The Shops

A walk to the shops was always a choice. Did I mean Bonds Corner 300 metres up the road from home, the school shops a kilometer away or the junction shops a mile away in the old money.

Bonds Corner was lollies, or alcohol it was a schizophrenic shop. The school shops were a mix of small dressmakers, accountants, a chemist and the milk bar newsagent. Lollies galore and all sorts of interesting magazines to covet. The junction shops was a large conglomeration of banks, doctors, chemists, hardware and fruit and veg shops. It also had the Sydney cream tiled pub.