Item 9282

Unlabelled ‘MARBIG’ Folder.

A “Camera House” photograph processed folder, contained in 1 clear A4 Sheet Protector with a sticker stating “City Training School – Staff XMAS Party December 1992”.

ITEM 9282 is a collection of 23 colour photographs relating to the City Training School – Staff Christmas Party – 1992.  Of these, 18 photos have some identification names written on the back.

I scanned the photos in 2022, with the photos labelled “City Training School – Staff XMAS Party 1992”. The back of the photos showing the names of some of those people labelled as “b”.

NOTE:

The City Training School was located in “HESKETH HOUSE” in Elizabeth Street.

“Hesketh House was a multi-storey, red brick building which stood on land adjacent to St Stephen‟s Cathedral in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. The cathedral was built in the second half of the 19th Century. Hesketh House was constructed for the Commercial Travellers Association in two stages in 1914 to 1915 and 1927 to 1928

In 1994 the Catholic Church, which had been redeveloping the cathedral precinct, purchased Hesketh House with a view to its demolition, in order to extend the precincts of the cathedral. At the time of its acquisition, the land on which Hesketh House stood was owned by the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (AOTC) in whom the land had vested, from Telecom, by statute on 1 February 1992.”

It was demolished about 1999.

Lyndley Northcott.