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Above: The Bakery in 1920 after the facade remodelling
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1915 - Legal Problems
The Balloch brothers, John Balloch Jr, Robert, George
and William Balloch became
joint proprietors as tenants in common of the property at 3 Russell’s Place on 1
September 1915, together with rights of carriageway on Russell’s Lane
In 1916, the bakery’s bread deliveries were the
subject of controversy when the
firm decided to keep deliveries going in defiance of a bread carters’ union
strike. It was reported that as a result, they were ‘warned that their carts
would be sprayed with kerosene and set on fire’.
Nonetheless six carts continued to do the local rounds, one of them driven by
one of the Balloch brothers, promising the union that ‘they would not serve a
solitary person except our regular customers’ during the strike
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1920 - Facade Modification
A change was made to the façade - the former
open alley from Auburn Rd leading to the loading bay was roofed over and a brick arched entrance was constructed.
Signage
showing "EST 1894" was included on the arch.
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Above - Armistice Day Celebrations in1918. Taken in Auburn Rd, looking south,
from outside the Bakery
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Above: Auburn Rd, looking south towards the Grainstore, Auburn Hotel at left,
c1920 (Boroondara Archives)
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