Local District Past Residents
Blair Athol Boarding House & Coffee Palace
Hampshire Rd, Sunshine
Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Aird Nee Beale Nee Jones and four of children from her first marriage to Reuben Beale.
Children left to right
Florence May "Flo" Beale b 1890 d 1969
Gracie Beale b 1897 d 1993
Ruby Lilian Beale b 1895 d 1976
Elizabeth Ethel "Etty" Beale b1886 d 1980
1912 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane
1913 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1914 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1915 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1916 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1917 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1918 Hampshire Rd Beale, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
After the death of Elizabeth's first husband Reuben Beale in 1914 in Transvaal, South Africa, she was remarried to William Aird in 1917.
1919 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Boarding House
1920 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1921 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1922 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1923 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1924 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1925 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1926 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1927 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1928 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1929 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1930 288 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1931 288 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1933 288 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1935 288 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1938 288 Hampshire Rd Aird, Mrs Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane - Coffee Palace
1940 288 Hampshire Rd Blair Athol Coffee Palace
1942 288 Hampshire Rd Blair Athol Coffee Palace
1945 288 Hampshire Rd Blair Athol Coffee Palace
In 1922, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Aird, built the National Bank premises on the corner of Hampshire Rd & Devonshire Rd. On the first flour there was accommodation for 60 persons including hot & cold water.
Source: Sands & McDougall Directories
Ref: When The Whistle Blew, A Social History of The Town of Sunshine 1920 -1950, Prue McGoldrick