Thanks Sandra.

The article reminded me of a time in the mid '70's when I first moved to Newcastle NSW. I went into an old shopping arcade and went down some stairs to get to the side street, which is lower than the front entrance. I saw a window into the basement and I could see a very old large stone swimming pool or baths as they were called then. I found out it was built in the previous century, and I think the water was drawn into the pool from the harbour one street further down. Amazing peek into a previous time!

At the time I was living in a terrace house which was 100 years old and is still standing now. It was owned then by the wonderful Oz painter, Margaret Olley and I met her a couple of times while I lived in the house.


The front lounge room looked a lot like the painting on the second row, furthest right on this page:

Margaret Olley