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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 4:52:55 AM on 28 May 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
Use left/right arrows to scan dozens of pictures of pre-Whitlam Melbourne manufacturing! https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1100347980609321&set=pb.100071264837449.-2207520000.&locale=da_DK https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1100347980609321&set=pb.100071264837449.-2207520000.&locale=da_DK

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 11:19:06 AM on 29 May 2023.
	Irext Location: Werribee South, VIC Member since 30 September 2016 Member #: 1981 Postcount: 470
Makes me sad. Back in the days when we made things in Aus.

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 1:48:19 PM on 30 May 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
Melbourne had so much character in the 1950s as can also be seen in location photography of movie "On the Beach" (1959?)

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 6:26:43 PM on 30 May 2023.
	DangerousDave Location: Toongabbie, VIC Member since 1 September 2020 Member #: 2438 Postcount: 130
I love seeing these old pictures of Melbourne south of the river. Such a contrasting change to what it is now.

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 6:53:14 PM on 30 May 2023.
	DangerousDave Location: Toongabbie, VIC Member since 1 September 2020 Member #: 2438 Postcount: 130
I love seeing these old pictures of Melbourne south of the river. Such a contrasting change to what it is now.

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 6:55:17 PM on 4 June 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
The picture of the corner store shows its extensive advertising for Cadbury, Nestle, Fanta, Pepsi, Tarax, and many Cig brands! In other words he's a drug dealer selling caffeine, sugar and nicotine! It's the same today, I still walk to corner store for a fix when feeling in a funk! pic of 1950's Melb cnr store: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=959793531331434&set=pb.100071264837449.-2207520000.&locale=da_DK

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 3:32:15 AM on 7 June 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
...by contrast, downtown Melbourne was alive and well in the 1950's. But would go into a gradual decline with the rise of suburbia until today's inner cities are pedestrian ghost-towns. But in the '50's, apart from Myer, there was this other big dept store I saw as a kid when we'd visit from the country, walking from Flinder's St; it had a giant ~60-ft Santa outside beckoning shoppers into the store; its name was puzzling - Foys - so I must have been able to read

Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 11:22:11 AM on 7 June 2023.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2017
I wonder if that Foys was related to Mark Foy's department stores that were in Sydney. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Foy%27s

Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 12:58:55 PM on 7 June 2023.
	MonochromeTV Location: Melbourne, VIC Member since 20 September 2011 Member #: 1009 Postcount: 1182
Yes, the Melbourne Foys is related to the Mark Foys of Sydney, but perhaps were separate businesses. The store, which still stands, is situated on the corner of Swanston and Bourke streets. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I somehow recall that there were two Foy brothers who had a falling out. Mark had Sydney and the estranged brother had Melbourne.

Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 1:55:47 AM on 8 June 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
QUOTE: Such a contrasting change to what it is now. I don't like all those Asian-style postmodern skyscrapers that dominate today.

Return to top of page · Post #: 11 · Written at 7:38:47 PM on 8 June 2023.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7307
Sydney has the best building which related to vintage radio - the AWA Building in York Street. As it is less than 150m high it is not technically a skyscraper but it was Australia's tallest building for quite a while. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 12 · Written at 3:06:20 AM on 9 June 2023.
	NewVista Location: Silver City WI, US Member since 10 May 2013 Member #: 1340 Postcount: 977
Super that they rebuilt the radio tower on AWA bldg. The RKO studios' tower - with lightning bolts radiating - gone https://viennasclassichollywood.com/2022/02/02/rko-remembered/

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