Long gone dealers of military and useful stuff

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I used to visit to collect parts when I worked for Hughes Auto Spares and was allowed to go through the yards when it suited them.

Prior to that we used to ride our pushbikes all the way from Box Hill - always dreading that long final grind up Mt. Alexander Road hill! Coming back I recall racing trams downhill and whizzing past Moloney's garage on the left at a ridiculous rate of knots! On one occasion we left our pushbikes at Vic Drew's and were driven (by his son?) to a yard in Kensington - just an ordinary suburban block amid houses, shielded from the street by a high paling fence, with no entrance or access. I recall having to climb the fence, whereupon we were confronted not by a house, but a sea of old trucks jammed in like sardines! We were left there to amuse ourselves for a while and and picked up later on. Ahh, fond memories indeed!