Golden Crust Bakery
Image source Taj Kempe
Artist: Jarred Martyn
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: 86 Steere St N
Provenance: Shire of Collie
Description: This mural depicts a horse pulling a cart belonging to the Golden Crust Bakery, which delivered bread and milk to the people of Collie until the 1950s when the carts were replaced by cars. Large draft horses were used to pull the carts, similar to the pit ponies which were used in the Collie mines.
It’s said that the horse was so familiar with the delivery route that it would continue on as the driver walked to deliver the bread, as depicted by the figure in the background of the scene. In addition, sizable horse stables once occupied the whole of nearby Johnston Street, from Steere to Lefroy Street.
