The History Of The Melbourne Suburb Of Richmond

[@garynewton1263]

I was born in Richmond in 1968. We lived in Burnley, the affluent part of Richmond, right next to Toorak near the Yarra. I wouldn't change my childhood for anything. Us kids in the 70s & 80s always had fun, Saturday nights would be spent knick knocking and running or Spotlighting into neighbours windows, Playing with spud guns, fireworks, billy carts. In Richmond in the 1970s we regulary visited the local fish shops and played pinball or video games. We went to Burnley Primary School at Madden Grv and Yarra Boulevard. Back in the 70s was a dark time at Primary school as the Teachers/Principal still administered the strap up until around 1976. We were forced to drink plain milk from small glass bottles with foil tops. Richmond had many cultures back then, Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Yugoslav, Hungarian, German, Maltese, Turkish, Etc. Everyone got along. Some kids would sell newspapers in the station subways after school. We're lucky to have had some famous people who were born or grew up in Richmond, Edwin Flack, James Scullin, Squizzy Taylor, Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Reddy. I'm extremely proud to be a Richmondite, even though I live in Adelaide. 🥂❤

[@1ihws]

I lived in Richmond in the 1980’s - i wouldn’t have ever considered the Burnley end of Richmond the more affluent end of town - the place was always full of “effluent”, and I am actually “one of those people” who was grieviously injured in the fallout from the appointment of the Administrative Commisioner for the area, when all the crap went down in the State and Local Labor Parties - the thing about “truth in history” is that it isn’t any bloody different to “truth” in real estate - it’s always reflecting with “rose coloured glasses” and half truths!

[@danozism]

great video Gezza. Love hearing Bud's voice. Cheers

[@cm-kn9cd]

I lived in Ross St Richmond until the house was pulled down to make way for the housing commission in the late 1960s. Went to Vaucluse in the 70s and worked after school in Bridge rd Coles after school. My parents were friends with Dan Daley who ran the pub in Church Rd. Everyone was so friendly.

[@derhampaul2182]

a lot of people love the old footages of Melbourne

[@chrisferguson237]

Grew up not far away ... love this stuff. Thanks Gezza!!!

[@justingriffin2546]

I remember the skipping girl neon on punt road when i was 5...loved that sign...

[@chrisferguson237]

From Wiki - Alexander George Gillon AM OBE (23 December 1909 - 25 August 2007) was a civic and sporting administrator in Melbourne, Australia. He was most notable as the longest-serving president of the Victorian Football Association, and as a mayor of the City of Brunswick...... Awesome stuff

[@lesliejackson9867]

Tiger Town ,great place to work at the Richmond Abbatoirs, the pubs, the close proximity to the MCG & Olympic Park, Many good times I had in Richmond

[@mickcarson8504]

Where are you now, Leslie?

[@rogersmith4983]

And the Tity bars

[@vaughanvandabilt6709]

Ahh abbatoirs back Cremorne ,, anywhere got pub two min work flog wears extra quid always good thing ,,those days gone ,,cherry tree yuppie pub so hear

[@derekkelly8672]

Find me a highly skilled electrician to build me a time machine so I can go back in time

[@tonycostanzo4276]

I remember what Suburbs like Richmond offered to the kids , The yarra River, and merry creek were great places to grow up ,it was the time were all the Kids played in the street ,i even Remember tree huts in the street trees ,we would spend most of the day walking in the creeks and going to the Yarra River ,catching Fresh water cray fish and frogs ,it was a great time even walking to the old MCG to watch footy ,All the kids in every street new each other and friends were never lacking ,its all gone now

[@melbournemarvels]

Thanks Gezza, it's great to have access to this information on KZbin.

[@Gezza1967]

Melbourne Marvels cheers 👍

[@jodybeeton9286]

So interesting to see old footage, and pics i can't help though as an first nations woman notice the vast differences between black n white

[@frankboff1260]

I noticed that too

[@garynewton1263]

Exacto Windcheaters were made in Richmond and I believe the original mocassins were first sold in Richmond shoe stores too.

[@garynewton1263]

Anyone remember the Balls clothing store cnr of Swan & Chapel Sts where they used cable driven cannisters to move cash around the store? And the Butcher shops which had sawdust on the floors? Good times!

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 Yes Green's jewellers, we bought items from him. He was a good man. Oh so Dimmeys got that system? Mum and I moved from Burnley to Adelaide in 1992 so I don't remember when Ball's closed, maybe around 1990? I remember the banks, National, Wales and Commercial bank. Hot Licks record store. The Pawnbroker shop on the corner (north side) near church st. Kevin Dennis motors Cnr of swan st and Punt rd.

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 Oh ok. I don't temember Look and Listen. I did visit a record shop called Melb Music Exchange on Swan Street near Lennox st in 2008 whilst living back in Melbourne. I remember a dental practice in one of the streets off Swan street, north of swan street. I went there as a kid in the 70s and they still had old fashioned equipment. The place I really miss is an old cafe on Church street between Ball's and East Richmond station which existed in the 70s and first half of the 80s. They had the old fashioned Coke/Pepsi fridges and I'd go there with Mum and always get a Pepsi in a glass bottle and a cake or ham and cheese toasted sandwich. Also there used to be a very small Bicycle shop in Church street on a corner close to the station My father bought me a green dragster bike there in the 1970s. That old bloke was great.

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 I know Maxwells. Our fridge from 1988 that we bought from Maxwells is standing in my kitchen here in Adelaide. Reload Records I visited around 2012. I know Darlington Pde well, My mother lived in Waltham Street briefly in the late 1920s and saw Squizzy Taylor several times.

[@craigmc3614]

That sounds like Bud Tingwell!

[@wespaul9345]

It is and i object to the pom recalling our history

[@qqq2211]

Great footage Gezza thank for posting

[@Gezza1967]

+The Yarra Junior Footy Show cheers and thanks Gezza

[@TheNomad2727]

I reckon that photo at the 1.45 min mark was taken from the top of Richmond Town Clock Tower on Bridge Rd , and that street opposite is Lyndhurst street, which I lived in once

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Great little documentary, thank you 🙏🏽

[@VictorianTransportSpotter]

You’re welcome!

[@chrisferguson237]

If youre in Richmond and youre hungry you cant go past "Noodle World"!!! The food is always awesome, say G'day to Tom. Tell him Chris said Hello. PS on Bridge Rd, Coles side just up the hill on the way to The G.

[@georgestojkovski1026]

I used to live church Street I love Richmond there were pub every corner

[@georgestojkovski1026]

@@tmnl8037 anchor and hope I used to go every Friday Saturday that was beautiful place

[@claudialui06]

wow richmond is so different now lol

[@chrisferguson237]

Theo Sidiropoulos, a great story

[@TheSunnybunny2000]

BACK IN THE DAY RICHMOND WAS FANTASTIC THEY CALLED IT THE BRONX BUT IT WAS GREAT EVERYBODY KNEW ONE ANOTHER AND WAS VERY HUMBLE THEY BRED US TOUGH BACK IN THE DAY,NOW ITS ALL ABOUT THE TOFFEES MAKES ME SICK EVERY TIME I GO TO RICHMOND AND I LIVED THERE FOR FIFTY YEARS, IVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY 80 YEAR MOTHER OUT OF RICHMOND FOR YEARS

[@alasdairbaird7303]

IT MUST REALLY ANNOY YOU.

[@Joshua-jj4xn]

Nah.

[@imyourdoctor4799]

Why are you yelling

[@garynewton1263]

I'm from Burnley and I don't ever remember Richmond being refered to as The Bronx. I've heard Werribee/Hoppers Crossing being called the Bronx in the 80s. There were far worse suburbs in the 70s & 80s than Richmond like Collingwood, Fitzroy, Sunshine, St Albans, Altona, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Northcote, Reservoir, Footscray, Yarraville, etc

[@TheAxelay]

I used to go to Richmond quite afew times in the mid to late 1980's...It was the go to area for me when folks didn't want to waste to much money unlike the city. There were quite nice shops there which I won't bore the en' masses here which are probably are all virtually gone now. None stuck more than Dimmys which I thought had passed on but are now semi back but in a much more smaller guise which is better nothing I guess. Not a really big fan of the current Dimmys Coles-like supermarket but oh well....

[@garynewton1263]

Yeah I used to go to Dimmeys with my Mum in the 70s/early 80s when we lived in Burnley. My favourite store was Balls on the corner on Swan & Chapel Sts, they have these cable driven money cannisters used to move cash around the store, used to love watching them zip around.

[@TheAxelay]

@@tmnl8037 , oh no I wish?! Sorry no I'm not.

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 who are you talking to?

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 Oh the person who posted this. Sorry!

[@garynewton1263]

@@tmnl8037 Barry Humphries at Ball's? Really? Mum and I used to go there often in the 70s and early 80s......I don't recall seeing him there. I do remember Ball's was THE home of the Exacto Windcheater jumpers. I know Barry Humphfries and Geoffrey Rush have been frequenting shops in Camberwell for decades. Mum, Dad and I used to go to the Chicken shop on bridge road near the Town Hall which was owned by Denise Drysdale's parents. (1970s/early 80s).

[@brucemcdonald4374]

Bud Tingwell doing the narration

[@goldwingman1500]

I lived under the Pelaco Sign opp the Picture thearter i forget the name about a block or two from Hoddle st .

[@a7128]

old greek theatre

[@mickcarson8504]

That used to be a play theatre in the 50s.

[@mikisaba9336]

Gezza1967 love your stuff.... when roughly was this made ?

[@Gezza1967]

miki saba 1988👍

[@mikisaba9336]

Gezza1967 thanks 👍

[@Gezza1967]

Cheers Miki👍

[@urgodicu6263]

Forgot to mention how they killed all the black fellas first .

[@avinashthamal]

Anyone know the name of that amazing soundtrack?

[@potsy86]

noooo it ended - was totally fixated - do you have more? if not, no worries thank you anyway for posting.. loved it

[@Gezza1967]

Richmond library had it on vhs 10 yrs ago, may still have it?

[@potsy86]

I'll send them an email and see how I goes - thanks!

[@YamsGams]

@@potsy86 any update on this, would be awesome if someone was able to upload the whole thing for everyone

[@robbiewales3007]

Richmond came alive in 2017 when the football club won it's first grand final since 1980

[@arrowb3408]

Hahaha...That town hall remains unchanged. Tiger won in 2019 not my Magpie. Still can spot few old wooden shacks or house near Calton Brewery direction. So I see for those big green canopy along the built in area at around there was planted that long time ago since then. Everything has changed as time goes by. Didn't mention how much was a piece of 1 sq.m land at that time. Too bad.

[@mickcarson8504]

I had a job near Carlton United in Richmond years ago, somewhere near the Yarra. I wonder if they are still there. Great Ale that was, mate. Today we have XXXX, QLD piss. 🤢

[@darkhawk1979]

Is that Bud Tingwell narrating?

[@michaelrose3101]

Yes.

[@twomindz79]

no heroin?

[@paulohara8967]

Sad to see the decline of a once great suburb. Victoria St has become well known for all the wrong reasons.

[@ilikevines]

@@paulohara8967 Lol some guy offered to sell me crystal meth there one night...

[@mickcarson8504]

@@paulohara8967 Regrettably, Paul, it's a suburb of sickos and neddle pushers now. Shame. 😕

[@David-h4z2s]

Can't beat a bit of Oz

[@Pewie.]

I just noticed my mum was born in Melbourne

[@mickcarson8504]

Yeah? LOL. 😄

[@vaughanvandabilt6709]

Riverside hotel was dindgy pub closed down by heath department that many times ,many dirty deed gone on that place pub left as went freeway ,,lot toughest footballers come out Richmond ,capton blood won granny first year 30 stories about Bolger Dyer feeding whole streets starving children with mezly money getting playing Richmond,,,think that says alot about people and area ,,,looking out each other like that right up till ,70s always help someone down luck ,,hat get passed around ,,that all stopped by 80s great people

[@zakeiasunshine2933]

No heroin

[@zakeiasunshine2933]

I don’t know

[@zakeiasunshine2933]

Hi guys

[@zakeiasunshine2933]

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[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Run by man now

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Run by mad man now

[@Kinging76]

Ooh so lovely the place was empty no one was living here at all, open free land never came across any human life lol

[@mickcarson8504]

Beautiful hystory, Gezza. Why wasn't this in my recommendation instead of China China and effing China? India-China blah blah...

[@dhyeypatel3133]

who is watching this for school

[@jglg7238]

thank god times change, those days where racist days i believe

[@zakeiasunshine2933]

Are these people in the video still alive

[@mickcarson8504]

Some could be, not many.