High Street and Albert Street

My late husband, Colin and his family lived in High Street, Parkes - in fact, Colin was born in 1920 in the nursing home directly opposite his home. Colin's father was accidentally killed in 1924 and so Colin's mother opened a mixed grocery shop in her front room, to help make ends meet. No pensions were available in those days.

Colin's mother, Amy became friends with Lindsay Smith, a widower with five children, who lived in the next street. The Smith children and the Hendry children were of similar age and were already friends, and in due course Amy and Lindsay were married.  Amy and her three children moved to Lindsay's house in Albert Street and the two families became one.