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| Ron's graduation photo |
 A discussion like this is enough to break up any breakfast party. Bobby says: "Condensed milk is the best. We went to the Port Melbourne pier once and saw the captain of the Moldavia eating bread and condensed milk on the bridge." Les chimes in: "I like quince jelly jam best." Both Peter Meyer and Boz Corlett are present (not sure who says what): "But Bobby that hongin is jolly nutricious" and "Oh Cli! This is better than a Gregan McMahon comedy!" |
 One very windy Easter day the Weeroona was delayed for over an hour. Syd, Len, Ern, Ron, Stan, Bobby and Les are nearly blown away by the fierce wind. |
 Syd conducts a family singalong. He complains that someone (whose name is "Binch") is singing 'B' flat. The singers are Ern, Bobby, Ron, Stan BINCH, Len and Les, with one of the sisters (Dot or Els) playing piano. |
 Card games were ever popular. Here, Bobby jokes: "Reg is donkey. Hee haw, hee haw!" |
 The meaning behind this one truly escapes me: "Sinner" or "Cinna"? It meant something to the Reed clan in the 1930's ... |
 Paper boat competitions while out for an evening stroll. |
 This is a very funny one. Note that everyone is holding their nose. That very wet Easter our saturated sand shoes were put in the oven to dry. But we forgot about them. There is something about smouldering sand shoes which defies description. |
 Returning home from the morning swim for our lunch, Rex takes a "Dunlop sandwich" while we hold our breath. Peter Meyer holds hands with Dot, Syd carries a chair, Mum, Ern, Reg, Les, Els with Boz Corlett (his real name was Elliott), Stan, Bobby, Len and Syd. |
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| Les at home in Brunswick |
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~~ BELOW ~~ Bidgee Widgee is a creeping, tangled mat-like herb with green/brown, globular seed heads on stalks to about 20 cm. Commonly found at the seaside, it is a useful soil-binding plant on slopes, having roots developing at each node. Minute barbs on the seed head assist seed distribution by clinging onto the fur or clothes of passers-by. |
 Revenge! The biter bit! Les the bidgee widgee thrower is set upon by all and sundry returning from a morning walk to Diamond Bay. |
 Fun with a gun at Moola. Bobby aims at the target, watched by Les, Ern, Syd, Stan and Len. |
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Many, many, many thanks go to Ron's daughter Janet for her superb detective work in supplying these family details. It was Ern (from Heaven) who supplied the family goss and scuttlebutt. |
| The parents and grand-parents of Henry Melmoth (Harry) REED:-- |
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Henry Melmoth REED B. 11/2/1795 Fitzroy & D. 19/6/1941 Melbourne Clerk turned businessman |
| Further colour-coded information regarding the grand-parents of Henry Melmoth (Harry) REED (where known):-- |
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Thomas REED 11/2/1795 to 19/6/1871 |
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Amelia Ann REED [SMITH] 8/6/1823 to 29/5/1866 |
| Parents: William and Mary SIMONS | Parents: William (D. before 1814) and Elizabeth (B. 1760 & D. 8/1/1847) SINCLAIR | ||
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William Philip SIMONS 24/8/1816 to 19/6/1871 |
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Captain Sinclair (of the Royal Navy) was supposedly a younger scion of the Caithness family. Captain Sinclair had a son (George) and his daughters were Elizabeth (above, right) and another daughter who became Mrs Sharp. The family legend has it that this Captain Sinclair was said to have been one of the handsomest men in the navy. He was tried by court-martial for having struck a commanding officer in a quarrel concerning a woman, and was with difficulty saved from serious consequences through the influence of the family. He had been on shore and (being drunk) when endeavouring to get from the wharf to his ship missed his jump and was drowned. Mrs Sharp, aunt of William Philip Simons underwent an operation upon her eyes – a necessity for success of the operation being that she should have quiet in a darkened room, when her brother George being in a drunken condition burst in upon the patient, and destroyed hope of her recovery. William Philip Simons inherited a freehold in London from his father, and considerable money from Mrs Sharp and dissipated both fortunes on the turf. |
| Parents: Henry & Christine MELMOTH | |||
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Elizabeth Jane SIMONS [MITCHELL] 31/12/1834 to Nov 1886 |
| Further colour-coded information on siblings in this family tree:-- |
| Siblings of Thomas REED: Henry. |
| Siblings of Amelia Ann REED [SMITH]: none. |
| Siblings of William Philip SIMONS: Elizabeth Frances SMITH, Mary Elizabeth, Arthur Joseph, Maria, Maria Sarah SWEARS, Robert, Emma Martha. |
| Siblings of Elizabeth Jane SIMONS [MITCHELL]: Henry, Joseph, John, George. |
| Siblings of Richard Harrison REED: Amelia Jane, Louisa, Jessie Emily and Charles Albert Damlick. There were also many "halfs", including Thomas German REED (the Haymarket impresario). |
| Siblings of Gertrude REED [SIMONS]: William Ewart Gladstone, Ernest, Winifred de FLEMING. |
| Siblings of Henry Melmoth REED: Jessie Daphne SMITH, Nellie, William Ernest, Kate Winifred, Tracy and Eileen Violet Doris. |
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Henry Melmoth's sister Daphne married a chap called Edgar SMITH and their daughter Grace married Ern. Photos of the Smith family and of Grace are part of the collection. I have the fondest memories of Ern and Grace visiting our house, and I can even remember Aunty Daph (who was of course very ancient to a young child). And Auntie Helen Perkins (nee Nell SMITH, Daphne's eldest child) loved to visit our bush setting. I can still see her: tossing back her head and taking a long drag on a cigarette. Nell REED married Fred HALL (of Hall Bookshops) and their children were: Arthur, Dorothy, Winifred and Leonard. Fred HALL had siblings: Syd, Albany (who died in 1912), Daisy and Ruby. Their mother was either Louisa or Lousia. |
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