This weatherboard and galvanised iron cottage was built between 1908-1915. Th Wallarah Coal-mining Company constructed this house for its mineworkers.
Joseph and Janet Bradley came to Catherine Hill Bay in 1898. They were the first remembered tenants of this house. There were three children Billy, Art and sister Isabel (Bella).
Bill married Olive Ames
Art Bradley married Essie Holmes
Bella married a Twyford and had children Dulcie, who was born at Catherine Hill Bay, Leila and Jim.
Bella moved to Kurrumburra in Victoria, however, when her husband died in 1912 she moved back to Catherine Hill Bay, opened a shop in the front room of her parent’s house and sold confectionary. Bella and her children later moved into Hector Hancock’s house at No. 2 and had a shop there until 1929.
Joseph Bradley retired in 1929 and he and his wife went to live in Cardiff with their daughter Bella and her children.
Isabel and her sister–in-law, Eva Twyford had shared first prize in the Golden Casket. Bella bought a shop in Cardiff at the Crossroads with an attached residence. Eva Twyford (nee Crittendel) had married Bertie Lea Twyford and she bought the Service Station at Cardiff.
Olive and Bill Bradley then lived in the house.
To get to the tennis court people had to go through their yard. Olive taught piano and was a great organiser of social events involving the children of the town.
Olive and Bill Bradley had two girls Neryl and Judy.
Neryl married Fred Flowers, son of Septimus Flowers. Flowers Drive was named after Septimus Flowers.
In 1964 the Coal Company ‘Coal & Allied’ subdivided some of its land. The Company determined that Mr W Bradley should purchase this house and land for 400 pounds.
Two sisters, Van Hodgkinson and Olwen Tudor Jones, bought the house in 1973, thought to be for $13,000. It was used as a holiday cottage.