Author: Your Herald
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HAVING spent hours poring through Game of Thrones books for clues about the fictional boardgame cyvasse, Michael Le Page has created his own physical version, brought to life with 3D printing. He and online GoT forum buddies scanned the books looking for any instance of when the chess-like game was mentioned and scoured interviews with…
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LIKE most light industrial traders around Leederville, Jim Ellis is moving out. For 20 years he’s run All Suburbs Glass and Glazing from Carr Place, but now he’s sold up. The new owner plans to bulldoze the place and whack up units. Mr Ellis, a 70-year-old native of England’s Birmingham, has seen a lot of…
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BAYSWATER city council’s budget has been approved after two dramatic false starts. The council eventually settled on a 3.8 per cent rates increase. Domestic service charges increase from $284.70 to $307.30 and $1 million will be allocated for council mergers. The rates rise in the draft budget was 4.5 per cent, but councillors insisted on…
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PLANS to plonk a giant doll’s head on Beaufort Street have fallen through, but there’s another project in the works to replace it. The Beaufort Street Network offered 100 donors a refund on the cancelled plan but most opted to let the network keep the funds for a future project. Last year Vincent mayor John…
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BAYSWATER freeman Ian McClelland has died aged 77. Mr McClelland was elected to the council in 1986 and served for 23 years, including two stints as deputy mayor. In the year he was elected the Morley Boans store burnt down, and Mr McClelland was subsequently heavily involved in planning and building the Morley Galleria, which…
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Inglewood losing its heart ALANNAH MacTIERNAN is quite right to criticise the construction of a five-storey block of flats to replace the Inglewood IGA—and the issue is much broader than simply the greenery. Stirling council has always regarded Beaufort Street as an arterial highway to the city, and has always been half-hearted about developing an…
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VINCENT SAMMUT of Franklin Street, Leederville, is concerned by Vincent city council’s tougher approach to heritage protection, saying it tramples individual property rights. I APPLAUD Vincent mayor John Carey and councillors for their great leadership in the fight to keep Vincent free of amalgamation. However, they are not infallible. Concerning the heritage listing of a shop at the…
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GLORIOUS winter sunshine poured down upon us as hippies and city suits mingled to enjoy the green ambience and great food at City Farm. Sitting amid beds of basil, parsley and other herbs, coats and scarves were shed and it was thyme to check out the food in the cabinet. A massive tuna patty looked…
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DREAMS OF COUNTRY is the latest exhibition by artists and cousins Daisy and Hannah Courtauld showing at the YMCA HQ Gallery in Leederville until July 11. Deriving its name from indigenous Australian concepts of Dreaming and “going country” the showcase is based upon themes of identity and place. Entry is free to view the 16…
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WAITING outside this Yokine home I thought it looked pleasant, neat—and small. Ha! “A compact late ’50s/early ‘60s home”, I thought stepping into the formal lounge with its jarrah half-louvered partition and jarrah floor. I expected to find three bedrooms and a fairly ordinary bathroom to the right and a kitchen/dining room to the left,…
