History Notes for 16th August 23
History Notes
After missing the mid-winter market in July the August market at the weekend was a great success with quite a lot of visitors. The change around with the seating was a success with visitors making the most of sitting in the sunshine for a chat.
The music had a small hiccup with a 'no go' electric cord but were up to their usual best after a replacement and of course the drummer was at his usual best. Most of the eight stalls made good sales and for the information of book worms, more books than usual sold but there are lots left in the shed for September.
There is a short turn around for the next market which will be held on 2nd September with the Art Show and then there will be quite a long time before the October market held with the Motor Show. The November market will be on the usual day as far as we know at present.
The sorting of the storage boxes continues with a few interesting items being found again. The details of plans to build Barraba Station in 1868 have been found, making interesting reading. The trenches for the foundations were to be 24 inches {60 cm) deep and 18 inches (45 cm) deep for the centre wall and a little less for the floor bearing walls.
The bricks were to be hard and tough and care was to be taken that none but well burnt bricks be used in the external part of the walls. All the walls to be 9 inches (23 cm) thick.
These instructions continue for 7 pages which have been copied from the original document and conclude with the timing of payments during the nine months it was likely to take for completion.
Also turning up in one of the boxes-two documents handwritten by solicitors (rather hard to read) regarding a block of land on the northern end of Cherry Street where it met the eastern end of Savoy Street. It seems this block was originally owned by Frank Marley Cheesbrough who became bankrupt. The block was sold to Robert Henry Saunders and in this document, he was selling it on to William Thame in 1904. The Thame family were running the Commercial Hotel at this time which was not a surprise but the extension of Cherry Street north to Savoy Street was as the Tennis Club/RSL club is actually on Cherry Street.