Tuesday, February 27, 2024

SIMMONS

Mr EH Simmons. detail
Source: SLNSW

Source: SLNSW

Sons of Temperance Hall at the back of Daniel Pope's Bakery which fronted Herbert Street. The school was conducted by Mr & Mrs E.H. Simmons and commenced around the middle of 1872. The Hall can also be seen on the left hand side of the panorama Home & away - 38955.
Source: Note supplied by Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (July 2006)


1871 - [ADVERTISEMENT]
Source: Gulgong Guardian. Issue No 75, 4 May 1872


1872 - [ADVERTISEMENT]
Mrs. E. H. Simmons Fancy Goods Work at the back of Wood’s Store Queen Street store.
Source: Gulgong Guardian, Issue No 78, 15 May 1872

In June of 1872, Mr and Mrs EH Simmons opened a High School in the Sons of Temperance Hall.