Williwa Street

These cottages in Williwa Street Portland, on the edge of the cement works site, have been derelict for as long as I can remember,…

Lidsdale House Garden

The garden surrounding Lidsdale House was designed by Paul Sorensen. It is lush and manicured. But the 1940s extensions to the house are in…

The Small Arms Factory

As a teenager during the Second World War my mother worked as a telephonist in a room above the grand entrance to the Lithgow…