March 30th 2021 After meeting Dianne, I dropped by 21 Little Ryrie St and 60 Ryrie St, where the Hasegawa family lived and did business, only to find a dodgy massage parlour and a carpark. After that I visited my Aunty Lynette who was raised at 21 Little Ryrie St, and...
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Dianne in Geelong ジーロングでダイアンと - by Andrew Hasegawa
March 30th 2021 I met with Dianne in Geelong. She is the great granddaughter of George Taro Furuya who ran a laundry on Myer St in Geelong. We spent just over an hour talking, swapping stories, and she very graciously gave me copies of old newspaper cuttings. I gave...
The follow up to the post on Geelong History – ジーロング史の投函の後に – by Andrew Hasegawa
March 27th 2021 As a follow up to the post on Geelong History Facebook page, I posted a photo of George Taro Furuya, Motoshiro Ito and my great grandfather, Setsutaro Hasegawa on a picnic, dated April 1930, somewhere near Geelong. It was also posted on Nikkei...
The Furuya Family フルヤ家 – by Andrew Hasegawa
March 22nd 2021 I posted a post from Untitled.Showa on the Geelong History Facebook page and made mention about the upcoming exhibition in Geelong in July. It attracted quite a lot of attention and a comment from Deidrie Jackson who asked when it would take place....