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Alleyway off Princess* St., Rocks area (c.1910s) by Harold Cazneaux [NLA: nla.pic-an2346091-2] [*note: Princes]

pellethepoet Thanks for adding this pic, it's great to be able to 'peek' around the corner into the alley. AB

The name of the alley was Matthew Place. The lane led to Upper Fort Street. There is a drawing by Sydney Ure Smith titled 'Corner Matthew Place and Princes St. (demolished)' in 'Glimpses of Old Sydney' by Charles H. Bertie (Sydney : Art in Australia, 1928), plate 3. The lamp post and the lane bollard are not present in the drawing.

This photo was recently determined to be part of the Rocks Resumption photographic survey, the title and date of the image has been changed accordingly Here is a map of the Rocks Resumption area (last one in the sequence)

Another photo of Matthew Place identified, in the Macleay Museum collection:

Looking down Prince's Street. This O'Connell St. shot from the 20s shows signs pointing down this street to the Capitol:

Per Wikipedia: began life on 10 August 1920 as the La Scala Theatre and Opera House. Despite its name, the La Scala was a cinema. Paramount Pictures took over the lease on the building and renamed it the Capitol. Under new management, the Capitol ran a live show every week to accompany the current film ... The last stage show was on 29 October 1953. The Capitol continued as a cinema until 1972.

'Flight of the Doves' was released in 1971, which wrenches this photo out of the '60s ... www.imdb.com/title/tt0067104/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Doves

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises. With Ron Moody, Willie Rushton, Niall Toibín, Dana (!) and Noel Purcell as the Rabbi (!!).

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

Thanks AB! The Will Daley election poster fragment by the lane, is clear in the original prints of the photo - which I saw when choosing my Christmas present: www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet/5476045214/ www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet/5476050098/ I've now gathered together so many photographs with Will Daley election posters, it has necessitated the creation of a second part to the gallery. I'm certain there are more to find! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet/galleries/72157626241607052/]

If Will Daley was standing in the upcoming NSW election, would you vote for him?

By my calculations this is near the NW corner of Little Essex Street.

1. beachcomber australia As a young and idealistic first time candidate, personally well-known and highly respected by the people of his electorate, I certainly would, whether or not his party was disintegrating around him. But then again, if W. E. Johnson was running too, I'd be in a bit of a dilemma, as I'd likely know him through our mutual interest in photographing Sydney (he'd likely be a contact on Flickr!) :) 2. beachcomber australia A quick consult of The Plan Showing the "Rocks" Resumption confirms your calculations are spot on. The lane is Little Essex Street running down towards Upper Fort Street.

1. pellethepoet Ha! I don't think I would trust W.E. Johnson as a pollie - it is difficult to trust someone who has a tendency to date his artworks a little earlier than they are! 2. pellethepoet Beg to differ - the laneway (for which I know you have a special fondness and fascination) is the dotted line marked on the map between 91 and 89 (it is not easy to read). I wonder if John Degotardi Junior (the photographer) was joking with his title "95 1/2"?