And my Mum too, champion @Halbrowne61
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Maybe everybody’s Mum, of a certain era, had this set !
I see a lot of these sorta things on a FB group, things I thought were unique to my mum and nan, but it seems they were quite common
The pink n blue striped sheets
The woolen blankets with satin trim
Kitchen ware, tupperware...coffee tea milk etc
On December 3, 1967, The Seekers created a seismic shift in Australian music history.
Appearing as special guests at the Moomba Music for Everyone program at the Myer Music Bowl, the band was scheduled to perform at 3:15 p.m.
But as early as 6 a.m., the crowd began to swell. By 10 a.m., a throng of people had crammed in under the scorching sun, and when The Seekers took the stage, the venue virtually disappeared under a sea of over 200,000 fans – a record-breaking number.
This was not only the largest concert in the venue's history, but also the largest audience in music history, and remains the record in the Southern Hemisphere to this day.
Appearing as special guests at the Moomba Music for Everyone program at the Myer Music Bowl, the band was scheduled to perform at 3:15 p.m.
But as early as 6 a.m., the crowd began to swell. By 10 a.m., a throng of people had crammed in under the scorching sun, and when The Seekers took the stage, the venue virtually disappeared under a sea of over 200,000 fans – a record-breaking number.
This was not only the largest concert in the venue's history, but also the largest audience in music history, and remains the record in the Southern Hemisphere to this day.
‘Sad day’: End of line for NSW’s beloved steel rattlers
The final V-set train service will wind its way over the Blue Mountains to Sydney in two weeks, marking the end of an era for a workhorse of NSW’s railways.
For one of NSW’s long-serving train drivers, the last V-set passenger service in less than a fortnight will be filled with emotion.
“It’s going to be a sad day because I’ve spent a lot of years driving V-sets. They were basically the backbone of the intercity network,” Peter Gunczy said.
Long-serving train driver Peter Gunczy in the driver’s seat of a V-set passenger train.
Gunczy, 63, will be in the driver’s seat of the state’s last V-set train service as it winds its way from Lithgow over the Blue Mountains to Sydney’s Central Station on January 30.
The morning service on the Blue Mountains line is due to arrive at Central at about 8.30am, marking the end of an era for a workhorse of NSW’s railways.
“I’m hoping I don’t shed a little tear when I get to Sydney. They hold a special place in my heart,” Gunczy said of the trains, adding how chuffed and honoured he was to be asked to drive the final V-set service.
After more than 55 years, the final service is also set be an emotional farewell for train buffs and commuters who have regularly travelled on the “steel rattlers”.
The stainless steel V-set carriages are arguably best known for their purple-coloured reversible seats, which were coloured green in their early years of service.
A V-set train is painted in its original “blue goose” livery at Sydney Trains’ maintenance centre in Auburn ahead of the final passenger service on January 30.
The 47-year veteran of NSW’s railways has spent more than half of his four decades as a driver on V-set trains.
“I saw them as brand new. As the years progressed, they got added to with newer safety features. I saw the reiterations of the different colour schemes on the outside, and the different colour schemes for the inside of the trains,” he said.
While they might look the same, Gunczy said each train had its own idiosyncrasies, and he treats them like he’s driving his own car.
“They are all different in the way they react to different things. The newer V-sets are based on a lot of electronics whereas the older V-sets were more mechanical type trains,” he said. “If you treated them correctly, they would treat you correctly.”
The V-set carriages are probably best known for their purple-coloured reversible seats.
The double-deck V-set trains will be completely replaced on the Blue Mountains line by the state’s long-delayed new Mariyung fleet, which has cost taxpayers more than $4 billion. V-set train services on the rail line between Sydney and Newcastle ended last June after 55 years.
Ahead of the final service, a V-set train is being painted in its original “blue goose” livery at Sydney Trains’ maintenance centre in Auburn. It will be used for the final service on the Blue Mountains line, and is set to remain in government ownership and used for heritage events.
Transport Minister John Graham said the V-set trains had carried visiting tourists, weary commuters and train lovers alike for over two generations.
“In those more than five decades on the tracks, the distance the fleet has travelled is the equivalent of going to the moon about 298 times,” he said.
“We all know these trains, whether that’s by their distinctive stainless-steel exterior with the ‘blue goose’ livery or the ‘bush plum’ coloured seats inside, often referred to as ‘eggplant’.”
The V-sets were built in Granville by Commonwealth Engineering – known as Comeng – between 1970 and 1989, and were described as “the most luxurious commuter stock in the world” when they rolled onto the tracks.
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