I had good reasons to think of Andrew whilst viewing the work in this category as there were two items related to trams.
One was Luke Barker's oil painting 'Once Upon a Time' set in the old Glebe tram sheds in Sydney.
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| 'Once Upon a Time' by Luke Barker |
The other was Beppie Hedditch's 'Past Melbourne Icon Remembers' featuring 'trammie' Kevin Tierney.
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| 'Past Melbourne Icon Remembers by Beppie Hellditch |
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My subject is Kevin Tierney. He used to work as a conductor and driver on the Melbourne trams. He belongs to a group of ‘trammies’ as they call themselves who love trams and are trying to bring back the conductors on the Melbourne trams. I know some of the group as I used to work as a counsellor for the tram employees some years ago.
I met Kevin about two years ago at the screening of a film about trams. He had his green uniform on and I asked if I could paint him. He’s one of a kind. He’s a very funny man and he has a wonderful collection of tram memorabilia.
As an uniformed 'trammie' myself I loved both works. I wonder if Andrew knows Kevin?
Never heard of him but I did know a Beppie Hedditch. There would hardly be two people with that name. I think she was a psychologist or similar and perhaps a wearer of sensible shoes. All I can remember about her is she bought a trendy place in St Kilda's Fitzroy Street, but the street noise got to her, so then she bought a place in the old cattle sale yards in Newmarket. She was a friend of....I can't remember now. Long time ago. Maybe a Peter Grey, no Gray. Small world. So she is a painter now. Small world.
ReplyDeleteGlebe? Rozelle? Let's just call it Harold Park.
I just googled her. She is a celebrant now and lives in Kensington, which is probably Newmarket. (I shan't say small world again)
ReplyDeleteDid Kevin pass away recently? I seemed to remember a write up about an iconic Melbourne tram driver and recall sitting in a tram driven by the guy when I first came to Melbourne.
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