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Perhaps this is the last post, on Our House, Our Street.
November 6th, 2009 | 
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As of today’s date, this should be the last report on our roadworks on our street, as the actual work has moved well away from our house, but we still have to do a bit of ducking and weaving to get in and out.
This photo was taken last Wednesday(not this Wednesday, 3rd November, but the [...]
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Another Our House, Our Street.
Today’s input contains a lot of photos, and that may be the end of my pictorial story. We start with the frame in place to pour concrete for the 3rd hole.
Of course, there is a lot to do around this hole yet; the concrete has to be poured around the frame, for a start, and [...]
A new AdDENdumdumdum to Our House, Our Street
Here I am, writing yet another episode in our saga, and I wonder whether I should call it something like “The various levels of our street”? No, I will leave it as it is. I include the photos as I think of the saying that one picture is worth a thousand words; that is a [...]
An AdDENdum to Our House, Our Street
The underground pipes, or what will soon be underground pipes, have reached Our House in Our Street, and I am finding out a lot about how to dig holes in roads. Each night, we, Wendy or I, dash out and take photos of the work to date, which means that we know just how much [...]
Our House, Our Street
For a short time, perhaps over 12 months, I suppose, the Gold Coast City Council has been doing a tiny bit of work in our area. “In our area” has meant that we have had detours to get into or out of our street, which has not caused too much drama, but is just a [...]
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Dennis Street - a legend in his lunch time!
Dennis, from Kiveton Park from a mining family emigrated to Australia in 1963 with his new bride, the local Bobby's daughter and his in-laws. Now retired he enjoys time on the internet, volunteering at VMR, reading and learning more about his family history. The blog is the lighter side of the goings on of his life now and tales of the what he remembers of the good old days in Kiveton.
Wendy Preece - Boss the Younger
Wendy, Dennis' eldest daughter, computer and internet buff is the driving force behind getting her dad busy on the internet, all of the building of the website and blog is done by her (he just adds the content, but she's managed to teach him how to do a blog post). She will add some comic relief now and then as well as report on our day to day life at times. In Wendy's words "everyone is fair game! And someone needs to fill in the gaps when dad gets slack!"