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[happy_tiger]

[quote="cqtiger"
Flip, now I'm showing my age because I remember when show bags were called sample bags - and they were free.

Yep,and for a while in the early 1960's the last day,Tuesday?, was for school kids,our School had Buses organised from the School to the Show Grounds at Moore Park.

Yeah can remember seeing the boxing troupe's at the shows

Talking of memorable people from that era I see Ross Higgins from Kingswood Country passed away this week

Flaming Wogs

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

[quote="cqtiger"
Flip, now I'm showing my age because I remember when show bags were called sample bags - and they were free.

Yep,and for a while in the early 1960's the last day,Tuesday?, was for school kids,our School had Buses organised from the School to the Show Grounds at Moore Park.

Where I was we would all climb a tree near the fence and hurdle over - saved us 2 bob, plus entered all the sideshow by slipping under the canvas tent at rear. Jimmy Sharmen's was the best, I can't tell you about the girlie one as we were underage.

 

[westTAHger]

Talking of memorable people from that era I see Ross Higgins from Kingswood Country passed away this week

Flaming Wogs

**I don't think that he liked Nuns much either :wink:**

 

[westTAHger]

Some of you like me, may have had to catch a bus to school.
The old buses, **coloured mustard creme on top, and green on the bottom.**
Had the old style double decker bus where you got on and off at the back left hand area.When bus was slowing down approaching where you got off, sometimes you would try and jump off just before bus came to a complete stop.
Colours then changed to blue / white, the double decker bus you got on in the centre to go up stairs.
The main bus area in Sydney where you got on and off buses was at Wynyard.
Hoyts movie cinema in George Street, with macca's underneath.

 

[Flippedy]

I remember those buses well TAH! :stuck_out_tongue:

This might freak some of the younger forum members out, but I also remember when Coles and Woolworths were Variety Stores (like the Reject Shop, only better) and not yet supermarkets! We had one of each in Burwood. I think we bought our groceries from the local corner store or some market at North Strathfield back then. It sounds so archaic now, I can't believe I'm still alive! 😱pen_mouth:

 

[innsaneink]

I remember those buses well TAH! :stuck_out_tongue:

This might freak some of the younger forum members out, but I also remember when Coles and Woolworths were Variety Stores (like the Reject Shop, only better) and not yet supermarkets! We had one of each in Burwood. I think we bought our groceries from the local corner store or some market at North Strathfield back then. It sounds so archaic now, I can't believe I'm still alive! 😱pen_mouth:

Woolworths Ashfield 1940s


1950's (long before my time thank you) :roll


 

[innsaneink]

Some of you like me, may have had to catch a bus to school.
The old buses, **coloured mustard creme on top, and green on the bottom.**
Had the old style double decker bus where you got on and off at the back left hand area.When bus was slowing down approaching where you got off, sometimes you would try and jump off just before bus came to a complete stop.
Colours then changed to blue / white, the double decker bus you got on in the centre to go up stairs.
The main bus area in Sydney where you got on and off buses was at Wynyard.
Hoyts movie cinema in George Street, with macca's underneath.

Three generations


 

[westTAHger]

Some of you like me, may have had to catch a bus to school.
The old buses, **coloured mustard creme on top, and green on the bottom.**
Had the old style double decker bus where you got on and off at the back left hand area.When bus was slowing down approaching where you got off, sometimes you would try and jump off just before bus came to a complete stop.
Colours then changed to blue / white, the double decker bus you got on in the centre to go up stairs.
The main bus area in Sydney where you got on and off buses was at Wynyard.
Hoyts movie cinema in George Street, with macca's underneath.

Three generations


thanks Ink, great photos.
Brings back some many god memories. Like when it cost you 5 cents to go from north ryde to school at Holy cross college, Ryde, on the 506\. Even if you caught 43 or 205 from top ryde and got of on cnr of Cox's & Wicks rd, Nth Ryde

 

[TCL]

Ha ha, great photos all of them.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Some of you like me, may have had to catch a bus to school.
The old buses, **coloured mustard creme on top, and green on the bottom.**
Had the old style double decker bus where you got on and off at the back left hand area.When bus was slowing down approaching where you got off, sometimes you would try and jump off just before bus came to a complete stop.
Colours then changed to blue / white, the double decker bus you got on in the centre to go up stairs.
The main bus area in Sydney where you got on and off buses was at Wynyard.
Hoyts movie cinema in George Street, with macca's underneath.

Three generations


Might have been in the front bus as a seven year old when I reached out to touch the traffic signal on the way back from Ryde pool and copped six of the best (probably the worst and most painful of my many canings) from fat arsed Mr Brown.

 

[Flippedy]

I remember those buses well TAH! :stuck_out_tongue:

This might freak some of the younger forum members out, but I also remember when Coles and Woolworths were Variety Stores (like the Reject Shop, only better) and not yet supermarkets! We had one of each in Burwood. I think we bought our groceries from the local corner store or some market at North Strathfield back then. It sounds so archaic now, I can't believe I'm still alive! 😱pen_mouth:

Woolworths Ashfield 1940s


1950's (long before my time thank you) :roll


Ah great pics Ink! The 1940s & 50s Woolies is a bit before my time also, but it must've still been there in the 60s? I know the ones in Burwood were anyway :mrgreen:

 

[GoldXR50Leroy]

While not from Sydney how many people from Bathurst remember where Coles had 2 stores?.

 

[yeti]

Thripence for a paddlepop (I loved the caramel ones)
Super balls
Pogo sticks
I shilling for a meat pie
yoyo demonstrations at school
disgusting milk left out in the sun at recess
Bread brought to your doorstep by the baker carrying the bread in a wicker basket - no plastic wrapping 'back then'
Bonfire night and they often had to close the airport because of the smoke!
Backyard incinerators
Gigantor on the tele at 4p.m followed by the Samurai at 4.30
Spiros Arion, Mark Lewin and Killer Kowalski on the wrestling at midday on Sunday (channel 9 of course)!
And no idea what was going on in the rest of the world!

 

[jadtiger]

On a more sombre note.The cold war, the war in Vietnam.The assassination of the Kennedys and Martin Luther king and the conspiracy theories surrounding them all.The civil rights movement in the usa against discrimination and oppression and to a lesser extent here also.
It was a time our generation thought we could change the world for the better and in some ways did but failed in others. I am so happy i lived through it. The music in general was excellent and always brings back memories when i hear it.
On a side note I have just bought a game which focuses on the period and it all comes flooding back when i play it (Mafia 3) language is strong but the soundtrack is fantastic and game is solid
Sorry to burden you all with my memories but it was "the best of times and worst of times"to use a phrase.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

A misconception at the time that I only recently discovered was that conscripts were not compulsory sent to Vietnam, that had to sign to agree being sent over. I imagine there was pressure and expectations in the Force and I did not hear of any one escaping out of it??

 

[Fade_To_Black]

A misconception at the time that I only recently discovered was that conscripts were not compulsory sent to Vietnam, that had to sign to agree being sent over. I imagine there was pressure and expectations in the Force and I did not hear of any one escaping out of it??

Bob Fulton was "co-incidently" stationed in Sydney to serve his time as a Vietnam conscript instead of being thrown to the wolves and forced to see combat in the jungles of Vietnam like other people who weren't so fortunate or had friends in high places like Bozo I believe.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

A misconception at the time that I only recently discovered was that conscripts were not compulsory sent to Vietnam, that had to sign to agree being sent over. I imagine there was pressure and expectations in the Force and I did not hear of any one escaping out of it??

Bob Fulton was "co-incidently" stationed in Sydney to serve his time as a Vietnam conscript instead of being thrown to the wolves and forced to see combat in the jungles of Vietnam like other people who weren't so fortunate or had friends in high places like Bozo I believe.

What I did not like about it was that the rich could escape by enrolling in uni (wasn't free then) so was delayed for years. It was the Liberal Party rich who voted in conscription but their children were escaping it via their privileged position. I thought only the children of those who voted conscription in should be conscripted. They weren't going to get me in anyway so I was not really worried.

 

[Basil_Tiger]

Some of you like me, may have had to catch a bus to school.
The old buses, **coloured mustard creme on top, and green on the bottom.**
Had the old style double decker bus where you got on and off at the back left hand area.When bus was slowing down approaching where you got off, sometimes you would try and jump off just before bus came to a complete stop.
Colours then changed to blue / white, the double decker bus you got on in the centre to go up stairs.
The main bus area in Sydney where you got on and off buses was at Wynyard.
Hoyts movie cinema in George Street, with macca's underneath.

Yeah,my memory of the mid to late 1960's was all the Bus strikes culminating with the Atlatean dispute in the early 1970's.My last few years at School,1966-68,was strike after strike,i had to walk about 3 miles to School.Then the Drivers had another long term strike where they only did the Morning/Afternoon Timetable,no Buses for Sport or Excursions.

http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34399

 

[WestsBenTigers]

It sounds like it was fun in the olden days

 

[happy_tiger]

A misconception at the time that I only recently discovered was that conscripts were not compulsory sent to Vietnam, that had to sign to agree being sent over. I imagine there was pressure and expectations in the Force and I did not hear of any one escaping out of it??

Bob Fulton was "co-incidently" stationed in Sydney to serve his time as a Vietnam conscript instead of being thrown to the wolves and forced to see combat in the jungles of Vietnam like other people who weren't so fortunate or had friends in high places like Bozo I believe.

Yet someone like Doug Walters had to serve

Supposedly he earned the nickname "Hanoi " as he was bombed every night