Boyle Street, Balgowlah: 1906-2004. - Manly Council

Earle, a pupil and later teacher at Camden Grammar and nephew of the originalPrincipal (2004).Scan 10589 Camden, Boyle Street, Balgowlah. Watercolour by Pamela Penfold-MacMillan, 1989The Railton family connection with Boyle Street deepened in the 1920s.Following further subdivisions, Norman L Railton’s “Chandos” joined George HRailton’s “Voruma” on the north side (Sands’ 1922), both having formed part ofArthur Railton’s earlier estate, “Hillcrest”.Elsewhere in Boyle Street, however, the 1920s seems to have been an unsettledperiod. Of the thirteen households listed in Boyle Street in 1918, only sevenremained by 1922 and only two by 1929 (George Railton in Voruma, north side;and Mrs Edith Hole in “St Albans”, the former Shanbally, on the south side).Around 1925, land on the north side of Boyle Street, between Sydney Road andGriffiths Street was released. Six new homes were built there, as follows (fromSydney Road) 5• A J Bryant• J W R Timbs, Menindie• Fred Evans, Lynhales• William Drew, Purley• L C Bragg, Norma• F V Pearse, LilamahiIn 1925, between Sydney Road and Lauderdale Avenue on the north side were(from Sydney Road):• N L Railton, Chandos• A F Power, Farrington• G H Railton, Voruma (former Wallacia)• G Robey, Karang• Woodhurst School for Girls (formerly The Lookout)5There was still no street numbering in Boyle Street in Sands’ 1925.4