THE MALONEY SCRAPBOOK

K. A. S. (Written by Warren Maloney – February 1968)   She smiled,                         And the flowers became trees,                         The trees became branches,                         And the branches became me. She smiled,                         But the moon did not shine,                         The dark became black,              ...

SNIPPET OF FAMILY HISTORY  -  No. 8 " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story ." (Warren Maloney) "TIME TO TAKE THE BRIDE UPSTAIRS, JIM" (Written by Warren Maloney - July 2020) The funny family stories of Jimmy Davis (" Uncle Jim ") are legendary. Where does one start? Well why not with his Wedding. 1940 and James Frances (Jimmy) Davis, aged 38 years, was moving out of his Carlton boarding-house to marry the 39 years-old Spinster and very proper, Margaret Edith (Connie) Conlon.  Jimmy was a bricklayer (a brickie) with a history of one failed marriage, when his first wife, Gladys, had run off with his employee, a brickie's labourer named Pat McGuire.  Jimmy was a lad. He enjoyed the male company at the boarding house and with his street mates, Ray and Roy Maloney. He nevertheless thought himself to be quite a catch - a brickie on the way up, who could dance, who could sing a bit, who loved a party. The fact that he was 5'5...

SNIPPET OF FAMILY HISTOR Y  -  No. 7 " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story ." (Warren Maloney) EVERY LABRADOR HAS ITS OWN PARTY TRICK The very noble, Toby Jug (1974-1976), delighted in waiting until our guests went to our one & only toilet which unfortunately was situated out side to the left of the kitchen. It was a 1920s timber house, and so the toilet was built in timber, and then renovated over the decades witha concrete floor and sewerage - no need for the Can Man by the 1970s. It was not loved by our guests because it was exterior and could be a chilly position on a Winter day. in addition, the toilet was at the base of a long backard slope, almost cricket pitch length. Perfect for a good run down from the back fence for a noble Labrador, keen to display his favourite party trick. Toby would wait until the Visitor(or his loving Owner) had entered the toilet, closed and clicked the latch lock, and settled into position. Toby would then run d...

SNIPPET OF FAMILY HISTOR Y  -  No. 6 " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story ." (Warren Maloney) THE BORROWED SUIT DID IT FOR ME I thought I looked pretty cool in my "Fairway liquidation sale" brown pants and chocolate brown ski jumper as my standard Uni clobber. Apparently I didn't - " looked more like a well fed Charlie Brown ". So when on 11th July 1968 I borrowed a black suit & white shirt & striped tie to appear in a Legal studies Moot Court, I was seen in a different light by the long-haired girl that I had been pursuing at "social distances" in the Uni Libraries. By that evening, I had discarded the ski jumper for a borrowed pale blue knit, and we were holding hands, not keeping a social distance at all, and committing to each other between drinks at the Folk Club. And that's how it became serious - just 52 years ago today! I wonder what happened to that ski jumper!

SNIPPET OF FAMILY HISTOR Y  -  No. 4 " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story ." (Warren Maloney) THE RELIGION OF CARLTON 130+ Years of the Navy Blue (A family history snippet written January 2019)   The Families have been captivated by many Religions over the centuries – from the Norman and Irish Catholics to the staunch Anglicans of Yorkshire and London, to the strict Wesleyan devotees of Cornwall, or the dour Presbyterians of Scotland, to the alternative Baptists of Oxfordshire, or the Evangelical Primitive Methodists of Ballarat, and to the traditions of Melbourne Jewry. Most changes were introduced with marriages, others by peer or family pressures. Sometimes, family members became enthusiastic enough to devote their careers and lives. For example, we have produced in England one Archbishop of York & two Baptist Preachers. Whilst in Australia, the Families have supported eleven Catholic Nuns, two Catholic Priests, and one ascetic A...

SNIPPET OF FAMILY HISTORY  -  No. 3 " We are born with a History, and we live to tell another Story ." (Warren Maloney) THE FAMILY FRENCH CONNECTION The Savages In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated the Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and England within a short time belonged to the Normans. One line of our Family, being Normans, fought at the Battle, and were rewarded with substantial land in Derbyshire. This was the family of Thomas Le Sauvage  [1] , his son, John , and his grandson, Adam . The Le Sauvage family came from Avranches, Normandy, where they had sufficient land holdings to warrant minor Norman titles under William. It would be nice to believe that the family behaved honourably after the Battle, but this was unlikely. The first twenty years of William’s rule were amongst the bloodiest in England’s history.  All spoils went to the Conquerors and little compensation was paid. ...