General News
29 May, 2024
Blues in bash for house reno party
RETIRED butcher Bruce Bridge had the backyard jumping for a celebration in the house he calls home on Saturday. He welcomed friends and musos to the Inglewood house restored over the past two years by owner Wade Roberts. “I’m the caretaker...
RETIRED butcher Bruce Bridge had the backyard jumping for a celebration in the house he calls home on Saturday.
He welcomed friends and musos to the Inglewood house restored over the past two years by owner Wade Roberts.
“I’m the caretaker lessee and love this place,” said Bruce who has lived in Inglewood for the past 14 years.
“And I love music and art. I go to music sessions in Bendigo and invited a few musos along to celebrate the restoration and also my birthday - I was born in 1949.”
To mark the occasion Bruce also had the original wrought iron name plate - Coringil - ready to hang on the front wall.
Bruce confessed he’s more a country and western music fan but twisted the arm of the Union Street Blues Band based in Bendigo to pump out tunes throughout the afternoon.
One of the band’s organisers Ian Whaymond said: “I met Bruce at a country music show, said it was his birthday coming up and he twisted the arm to bring out the band.
“He talked me into a corner and I agreed, provided there was food and drink for the boys in the band,” he said.
Bruce, born in Condobolin, central New South Wales, said he loved the architecture of his restored Californian bungalow home.
“It’s great to see how the old girl has been rejuvenated,” he said.
Bruce has had experience of restoring properties. He put his handyman skills to work on Pride’s Cottage in Tarnagulla Road, Inglewood, earlier this century.
“These old places have got a lot of history,” he said as the band took a break from its Saturday afternoon gig.