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The above map was the original Lot development of Serpentine township. Spencer street is now Karnup road. Lot 15 is our shed, with Lot 42 being the Fire Station.
This shed served local farmers.
They provided meat, eggs, fruit & veg for the Serpentine Transport Company to take produce to the Nelsons Markets.
The remaining table is where fuel drums and/or produce were stored. It was higher, equal with the tray of the 8 tone trucks for ease of shifting heavy crates.
Note the words on the galvanized sign below that would have hung at the front of the shed:
DANGER
IMFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
NO SMOKING
NO MATCHES
NO NAKED LIGHTS
Shed history since 1930s
Can you help with any history of this shed?
This is ongoing research and much of the information has been generously shared by members of our local Heritage Society. In particular, Trevor Senior has kindly provided photographs and has connected me with people who remember, or have firsthand experiences meeting at the shed. These firsthand memories are precious to me and have provided invaluable insight into the history of this place.
Currently known:
"Cyril Dumps 1925-1992 was recorded as being an ambitious and innovative man who on return from WWII, bought a truck with his war service gratuity money and started a successful carting and fuel depot business from this shed".
The centre third of the shed is brick paved and you can see where timber posts have been cut level with the brick. The Jarrah table was a platform where 44gallon drums of petrol were stored for farmers to purchase. They would reverse their trucks either side, and the fuel drums were rolled onto their trucks to fuel their farm machinery. Previous owners removed a majority and left the existing platform which now serves as an excellent workbench.
The Pascal family owned it ____
The Pascal family sold it to Jim and Elsie Arnott in 1965 and operated it until 1978-1980 aprox.
Dianne (daughter of Jim and Elsie) and her husband Leon, took over the business until _______
Hank _____ as well as and brothers Brett and Wayne remember bringing calf carcasses here with their fathers, wrapped in wet hessian and were hung on a steel rail to be transported to the Nelson Meat Market.
Other local produce were fruit and vegetables. Ada Fawcett remembers the shed smelling of lemons as her family also bought their orchard farm produce here from Keysbrook and were sent to the Metro Markets in Wellington street, Perth.
Athel’s family supplied eggs from their chook farm and his job was to card the timber egg crates for identification.
Colin ..... lived here around 1970's or early 80's?
Rita and Daryl approx 1998-2017. Rita was the local school bus driver.
Part of the brick pillar at the front of the shed was removed to park the bus in here for mechanical repairs.
Both sides of the shed on either side of the centre brick pillar were doors when we moved in 2018. The sliding door was un-operational so we modified it to have an entrance door.
The Serpentine Historical Society booklet 'Walk With Our Ancestors' is available at the Serpentine Cemetery and provides information on early settlers in this area.