Remembering Cheltenham

The Cheltenham Community Centre is asking residents (current and former) and visitors to share their memories and stories of Cheltenham.

Through this project we have identified that everyone has a different story about their life experience living or working in Cheltenham but the spirit is similar; loyalty, pride and a great appreciation of the social networks and family connections of being associated with this community.

The comment made by Rev Dean Eland in his book ‘Cheltenham Community and Church’ that ‘the fruit does not fall far from the tree’ is common in many stories we have heard so far during this project as many families who grew up in the Cheltenham area (or in close proximity) may have moved on to other areas but still share a strong sense and pride of being associated with this local area.

Rev Eland also makes reference in his book on the concept of ‘community’ - the local community, the occupational community and communities of association as people get together and develop those strong links and social support systems.

We at Cheltenham Community Centre have started this ‘blog’ to share the history of Cheltenham and invite you to add your story – they may be personal anecdotes about living, working in Cheltenham and the community in general.

We would like to thank everyone who has shown an interest in this project and we hope that it will continue to grow and become a true ‘community project’.

Alison Wall
Community Development Officer, City of Charles Sturt

Julie Glacken
Volunteer, Cheltenham Community Centre

Samir
Field Placement Student from Cambridge International College

And our special thanks and acknowledgement to Rev Dean Eland for letting us quote from and refer to from his publication “Cheltenham Community and Church – Introduction to an Adelaide suburban community and a local church.”