WALKING AROUND ST ALBANS PART 1 (OCTOBER 2023) 

Wonderful no graffiti on any of the bus shelters looks a very comfortable place good to see so many walking around

Lived in St Albans all my life. Went to St Albans Heights Primary School back in the 70’s. My best friends were Italian Maltese, Greek, Polish and Yugoslav. Then to St Albans High School, again a great mix of friends from all of Europe. It was spot the Aussie back then, it was great times. We all got along, everyone was friendly and happy. We had Big Sams Market and a wonderful German Cake shop in Alfreda St where we could buy the most amazing cream berliners that made your mouth water. Alfreda Street was full of great shops with vendors from all over the world. We had a Coles variety store on the corner and a large Venture Store that you can buy everything from. A fantastic toy shop that was chock full of toys of all kinds. Those days are gone but l still think St Albans is a great place to live.

I grew up in st Albans in the 70s when we were all just wogs . And I loved ever minuet off it . Horses and dirt bikes at the flat tracks that was our playstation .

Really not much has changed since I grew up there on Chalbury Grove. A little bit more modern train station and no more level crossing I still remember the big white wooden gates. But I still felt safe walking around when I came to visit. Now living on the Gold Coast since 1990. Went to Reserection catholic primary school and St Albans Tech.

"Back then it was Maltese,Italians,Greeks,Polish and Croation migrants". Ahh Jimmychircop!! How right you are! Brits Irish and Germans and of course Aussies also. All spread out but somehow bundled together not all that long after that dreadful war. Went to..("attended") for the wankas! Sunshine High School the very first year it opened. Had all sorts of Euro friends, just teens all dancing to Bill Hailey, Elvis, Chuck Berry. Some had their "Soccer", some had "VFL", some played Baseball, some Cricket. Some went on to achieve fame in the AFL. Never any inter racial or nationality issues. Demo's and weird personal identity clashes never occured in the streets or the playgrounds around Sunshine and St Albans let alone raised fists. I have always maintained the "Maltese,Italians,and the Greeks", as the song says, "built this city!" of greater Melbourne from the 1950's on. They climbed the ladders, drove their modified trucks and utes, mixed the concrete and laid millions and millions of bricks. Building Hospitals, Universities and Shopping Centers and let's not forget the roads to get to them, from one side of the greater suburban spread to the other. And now I recently read, their descendant families here in Oz are selling up their historic family properties and moving back to Italy, Malta and Europe. You have to ask...Why not?? Lots of love....Pommie Bastard!!

My childhood home. Lived in Avondale Avenue. Went to St.Albans East Primary and later to St Albans Tech. Great memories. Back then it was Maltese,Italians,Greeks,Polish and Croation migrants. Great ,hard working People. Even though no longer l😅iving in St.Albans,l still call it HOME

Definitely a Vietnamese shopping precinct. Many changes over the years .

Lived in Melbourne for 10 years and I have never been to St Albans.

Haha its a Vietnamese neighbourhood, why didnt you mention Vietnamese refugees from Vietnam war, that place belongs to them now 😂 not slavic, even tho some do live there

i appreciate this video that you’ve made but not sure why you said yugoslavia, yes, it may have been yugoslavia back then but please name the countries by their name, it’s ironic you said serbia separately when they were the ones who wanted yugoslavia to stay the way it was.

I used to date a girl from there

About as interesting as a fart in space