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Kim Nguyen talking on Macquarie Sports Radio: 26 August 2018

Kim Nguyen, a local cyclist, talks to Macquarie Sports Radio on Weekend Afternoons with Clinton Maynard & Craig Willis about Saving Noble Park Velodrome, Maurice Kirby’s career as a 3XY sports broadcaster, the Pedals Club of Victoria and why saving this historic velodrome from certain demolition by the City of Greater Dandenong on behalf of all the velodrome’s user, is important for not just Noble Park, but also for all cyclists in Melbourne’s South Eastern suburbs.

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Saving Melbourne’s cycling history: talking about Maurice Kirby Velodrome

On this weeks Yarra Bicycle Users Group program on 3CR, Chris interviews Kim Nguyen, a resident in Melbourne’s south-east about discovering a Noble Park velodrome with a big history.

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Who was Maurice Kirby?

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So who was Maurice (Maurie) Kirby? Read the Kirby’s family account below of the larger than life sporting legend and local resident of Noble Park.

“Angus Burrows came from Neerim South sometime before 1915 and established the bakehouse, along with two shops and residences in Leonard Avenue, Noble Park.

Mr. Burrows’ wife died and he remarried. His daughter, through a broken marriage could not support her young son, Maurice, and fostering was considered. The solution was for the grandparents to adopt him.

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