Lorne Victoria Australia

Howard is a family name associated with early Lorne. It is the name of the street leading up to the present day golf course.

Charlie Howard ran the Crystal Cafe and Bakery which was later to be called the San Toy Cafe at 63/65 Mountjoy Parade. Mrs Morris ran the San Toy Cafe. Other proprietors were Mr Peter Lundorff, Mr Rushton, Alan and Nita Holliday, then John and Billie Fatouros.

Ocean Road Cafe, formerly San Toy (Photo LHS 208L*)

In the 1939 Black Friday Bushfire, Mr C. Howard of Stony Creek, several miles on the Geelong side of Lorne, at about 2 pm, lost severely by the destruction of a shed that contained a motor truck, wagon, and dray, two engines, about 40 tons of wood, a saw bench, and an extensive selection of tools. Fortunately his homestead was saved.

1/1/1922, Fred Howards’s truck (LHS photo 5730)

Finish of Fred Howards’s truck. (LHS photo 5731)

Fred Howard and Bena McCallum. (LHS photo 8926)

Charlie Howard (Stump) with two horses. (LHS photo 8954)

Sources:

  • Lorne Historical Society Collections