Post office store was home

Friends from Umina sent me two clippings from your paper regarding the Blackwall Post Office Store and Mrs Hamilton's missing papers.

I am the youngest of Mrs Hamilton's daughters, Helen.

The Post Office Store was my home until I was 12 when we moved to Sydney.

I have many fond memories of Blackwall and growing up in a very carefree environment.

My sister and I have many photos of both inside and outside of the store from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s and lots of stories we would be delighted to pass on.

Neither of us can remember the old cedar counter and would love to see it so we can place it correctly in the shop or post office.

We believe it may have come from the post office but unfortunately don't have photos of it. We would also be very happy to be reunited with mother's old papers, the annual Fancy Dress Frolic at Ettalong was the major event of the school year (I went to Ettalong Primary School) and we spent many hours at school learning the dances.

They really were gala events for me in the 1950s.

Email, 23 Mar 2010 Helen Besestri (formally Hamilton), Jindabyne