Parkes Street was to be the main street and Forbes Street was the stock route.
Walking Trundle's main street takes you back in time to when its history was created.
Avenue of Remembrance
On March 9, 1917 a meeting was held in the Union Hotel t
o discuss the proposals for a memorial. The Meeting was chaired by L. Jones, with H. Cameron acting as secretary. It was decided that trees should be planted on both sides of Forbes Street as a memorial avenue. Tree guards were to be erected around the young plants upon which would be fixed plaques in memory of the town's gallant soldiers. The programme of planting was to be carried out by August 1st. G.C. Little was elected as President in charge of the programme, with T.C. Medlyn as his Secretary.
Most of these trees remain today with their memorial plates intact. Some have been damaged over the years or replaced. The RSL Sub Branch started a project to replace the damaged trees and renew the plaques in 2007. The historic plaques will find a new how in the Memorial Hall on a Wall of Remembrance. The young men who went off to face the atrocities of war with such gay abandon are not forgotten.
Trundle Hotel
The present hotel was opened on 17th March 1912 and replaced an earlier building that was opened in 1888 and operated by Mrs Honara Moloney. The new hotel was designed with long halls and corridors to allow draughts to flow through the building to cool it during the summer. It had eight private rooms, twenty four public rooms. The verandah, facing Forbes Street is 222 feet (67.7 metres), making it the longest verandah in NSW. A.E. Ware built the present hotel for 5,000 pounds ($10,000). Read more about Trundle Hotel
Bug Eyed
Currently this store is occupied by Bug Eye but this shop has had an interesting list of tenants.
Those tenants include:
- Sing Australia Meeting Rooms - before moving to the CWA Hall
- Trundle Community Cinema (closed down)
- Town Library - now co-located with CTC
- Peter Pan Café (until it closed due to a kitchen fire)
The Old Butchers Shop
The last butcher was probably Noel Cameron.
"School trips to the butchers shop to watch how the butcher made sausages often made some students go a little pale"
Trundle War Memorial Hall
On 23rd March 1923 the Trundle School of Arts Hall and its contents was destroyed by fire.
Plans for a new hall were developed. In 1924 Mr E.L. Jones donated a block of land for a War Memorial Hall with a room set aside for Returned service man and women.
Mr J. B. McDonald, MIA of Macquarie Street Dubbo was requested to draw up plans and Edward Beale of Pitt Street, Sydney with a tender of $10,059.00 was accepted by the committee. The foundation stone was laid by Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal on 6 June 1926.
The Hall is used for town meetings, functions and ANZAC Day commutations’ each year and supervised by the Memorial Hall Committee of volunteers.
Trundle Services and Citizens Club
W.J Grant donated the land for the Ex Serviceman’s and women’s club. The first club was some old army huts purchased at a cost of $300 each. Bill Hawkins shifted the huts. Jim Hogan and Joe Pritchard who donated there services. The club was opened on 1 October 1948. The service people recognised the importance of admitting non service citizens to membership without discrimination to voting rights. This was one of the first clubs in NSW to do so.1961 saw the club undergo extensive renovations including a dinning room, dance floor, offices and a common room. In 1967 further additions were opened by Governor of NSW Sir Roden Cutler, a distinguished artillery man. The club became incorporated in 1973. Further upgrading to the club took place in 2008 with a new kitchen and outdoor area.
Old Rural Bank
The Rural or Colonial Bank with the Bank Managers House
Currently it is a private residence.
Built and opened on 16 November 1937
Older Western Star Picture House
Moving pictures arrived in Trundle in 1914 when the first silent picture show, the Palace Gardens Picture Show it was an open air show, opened by John Harold Bews and Christopher Young (later sold his share to Jack Medlyn), behind the current Trundle hotel and closed in 1920.
In 1926 Albert (Pommy) Weston had Fred P. Beuzeville (Beuzeville Family) to build the Weston Star Cinema and pictures were shown there until 1966, lack of support and the arrival of television caused its closure.
It was also used as a roller skating rink (1929) and a basket ball court (198?).
Albert Weston left he district in 1935 and sold it to Boyd William Power and in 1937 had a name change to Trundle Talkies. Later sold to Ernie Simmons who operated it through the 1950s. When the Cinema closed A. Pike and E.J Pett operated the cinema.
Accountant's Shop
Why should an old dentist shop be of interest? Well it shows how things have changed and look at the door - Why is the Australian Crest on the glass door?
Post Office
Old Bakery
Back in the old day the baker in Trundle baked fresh bread daily. Mr Julian was the last baker.
The highlight on the school trip in primary school to watch bread being made was to be given a cream bun as you were leaving.
Old Bank of NSW - Westpac Bank
Currently it is a private residence.
The Bank of New South Wales established in Trundle in 1910. the first manager was H.N. Shuttleworth. The new premises were built in 1912 and were used by the Westpac Bank until its closure.
Campbell's Garage
The old Mobile Service Station run by Tom Campbell and Sons.
The garage you see today was rebuilt after the fire in the 50's
Old ANZ Bank
The ANZ Bank and Bank Managers House.
Currently it is a private residence
Was built for the Union Bank of Australia Ltd in 1905 and the bank building was constructed in 1909. when the Union Bank of Australia Ltd merged with bank of Australasia it became the Australian and New Zealand Bank Ltd
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