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Ray & Bill Wright, et al - 1920s
This photo of Dad, Raymond Harry (Ray) Wright (front) and his brother, William (Bill) Wright, was taken in the 1920s. I am not sure where it was taken, but I am guessing from all the pretty young women surrounding Dad and Uncle Bill that it may have been at Nanny Mullins' guest house, "Kegworth", at 207 Ocean Street, Narrabeen, on Sydney's Northern Beaches. I never knew my paternal grandmother, who died before I was born. She was always referred to in the family as "Nanny Mullins" (Mary Ann Mullins nee Wright). She had remarried after Dad and Bill's father, Thomas Wright, (my paternal grandfather and her first husband) had died. She had two further sons, Reginald (Reg) and Alan, by her second husband, Jack Mullins. Nanny Mullins' guest house specialised in providing young city women from Sydney with a holiday by the sea. I never knew my Uncle Bill either. He died tragically young, not so long after this photo was taken. I understand there had been a storm which had blown-down power lines. Uncle Bill stepped in a puddle where the power lines were and was electrocuted. It happened in Florence Avenue at Long Reef in Sydney.
This photo of Dad, Raymond Harry (Ray) Wright (front) and his brother, William (Bill) Wright, was taken in the 1920s. I am not sure where it was taken, but I am guessing from all the pretty young women surrounding Dad and Uncle Bill that it may have been at Nanny Mullins' guest house, "Kegworth", at 207 Ocean Street, Narrabeen, on Sydney's Northern Beaches. I never knew my paternal grandmother, who died before I was born. She was always referred to in the family as "Nanny Mullins" (Mary Ann Mullins nee Wright). She had remarried after Dad and Bill's father, Thomas Wright, (my paternal grandfather and her first husband) had died. She had two further sons, Reginald (Reg) and Alan, by her second husband, Jack Mullins. Nanny Mullins' guest house specialised in providing young city women from Sydney with a holiday by the sea. I never knew my Uncle Bill either. He died tragically young, not so long after this photo was taken. I understand there had been a storm which had blown-down power lines. Uncle Bill stepped in a puddle where the power lines were and was electrocuted. It happened in Florence Avenue at Long Reef in Sydney.
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