Nostalgia

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21 February 1960
General street scene taken looking south along Elizabeth Street, Sydney, with Hyde Park left of picture.

 

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Darryl Stewart and Bobby Limb in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on 13 March 1973

 

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

 

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Led Zeppelin played in Melbourne on 20 February 1972 as part of their only Australasian tour. Performing at the outdoor Kooyong tennis stadium, they delivered a powerful set that was disrupted by a summer rainstorm. After a pause they returned to finish with classics like 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Whole Lotta Love'.

Led Zeppelin's only Australasian tour, 1972:

16 Feb - Subiaco Oval, Perth
19 Feb - Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide
20 Feb - Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne
25 Feb - Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
27 Feb - Sydney Showground
29 Feb - Festival Hall, Brisbane

 

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For those who grew up in inner-city Sydney, you might remember the Priest and the Publican.

Back in the 1980s, a bit of classic Aussie pub banter spilled onto one of Sydney’s busiest roads. Rev. Robert Forsyth, the Anglican minister at St Barnabas’, and Arthur Elliott, owner of the Broadway Hotel, faced off across Broadway, swapping cheeky signboard messages that gave me a chuckle every week.

 

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22 February 1964
Station worker places woman’s bags in the One day lockers at Central railway station in Sydney.
Back in the days when visitors to Sydney could place items in lockers for the day and went and saw movies, did shopping or went to Manly etc.
They are no longer at Sydney railway stations.

 

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Marion Cunningham was the only person who could call Fonzie by his first name "Arthur"

 

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The days when the Police used Mini Minors in Australia -

In 1966, the Police Force began using Mini Cooper S vehicles in a trial for the Special Traffic Patrol.
The Mini proved successful in its first weekend, leading to an increase in its fleet by 1969, mainly Minis were being used in police duties.

 

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Saturday Night Bingo, back in the day ...............

 

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Richard Bede McCosker is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.
Rick played in 25 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman.
He is well remembered for playing in the 1977 Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after he had his jaw broken by a bouncer off Bob Willis in the 1st innings.

In the second innings he batted at number ten in bandages with his jaw wired shut, making 25, and 54 for the ninth wicket in partnership with Rod Marsh. Australia won the match by 45 runs.

He also played in the World Series Cricket team, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976.