I spent a wonderful time in the cathedral, reminiscing about my choir days and listening to the sublime music sung by an opera singer who happened to be practising at the same time. So beautiful, it moved me to tears.
Life Trove
A celebration of treasured moments
24 April 2025
18 November 2024
Playing with model electric trains as a child
I addition to stamp collecting, my greatest passion as a kid was to play with my electric model trains. I spent countless hours in the outside room at our house in Bertram Crescent, making them run. My model trains were one of the things that deepened my connection with dad. He was as passionate about trains as I was.
I've just spent a wonderful hour trawling the Internet for photos for some of the exact trains I owned. Pure and utter, glorious nostalgia.
I brought my train collection with me to Sydney but a couple of years ago, I gave them to Andreas's son, Sebastian. They really are meant to be played with rather than collecting dust. He was so ecstatic.
28 October 2024
Stamp collecting: British mint stamps
I have rekindled my love of stamps of late. They bring so much nostalgia. Stamp collecting was my first true passion in life. It is where my love of collecting and curating began. Nothing would excite me more as a kid than getting stamps on my birthday or going to the stamp shop to purchase a new set.
Here I will be posting my favourite British mint stamps so that I have a record online. It's been wonderful going through my albums. A treasured possession.
I got the images from Stamp World, an awesome online catalogue of stamps.
1881
1935
1936
1937
1946
1948
1949
1951
1959
1963
1964
1965
1966
1968
1974
1975
1979