Who I am

Posted bySusan DalePosted inAldridge, Anandale Kindergarten, Bullecourt, Concord, Homes, Leake, North Parramatta, North Strathfield Primary School, Northmead High School, Susan
  • My mother, Edna with me
  • Aunt Della and me at Bullecourt
  • Susan Dale
  • Uncle Ted, Grandfather Arthur Leake and me in the backyard at Bullecourt

Susan Dale Aldridge, daughter of Edna Leake. I was born at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital in Darlinghurst back in 1946, and taken home to Buffalo Road in Ryde. Soon after, my mother and I moved to the place that I remember as home for my first eleven years at ‘Bullecourt’, Correy’s Avenue in Concord, Sydney. We lived there with my mother’s sister Della and younger brother, Edward (Ted).

My Grandfather, Arthur Leake and me. ‘Bullecourt’ is the first house on the right

Introduction written in December 1962

Published by Susan Dale

For many years I kept a diary, in which I recorded the daily happenings in my life. "One night I dreamed a dream...I was walking along the beach...across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life..." and now I want to explore not only my story but those of the people who made me...

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