[Terry]

Hi Darby. There was indeed a pub called the 'Australian' somewhere there but I can't even remember exactly. Getting back to Joe and Mary. They were both teaching ballroom dancing as far back as 1948. My parents were pupils of theirs and used to go in for amateur ballroom comps. They won quite a few trophies too. As far as I know my parents danced at Joe Morts, Cliffs along Knowelmere st. and somewhere else with a live band called Eddie Mcgarry and his broadcasting band.LOL. By the time I got into my teens I was also taking dancing lessons at both Joes and cliffs. This was well before rock and roll started. I remember that the top of the Pops was "trala la tralaladee it gives me a thrill, to wake up in the morning on Mocking bird hill, LOL Just before Rock around the clock came out. Then almost all of Accy's youth went to see Blackboard Jungle in Picture St. and that was the start of teddys and Joe and Mary started a rock and roll night and that was that. The rest is history. Because I was an avid music lover I used to buy all my records from various places in town. If Mary had have had a music shop I would have bought them from her. But as I said I can't recall her having one. However, having said that I gave up my teddying days and rock and roll about 1960-1 and didn't have much to do with Joes after that, so Mary could quite easily have started one from then on without me knowing.