Documents – Dot & Alf

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Que la del iducima ximilitiatur aceate omnis volori nos dollita seris ipsusci lluptatia si consequi blaceperum aut molorro molupta tquam, sequatus ant eum exceraerum

Articles

New Idea article – That pay envelope (24.7.1946)

Woman Magazine article – Design for daughters (24.3.1947)

Dorothy Shields article – Take my seat, Madam (1948 approx)

Dorothy Shields article – Dressing-gown wives (1948)

Bristol newspaper article – There goes Mr Shields (1953)

Gold Coast Bulletin article (22.11.1963)

Sydney Morning Herald staff news (8.1982)

Alice Springs Star article – There’s no stopping this old racer (1984.5.22)

Birth Certificates, Extracts and Notices

William Merrigan (junior) birth certificate (2.4.1851)

Mary Anne Sullivan birth certificate (6.12.1856)

Eliza Jane Dwyer (nee Bolan) birth certificate (8.10.1865)

Alfred Charles John Ludlam birth certificate (18.4.1875)

Emily Felicita Noblet birth certificate (23.6.1879)

Emily Felicita Noblett birth certificate (23.6.1879)

Hugh Henry Shields birth certificate (2.7.1882)

Dorothy Ludlam birth certificate (1.8.1901)

Dorothy Ludlam birth extract (1.8.1901)

Dorothy Ludlam baptism certificate (25.8.1901)

Alfred Shields birth certificate (22.2.1905)

Alfred Shields certified particulars of birth (22.2.1905)

Mieczyslaw Boleslaw Palyga birth certificate (15.2.1924)

Kathleen Shields birth entry certificate (1.12.1929)

Kathleen Shields birth certificate certified copy (1.12.1929)

Death Certificates, Notices and Gravestones

Joseph Walker junior death certificate (13.10.1845)

Ann Merigan death certificate (28.8.1868)

Albert Ludlam death certificate (30.3.1878)

John Walker death certificate (9.6.1879)

William Merigan death certificate (8.9.1879)

Mary Ann Noblet nee Sullivan death certificate (27.9.1880)

Mary Anne Noblett death certificate (27.9.1880)

Sarah Walker death certificate (21.9.1890)

John & Sarah Walker’s gravestone (21.9.1890)

Patrick Shields death certificate (4.5.1900)

Mary Ludlam death certificate (1.12.1900)

Emily Felicite Shields death certificate (8.11.1908)

Emily Felicity Shields funeral notice (10.11.1908)

Elizabeth Shields death certificate (29.12.1925)

Charles Noblet death certificate (3.6.1931)

Charles Noblet death notice (3.6.1931)

Alfred Ludlam death certificate (2.3.1944)

Alfred Charles John Ludlam funeral notice (3.3.1944)

Alf Shields’ note of John and Sarah Walker grave stones in Marton church yard (1953)

Florence Ludlam death certificate (13.4.1956)

Florence Ludlam death notice (13.4.1956)

Alfred Shields death certificate (20.4.1991)

Alfred Shields death notices (22.4.1991)

Dorothy Shields death certificate (3.7.1994)

Dorothy Shields death notices (3.7.1994)

Dorothy Shields funeral card (6.7.1994)

Mieczyslaw Boleslaw Palyga death certificate (4.3.2021)

Kathleen Palyga death certificate (14.8.2022)

Lists and Records

England Census – Merrigan family (1851)

England Census – John and Sarah Walker Marton household (1861)

England Census – William and Ann Merrigan household (1861)

England Census – Mary Ludlam Marton household (1881)

NSW Register of Seamen (confirms John Noblet born France 7.5.1851) (1888)

RMS Arcadia passenger lists (5.9.1894)

Marriage Certificates

John Walker-Sarah Wilkins marriage certificate (2.8.1842)

James Merigan-Sarah Bensley marriage certificate (8.4.1860)

Patrick Bolan-Elizabeth Merigan marriage certificate (4.1.1863)

Patrick Bolan-Elizabeth Merigan parish marriage entry (4.1.1863)

Merigan-Henley marriage certificate (6.2.1870)

Ludlam-Walker marriage certificate (24.5.1874)

Noblet-Sullivan marriage certificate (25.10.1877)

William Merigan-Juliana Bensley marriage certificate (24.1.1881)

Noblet-Clarke marriage certificate (6.10.1884)

Shields-Bolan marriage certificate (13.4.1885)

Ludlam-Shanahan marriage certificate (26.7.1899)

Shields-Noblet marriage certificate (16.7.1904)

Shields-Ludlam marriage certificate (17.8.1929)

Palyga-Shields marriage certificate (9.2.1952)

Memorabilia

Naturalisation Certificate John Charles Noblet (1.9.1903)

Dorrie Ludlam algebra school book (1917)

Dorothy Ludlam replacement Leaving Certificate (1917)

Jas C Hart letter to Miss Ludlam (on entering the convent) (22.5.1924)

Birthday card from S M Pauline to Jo Ludlam (1925 approx)

Brains’ Garages letter to D Ludlam offering a position (12.3.1928)

St Ita’s Catholic School student roll (1938)

Alfred Ludlam letter to Dolly (Coventry air raids) (11.7.1941)

Alfred Ludlam letter to Dolly (2.12.1942)

Alf’s jobs and business ventures (as relayed to S Palyga in the 1970s) (1977 approx)

Dorothy Shields family tree (relayed by her to S Palyga in the 1970s) (1977 approx)

Bette Baxter professional profile (1995 approx)

Letter from Sue Hope to Kath Palyga (18.2.2002)

Speedway

Supreme Court of SA judgment in Field v SA Soccer Association and Shields (30.10.1952)

Oxford Speedway match pass (16.7.1953)

Rowley Park Speedway Co Ltd profit and loss account (1954)

Various Rowley Park Speedway Co Ltd minutes (1954-56)

War Service Records

Extracts from M J Shields war service records (1916)

C E Noblet AIF enrolment record (17.1.1916)

M J Shields AIF enrolment record (16.2.1916)

Sapper M J Shields – Cth War Graves Commission Certificate (1916)

Sapper M J Shields history by tunnellers (1916)

Sapper M J Shields grave memorial booklet (1916)

C E Noblet – Cth War Graves Commission Certificate (1917)

C E Noblet listed in casualty nominal roll (1917)

C E Noblet Red Cross Enquiry Bureau file (1917)

Extracts from Charles Emil Noblet war service records (1917)

35	In another interview, Alf said the fine was for a noisy motor bike.
36	A guinea was £1 and one shilling.
37	Alf called the Mayor and an Alderman from the local council, as well as 5 elderly ladies living nearby who said they enjoyed the speedway meetings, and the noise was no worse than on the street, or when the site operated as a brickworks. One suspects such local resident witnesses would be difficult to find these days.

9	According to Google AI Overview, 5/7 standardly indicates a capacity of 750cc, 6/8 standardly indicates a capacity of 800cc, and 10/12 standardly indicates a capacity of 1200cc.
10	Apparently a reference to races where the last one to cross the finish line without putting a foot down wins, the object being to go as slow as possible but still stay balanced.
11	Referring to racing in reverse, making it tricky to stay in a straight line at speed. Apparently, a Harley 1200cc bike (aka the “10/12”) of the time had a reverse gear.
12	Possibly a reference to a race where riders tackle the course one by one, and the quickest time wins, although that would already by then be called a time trial. Possibly also a reference to a race where competitors circulate but racing only starts when the flag drops, or where the competitors run to their bikes once the flag drops, or where you need to cross the finish line once the flag drops (and can thus lose even if leading by laps), consistency and reliability being just as important in rallying as outright speed.

23	See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Antediluvian_Order_of_Buffaloes.
24	Actually at 318-320 King William Street, Adelaide. It is heritage listed, and now converted to offices. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Street,_Adelaide.

13	70,000 attended the opening meeting of the Olympia Motor Speedway at Maroubra in December 1925, see https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/20632073. For further information on the speedway, see http://www.vintagespeedway.com/maroubra.html. One of that article’s first images shows the features Alf refers to: the steepness of the banking at the top of the concrete bowl, and the line in the middle of the track beyond which 80mph was required to stay upright. Alf’s description of the speedway as a death trap is correct – the article lists five deaths in the first 15 months of operation.
14	Actually July 1926, see https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128103753 and https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246347152. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Speedway.
15	Alf appears to be referring to modifying to stiffer valve springs. Valve spring surge, a vibration caused by the natural frequency of the spring as it is cycled, occurs if the rider repeatedly twists the engine to excessively high RPM. See https://motorstate.com/valve-spring-basics/ and https://www.tildentechnologies.com/Cams/Take-Surge.html.

7	In the early 20th century, private shopkeepers acted as official postal and telegraph agents in suburban areas. Hence, you paid a fee (often 3d to 6d) to pick up telegraph messages at your local corner store.
8	See https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102798354.