Posted: June 25, 2013 at 7:51 pm
Regarding the house pictured below on the corner across from The Workers Club that became the 'Christian Surfers House' on the corner of the Kingsway & Gerrale St, (now Rydges) here's a little bit of further history. It was occupied by the Odd family (Gerald, his girlfriend Kathy James, sister Debbie, brother Doug, father Frank & me, an ex-St.Peters boy!) prior to becoming the Christians hangout! Gerald was a well known surfer around Cronulla & was going around with Yvonne Van Hoorn,(now Tozzi) him 5'2, her 6', Kathy made crotchered bikinis (for Max Garling)in the front curved glass sunroom, & I ended up marrying Debbie & building a house in the new suburb of Bangor, as couldn't afford to buy in Cronulla. Geoff 'Soleman' Solness, shaped & glassed his 'Shark Island Design' boards in the detached garage, fronting Gerrale. Yvonne, (mother of Tahina and Cheyenne Tozzi) ran a chicks shop in main street near 'Street Farm', called 'Hers & Mine',which Debbie worked at!
The house eventually was vacated for the Christian guys & became known as their hangout for many years after!!! Info from Peter Trevena.
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