. Author's collection. |
The recent posting of the Montasell photos of Keilor prompted Christine Laskowski to pull out an article she wrote in 2006, based on an interview with Peter and Beryl Anderson of Horseshoe Bend Farm. The Montasells and the Andersons were probably on Horseshoe Bend Farm at the same time during the 1940s.
The aerial image above is taken looking west. The circle of trees to the east of Horseshoe Bend is the Keilor Cemetery.
Peter had many cheerful stories to tell about growing up in Keilor, including a problem he had on Egg Day. For those of you not familiar with the Egg Appeal, this little item from Trove will explain it all:
Egg Appeal
More than 250,000 eggs are consumed
at the Royal Melbourne Hospital every
year, and it requires thirty dozen eggs
to provide just one meal. As eggs form
a most important part of the invalid's
diet, an egg appeal is held each year.
This year's appeal will be held on October
10, and donations, however small, will be
gratefully received. They may be left
at the hospital, but if desired, a driver
will call, or freight will be paid on eggs
sent from the country or outer suburban
districts.
Egg Appeal (1939, October 5). The Age
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206334990
For the full interview, go to the Time Travellers website
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