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StreetFoster WaySuburbBerowraDetailsJack Foster was a big man and would never rush anywhere – hence his nickname ‘lightning’.
He came to Berowra in 1914 and took over the general store near the railway. Fosters Store is to be the hub of Berowra for the next 45 years. Jack also became Postmaster from 1915 until his death in 1938.
The Foster family ran a very interesting and popular general store in Berowra. Jack ‘Lightning’ Foster used to deliver the mail and bread in the horse and cart. During the depression the store supplied Berowra families with their daily needs whether they had money or not. Jack had worked in the mines at Bermagui and Ulladulla and had a pretty tough old life – so he could understand their plight.
Fosters store was timeless and always brought back many memories of the years gone by and when the store closed in 1959, museums from everywhere came to collect a bit of history. It was often said that they could never do a stocktake because if they pulled all the stock out it would fall down.
Fosters store had the first petrol bowser on the Pacific Highway about 1927 and Shell collected it for their museum when the store closed. It was also the home of the telephone exchange, post office and a tea room.
On Sundays, before the road bridge over the Hawkesbury was opened, the cars were piled up as far as Berowra – especially at Christmas. Easter Weekends, they’d be piled up right back as far as the La Mancha Caravan Park and the Foster’s children would go out with trays of lollies, cold drinks and cigarettes and make excellent sales.
Foster's Store stood where Berowra Railway Station's car park now is. It was purchased from Bill Richards by John and Daisy Foster around 1914.Map[1]
He came to Berowra in 1914 and took over the general store near the railway. Fosters Store is to be the hub of Berowra for the next 45 years. Jack also became Postmaster from 1915 until his death in 1938.
The Foster family ran a very interesting and popular general store in Berowra. Jack ‘Lightning’ Foster used to deliver the mail and bread in the horse and cart. During the depression the store supplied Berowra families with their daily needs whether they had money or not. Jack had worked in the mines at Bermagui and Ulladulla and had a pretty tough old life – so he could understand their plight.
Fosters store was timeless and always brought back many memories of the years gone by and when the store closed in 1959, museums from everywhere came to collect a bit of history. It was often said that they could never do a stocktake because if they pulled all the stock out it would fall down.
Fosters store had the first petrol bowser on the Pacific Highway about 1927 and Shell collected it for their museum when the store closed. It was also the home of the telephone exchange, post office and a tea room.
On Sundays, before the road bridge over the Hawkesbury was opened, the cars were piled up as far as Berowra – especially at Christmas. Easter Weekends, they’d be piled up right back as far as the La Mancha Caravan Park and the Foster’s children would go out with trays of lollies, cold drinks and cigarettes and make excellent sales.
Foster's Store stood where Berowra Railway Station's car park now is. It was purchased from Bill Richards by John and Daisy Foster around 1914.Map[1]
Foster Way. Hornsby Shire, accessed 27/04/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4123