Nostalgia

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8 April 1976, Joanne Caleo, of Kyle Bay, pictured serving herself petrol at the Shell service station on the corner of Forest Rd & Gloucester Rd, Hurstville.
This service station along with the Shell on the Princes Hwy (Opp St George Leagures Club) had become the first two servo’s in the St George district to do without driveway attendants and become 'Self Serve'.

 

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Freddie Mercury - there was only one!

 

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7 April 1982: a line up of people checking out the new XPT train at Sydney Showgrounds during the Royal Easter Show at Moore Park

 

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1981 - Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Harry Chapin and John Denver at a benefit concert for the Harry Chapin Foundation formed by them to tackle hunger which is still in existence today

 

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Before (1955) and After (2023)

 

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Top legend actor Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit (2010)

 

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The Traveling Wilburys
George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Jim Keltner

 

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My Nanna used to wear that ❤️

 

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Mental as Anything is an Australian new wave and pop rock band formed in Sydney in 1976.
Its most popular lineup, which lasted from 1977 to 1999 and recorded all of their charting singles and albums, consisted of Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar, Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals, his brother Peter O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals, Wayne de Lisle on drums, and Andrew Greedy Smith on vocals, keyboards, and harmonica.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Mental as Anything is an Australian new wave and pop rock band formed in Sydney in 1976.
Its most popular lineup, which lasted from 1977 to 1999 and recorded all of their charting singles and albums, consisted of Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar, Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals, his brother Peter O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals, Wayne de Lisle on drums, and Andrew Greedy Smith on vocals, keyboards, and harmonica.
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“ hey there you with a sad face, come up to my place, and live it up;
you beside the dance floor, what do you cry for, let’s live it up “!

 

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The Victa Mower was first created in Concord.
The Commerative Plaque is on the Northern side of Goddard Park, Concord.

 

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15 April 1989 - Hillsborough Stadium Disaster

Facing disaster - the Forest fans at Hillsborough

Ninety-seven Liverpool fans died as a result of April 1989's Hillsborough disaster. Nottingham Forest fans have been the silent witnesses of the horror that day.

www.bbc.com

 

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If only !!

 

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25 years ago, the very FIRST episode of Hi-5 aired on @channel9 Sydney

 

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Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian) is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python - Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

 

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(This fell out of the "long, long ago" files.... )

Kirribilli car ferry (before Sydney Harbour Bridge was built)

 

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