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29/07/2006: "MAYS FAMILY HOTEL ......Publican John Harding"
Mays Family Hotel was in Mt Vernon Street, Forest Lodge, just off Parramatta Road and close enough to Sydney University for many students to patronize. JMH was licensee for several years.
Underwater picture shows JMH posing with a nine foot white pointer shark and 12 gauge shotgun powerhead (fitted to handspear), November 1963.
JMH was a decendant of David af Sandeberg, (mentioned elsewhere) from his mother's side of the family.
This picture was published full page by LIFE magazine, and also by Sydney's The Daily Terrorgraph newspaper.
