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My Dad learnt to fly in a Chipmunk at Parafield Airport late 1950's. Spent my childhood at the Aero Club in the late 1960's, Parafiled Airport was a hive of activity. Great memories. Mum learnt to fly in a Cessna 150 too!
Good times. A simpler happy life. Plenty of work and in general a healthier population. It was nice to see the city hall steps before they were covered by the roof of the King George carpark!
Everyone gets a paper from Don the paper man in the Vauxhall? Maybe it was the free weekly local rag he was chucking. Life was more simple back then, more relaxed, uncomplicated and a happy life without the pressures we have today. One would have a coronary today to see the real estate prices on the northern beaches of Sydney! How about a repeat of the film, this time out in western Sydney?
A time before corporate sponsorship to gamble your families life savings away while intoxicated on terrible beer at a sports event, where did the VFL get all its money?
Poor animals. people mainly killed them because they saw them as pests. These creatures were an apex predator that never harmed humans because they were also smart, people are fucking dumb 🙄
One of the few videos where Russell “Big Chief” Moore is featured on trombone. He replaced Trummy Young in 1964 and was later replaced by Tyree Glenn in 1965. I always loved Billy Kyle’s accompanying on piano.
imagine being in love in this time period- going out to live music, how electric it must've felt to go & enjoy a band when entertainment was much less accessible and art was highly revered. ♡ beautiful video. I know a few older people/relatives who clearly still live in this time and haven't 'moved on', and while that can be frustrating; I really don't blame them.
Fond memories of my teen years in Newcastle, great town, great people and great to grow up in. I lived in Mayfield and Wallsend, considered rough areas at the time, but I had no problems. Take the odd sickie off work and head surfing at Stockton beach for a few days, a great life. Remember the Newcastle Permanent Building Society advert jingle from the 1970's? "Hey this is our town..."😉
That was the year all the spikes were lopped off the perimeter white fence at the MCG. It's why the fence looks odd today, with nubs where the spikes once were.
In 1979 when this video was filmed, "Old" Parliament House 2:25 consisted of 124 Members of Parliament (MP's) in the Lower House (House of Reps) and 64 Senators 17:58 (10 per state and 2 per territory) in the upper house (Senate); Government on the Right, Opposition on the Left. Today, "New" Parliament House consists of 151 MP's in the Lower House and 76 Senators (12 per state and 2 per territory) in the Upper House; Government on the Right, Opposition on the Left, Independent/s and Other Minor Parties in the middle (AKA: The Crossbench). It's amazing how much we learn about our own democracy regardless of how controversial our politicians really are when it comes to representing their constituencies.
These tradesmen could support their family, buy a house and his wife could stay home if she wanted to raise their children. A carpenter now can produce close to 3x the amount of work, invests many multiples more in tools yet earns less in real terms. Where’s all the excess money going🤔
