This video is well worth a look-

You will see a familiar shop at 3:00.

What was it used for back then?

great clip... thanks. My grandparents enjoyed watching it too

I think it was used to bore people to death!

That's a trip back to memory lane!
How little traffic there was on the roads...

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Shane said...

This video is well worth a look-
You will see a familiar shop at 3:00.

isnt that the NCC building in the foreground, i thought those two buildings are a bit further apart?

blast from the past,those little yachts were sabots sailed one at EFYC good fun

Ahhh i miss the daily news!

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snides8 said...

Ahhh i miss the daily news!

You can read Snides

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stringer said...

Shane said...

This video is well worth a look-
You will see a familiar shop at 3:00.

isnt that the NCC building in the foreground, i thought those two buildings are a bit further apart?

I drove past this afternoon and noticed that the building in the foreground is still there, but it's now painted dark grey and much less prominent.

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Bender said...

snides8 said...

Ahhh i miss the daily news!

You can read Snides

for the pictures... duh

best part of the daily news was the back page

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Greenroom said...

What was it used for back then?

To promote a white Australia? Notice the total absence of any ethnic minatory?

... but here the Synopsis from Film Australia: "Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Directed by Henry Lewes. A picture of life in the West Australian capital of Perth in the mid 1960s. The social, business, sporting and other activities of an average Australian family in Perth are told through the eyes of the local newspapers."

Great to see these sort of videos from a time before the internet and digital media documented 24 hours of our lives. Of course it shows more an idealised day in Australian life rather than reality.

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clarkee said...

blast from the past,those little yachts were sabots sailed one at EFYC good fun

Wrong wrong, guess again . They're Pelicans and they're at South of Perth Yacht Club. One of them is/was mine and there's me sailing it. Was stoked when there I was, on the screen. My ol' man will have a good laugh too when I show him the clip when I'm in Perth next.

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dinsdale said...

clarkee said...

blast from the past,those little yachts were sabots sailed one at EFYC good fun

Wrong wrong, guess again . They're Pelicans and they're at South of Perth Yacht Club. One of them is/was mine and there's me sailing it. Was stoked when there I was, on the screen. My ol' man will have a good laugh too when I show him the clip when I'm in Perth next.

Sorry dinsdale,was a fair while ago,sailed pelicans to great fun cheers