MELVILLE. W.A
. 6156 6th June 1982.
Dear Mrs Green,
When I met you in Collie on the occasion of the celebrations in honour of Miss Wilson, you evinced a keen interest in the early days of Collie.
I am enclosing a copy of a letter I have just written to the Collie Mail - it is self-explanatory - in case it is of interest to you as I do not expect them to publish it in full. Of necessity, I have only put down the bare bones of my reason for writing it, but if you would like any further reminiscences I could furnish plenty - such as my memories of the 1926 floods, when the Co-op bakery was flooded out and they came and shared our bakery and how we had a horse and cart nearly swept away, trying to cross the Co-op. Bridge in those same floods. There was no East End Bridge in those days so the only way bread could be delivered to Coombe Street and other residents on that side of the river was for it to be carried by hand over the railway bridge and transferred to a borrowed horse and cart on the other side. Dad and the Co-op. combined in this operation and served both sets of customers.
Having gone to Collie as a very small girl, and having lived there until 1961, I have many memories of different events - probably of interest only to me! It makes me realise just how old I am becoming, the same as when I look in a mirror at this old face and say,’'Who? Me?" Best wishes - it was a lovely weekend in May, wasn’t it?
