35 Eighth Avenue, Maylands, 1914
Waymarking:
The single storey building, in the Free Federation style, was constructed with stucco finished brickwork and stucco decorative treatments in 1914. It later fell into disrepair and was re-opened in 1975 as part of the "Our Queen of Poland Church".
I grew up in Eighth Avenue, but on the other side of the railway line. However, the Salvation Army band, accompanied by women in bonnets with tambourines, used sometimes to assemble under a streetlight in our block of 8th Ave and play a tune or two. I think the idea was to get listeners out to follow the band to the Fortress to join in the service, so I suppose it must have been on a Sunday evening. Back then, around 1950, members of the Army still wore the traditional uniforms from Victorian times.
Garry Gillard | New: 19 December, 2021 | Now: 7 December, 2023