ELIZABETH: Icons, Outings & Historical Events!

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Thank you to Playford's Past Recollect Website for supplying many of the photos found in our videos! Playford's Past Recollect Website is a wonderful resource you can access here:
playfordspast.recollect.net.au/
Take a trip down memory lane to some of Elizabeth's icon landmarks, traditions and historical events. From the famed Monash Adventure Park and the iconic Elizabeth Skating Rink, to the Elizabeth floods of 1983, the dust storm of 68 and the John Martins Annual Christmas Pageant. There's even the F251 train that used to stand outside the Elizabeth West Shops. Please feel free to share your memories of these iconc places and events, and list any you feel worthy of our next Icons, Outings and Events video.
Named after Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth is an outer northern suburb of the Adelaide metropolitan area, South Australia, 24 km north of the Adelaide city centre. It is located in the City of Playford. At the 2016 census, Elizabeth had a population of 1,024.
Established in 1955, it was the seat of the former local government body, the City of Elizabeth, which included Elizabeth as well as the immediately adjacent suburbs on all sides except the west. Although the City of Elizabeth no longer exists, having been amalgamated into the much larger City of Playford in 1997, the term 'Elizabeth', in the context of Adelaide, typically refers to the historic municipality and the distinct community therein.

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@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Thank you for watching. Please Like, Comment and Subscribe for more videos 🙏🍷

@Dirt1st 4 года назад

the train at the west shops, wow so many memories. keep it up

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

We will my friend. I'll make a series of these ones I think - too many icons, events etc to fit into one video. I've been wanting to get the West Shop train in a video for ages...haha. As always, thanks for watching 🙏

@brianmessenger 4 года назад

Like many kids, I spent many hours on the train at West Shops. When it was removed the train was restored and did go back into operation for a while there are several videos of her working, on youtube. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w40r86KZZSc.html I somehow think I wouldn't fit inside the firebox like I used to :-) The F251 can still be seen in her restored state up at Mount Barker at the Steamranger Heritage museum.

@judisieben3878 4 года назад

I remember this roller skating rink when it had wooden floors. Was a member of the club At age 9 and played hockey, marching, dancing and figure skating. I later brought my daughters there for figure skating berfore it was demolished ( very sad day).

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Hey Judi. Thank you for sharing. Yes, so many landmarks gone now. It's unfortunate because they each hold a different story for everyone and give a community a sense of roots and history. It is my hope that this channel can help restore some of that sense of that history and tradition. Thank you for watching 🙏

@joan7823 3 года назад

I used to walk from the Vale to go roller skating , Plus in summer regularly visited swimming pool near the skating rink.. good old days... I was most probably only 8-10 at that time?. Try letting your child out alone these days....

@Nugget28 4 года назад

Another great video. Every Saturday morning I played on the train at the West shops, while the old man put his bets on. Not long before they took it away, I stayed away from it because idiots found it funny to urinate all over it.You don't forget things like that when you are a kid.I am so glad you found photos of those floods.I have a mate I've known for 40years and we have both lived Elizabeth all our lives. When I bring up those floods he doesn't remember it.It actually had me questioning did it actually happen,as it was so long ago. 1983 👍 I remember on the news someone was canoeing down one of the streets in Smithfield. The day after it happened we got sent home at lunch time because the teachers thought Armageddon was coming the next day?😁 It hardly even rained, but hey we got out of school so that was a bonus.

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

This is great mate. Thank you for sharing. I was 12 at the time of the 83 floods - I don't actually remember those floods but I do remember previous ones. We lived at 69 Tudor Cresent, right on the corner of the street across from the creek and paddocks (our old house is one of the few originals still standing on Tudor). I remember it flooding one year and the water covering half our front lawn and getting close to the house. And yeah, kids floating down the street in big rubber tyres and such. Hilarious. I remember locus plagues coming each year for a time too. What I would give for footage of one of those.

@robdeathridge6636 3 года назад

Remember moving from the Smithfield migrant hostel into 15 Bubner Street Elizabeth South. This was in 1955.

@elizabeththatwas 3 года назад

Very cool Rob. You probably knew the Pinnegar family then? Did your parents meet at the Goodman Road Shops for their housing allocation? There's a great photo of new residents waiting outside those shops for keys to their allocated house.

@joan7823 3 года назад

I remember that storm well....

@elizabeththatwas 3 года назад

I bet it was wild 😮

@christinedaly7698 4 года назад

I remember the floods of 83 I was only like 6 at the time and I remember all the water flowing past on our street

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing Christine - I remember floods and locus plagues growing up...haha. It was pretty wild at times

@albymangled 2 года назад

1968..the year we came to Australia (Elizabeth Vale) from London. Don't get dust storms in the UK for sure. We were only just getting the idea that the sun could actually burn us! We did think "what have we gotten ourselves into?" but here we are 54 years later and still (again) living in Elizabeth (Craigmore). And yeah, the train...we used to play on it while the old man slipped into the "Workies" for a quick pint.

@elizabeththatwas 2 года назад

Cool memories mate - thanks for sharing with us. I think many people thought similar thoughts when they first arrived, "What have we gotten ourselves into?". I know my Mum wasn't a fan initially when the my parents and older siblings first arrived in '67. The family would have definately turned around and returned to the UK had she had her way. She did come to love it though.

@brianmessenger 4 года назад

Love the video, I remember the dust storm, it was very spooky seeing it rolling down towards us.

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Thank you Brian. Much appreciated mate. The dust storm was a few years before I was born - I think about the recent immigrants who would have just arrived only to experience this and annual locust plagues (which I do remember)...man, some of them must have second guessed their decision to come here at times. I know some went back to Europe. What a shock it must have been. But, an adventure also.

@brianmessenger 4 года назад

We actually did return to England shortly after that, my mother was very homesick, we had lived in Elizabeth West for 5 years, I went to EWPS for four years and EWHS for one year. I now am back in Australia, but in Sydney.

@ACDZ123 Год назад

Thats gold ..i went to the lion park in perth in 1976 in dads brand new statesman caprice ..he was worried the lions were gonna jump on the new paint 🤣 it used to be up near barbagallo racetrack Wanneroo which in those days was a good hours drive north of the city .its all sububia now and the Mitchell Fwy gets you up that way in about 40 mins now . Who would of thought watching a video on Adelaide would bring me some great perth memories 🙂

@elizabeththatwas Год назад

Ah, the wonders of the internet, hey. Thank you for watching and for sharing with us. I love hearing people's stories and love hearing when the channel brings back happy memories for people. Much appreciated

@ACDZ123 Год назад

@@elizabeththatwas I'm just happy you found some footage of the old lion park . It's not something I've thought about or would of thought about tbh ..you triggered that memory out of hibernation. Thanks 😊

@blueeyesblindfolded473 4 года назад

Cool

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Thanks Ruby. Some great memories in there 🙏

@joan7823 3 года назад

Where did the pond statues go near John Martin's..... That was a shame they took it away, was relaxing sitting there...

@elizabeththatwas 3 года назад

To be honest Joan, I'm not sure. I assume they went into storage like the Fountain and Dancing Figures (before being relocated to the Playford Civic Centre) and are still there - though I am just surmising. If I find out in my continuing research I will let you know 🙏🍷

@mattl9070 4 года назад

The Roller Skating Rink was alot of fun.... If you got skates that weren't too big, or too small and didn't smell like a skunk with tinea.... I remember they had pinball machines and hot food... those were the days. I think "Hungry Jacks" is standing where it used to be isn't it?

@catey62 4 года назад

Yep, after the Skating rink closed down it was demolished and made way for KFC and Hungry Jacks.

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

I remember my skating technique wasn't too dissimilar to the reporter's in this video..bahaha. Not sure about HJ - I think so

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

I actually didn't realise that - I'd rather a skating rink myself 😀👌

@mattl9070 4 года назад

Do you remember in the old Elizabeth Shopping Centre there used to be a pool hall kinda near where Target is now, it was upstairs?

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

@@mattl9070 yes I do. I was too young to go in there but I remember peering in many times. Jimmy Barnes talks about it in his autobiography Working Class Boy actually - it's a great read. I believe many a "deal" was done at that pool hall...haha

@jasoncooper8305 4 года назад

Nice one 👍

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@christinedaly7698 4 года назад

And I remember being 4 or 5 and missing out on the Christmas Pageant 2 years in a row because I got measles one year and then chicken pox the year after

@elizabeththatwas 4 года назад

Wow - that's brutal Christine - Measles at 4, chicken pox at 5, floods at 6 😯

@geoffmower8729 3 года назад

I remember the dust storm my father was worried the dust may have come from the maralinga nuclear test sight and the dust might be radioactive. He went around taping up the gaps on the windows and doors to try and keep the dust out.

@elizabeththatwas 3 года назад

Hey Geoff - yes, a few people who remember the dust storm say they were worried it had something to do with maralinga, which would have been a very scary thought. Must have been wild to witness. Cheers for watching and dropping a line mate, much appreciated 🙏🍷

@geoffmower8729 3 года назад

@@elizabeththatwas Hi mate just before my dad came home from the war they they showed them information on nuclear explosion's so it would have been fresh in his mind. We came out from England in 64 I was 4 on the ship coming out. My mom wanted to go to Canada but dad had some mates who had already moved to Elizabeth. Looks like dad got it right with the covid pandemic best place to be in SA. Just subbed looking forward to more great videos.👍 Used to play on the train outside of the Elizabeth west shops. They took the train away and restored it it now runs on the victor harbour run as the cockle train run by Steam Ranger.

@elizabeththatwas 3 года назад

@@geoffmower8729 yeah mate, someone told me about the train being re-purposed in Victor - a great evolution for the old girl I'd say. I remember in primary school being shown a black and white short film showing us what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion, with footage of buildings being obliterated - scary stuff. So even in the seventies it was still very much on people's minds. I have great respect for my parents and grandparents' generations - living through and trying to survive world war 2. Many of Elizabeth's Originals were small children or young parents living through that, with no opportunities or time to process that trauma, they just had to keep going get on with it. We come from tough stock that's for sure. Thanks for the Sub my friend - appreciate the support.

@007JHS 2 года назад

Sadly the skating rink gone, the Octagon Theatre gone, The squash courts gone, John Martin's gone... much lost.

@elizabeththatwas 2 года назад

Yes indeed; scorched earth policy of "progress", lol. Knock down everything. It's a great shame locals still living in the area can barely recognise their own home town anymore. Much of the geography could have been preserved while still moving forward.