What a shame the town planners destroyed such a beautiful city.
@Dreamer108886 ай бұрын
The got rid of the trams a.. saddest part ever
@lindagardener8555 ай бұрын
Thank you for compiling this. I love old Sydney and suburbs.
@terrybarrett23683 ай бұрын
Same with Perth
@dorothysullivan91515 жыл бұрын
What a marvellous collection of photographs.
@weallmatteraustralia3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Collection of photos...Cried when I saw the Grantham was demolished just for a high rise...What a building that would still be today. The view of that Bridge and the money that came with it must have been more important than the Grand old Historic Building 😭😭😭
@haroldmclean3755 Жыл бұрын
I like seeing those old stone Buildings as I am a Heritage Restoration Stonemason and I have Worked on them, Some of them more than once lol 👍😀
@annstar4306 Жыл бұрын
Wow , thats so interesting and well done for the work you have done ! A big fantastic to you , you would be full of stories on the subject etc . Hope you see my comment . Today is June 10th 2023. 🙋 Jen from Kendall NSW.
@haroldmclean3755 Жыл бұрын
@@annstar4306 Hey there Jen 👍 Thankyou for your kind praise, Yes I have many interesting and entertaining Stories about those Grand and Beautiful Old Stone Buildings , Some of the Giant Architectural and Freestyle Carvings are Top Notch 👍😉 I hope that your keeping Warm up there in Kendall, I've got my Heater pumping away down here in Sydney , Its Cool lol 👍😉
@horationelson572 жыл бұрын
I have returned after 4 years; it's such a wonderful, engrossing compilation of my city that was once like an innocent, comely school-girl, but now looking quite haggard and spent (and riotously over-expensive) despite it's harbour and natural beauty.
@mspdu55363 жыл бұрын
I still find it sad to see the magnificent architecture be replaced with the ugliness of what we see today, i don't believe our horse and cart ancestors build those yesteryear masterpieces.
@Batman-wv5ng2 жыл бұрын
No respect for amazing architecture today ,it’s all ugly concrete boxes just money hungry evil people.
@Nicklovesmw2 Жыл бұрын
I think ur gay !
@darioburatovich2240 Жыл бұрын
@@Batman-wv5ng I think you are right, but it's the same in my native Buenos Aires. No respect, no culture.Just greed.
@Batman-wv5ng Жыл бұрын
@@darioburatovich2240 it’s all about money today no respect for anything.l am back home in Croatian for last 8 months 80% of people here are lies and crooks.
@seanlander93216 ай бұрын
@@Batman-wv5ng That’s what Town Planners do, they have destroyed cultures all over the world.
@tonymccarthy67135 жыл бұрын
What a great nostalgic look a old Sydney. I grew up there in 40s 50s and 60s. Wonderful happy memories. Thank you. Very well done.
@cindersmolloy6584 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, this brought back memories. Beautifully done.
@KJMudge6 жыл бұрын
Hi Peter , What a beautifully presented selection of historical photos of Central Sydney and it's surrounding suburbs. It was most enjoyable to watch and very educational. Thank you 😊
@bigglesflysagain17497 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh...The Trocadero......danced with my first REAL girlfriend on a Saturday arvo......Julie........she and I learned much, in the back seat of my Dad's Holden FE, parked in the dark, in Centennial Park. Sailed away on SS CANBERRA in 1964...quickie trips back in '68 and '78...Sydney was still a village, compared to today. Ya can't go Home ! Suburbs was soooo quiet and gentle and boring and safe and wonderful in the 40s....................................so now I believe I will have a cuppa and a BEX and go lie down ! THANX soooooooooooooooo much for the "mixed" memories!!
@YesYesYoureRight4 жыл бұрын
Bex was two medications (drugs) it was mix or aspirin and Paracetamol, it was changed to one medication only in the early seventies. . Doing that in Centennial Park was a gay-men thing to do. Were any men watching you(s) both or didn't you notice? You were probably thought of as two blokes, no one much had anywhere to go for a bit of private intimacy, in those days. Everyone was so unliberated. But it was a safe village-city, there were no such thing as security guards (or NIGHT WATCHMEN) as that was called in those days. I was born in Enmore but now live in Westminster. Have A Nice Day.
@BTW...4 жыл бұрын
@@YesYesYoureRight NO, You're WRONG - Bex, Vincent's APC and Veganin powders contained a mixture of Aspirin (420mg) - Phenacetin (420 mg) - Caffeine (160mg). They were addictive and caused kidney failure. This was discovered in the 60's yet not banned until 1977.
@michaeljoshualewis5382 жыл бұрын
In the late 70s I bought bed off the ice cream man for my mother, I have on this channel about 25 uploads of Sydney now,the old buildings,it sure as gone downhill
@keef785 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for putting this up, I'm only 40 but it is just great to see how it was in the old days before my day, makes me wish I was back in a simpler time, where people spoke and their was community, I was on the tail end of that, I still remember as a child going next door with a cup to borrow a cup of sugar or milk and going to the shops and leaving your doors unlocked. Things have certainly changed, some for the better but a lot for the worse.
@G-ra-ha-m Жыл бұрын
Lovely. Interesting to see the old museum, clearly hundreds of years old, Sydney must have been a wonderful sight when we first discovered it, probably overgrown and full of mud, but with these magnificent buildings ready to be re-purposed.
@Antmac75 Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing isn’t it. In less than 100 years after being settled we had a thriving city called Sydney. All built without so called modern technology 😂
@Pendaws5 жыл бұрын
A lot of these scenes are forever in my mind, I saw a few of them live when a boy. Ah, to be young and innocent again.
@aussieraver71824 жыл бұрын
What did people do those days in Sydney? And what would people do at the Sydney CBD apart from working?
@bencornelius16203 жыл бұрын
Those convicts were some talented builders!!😲😲 Its almost like Sydney was found 🤔
@daveg21043 жыл бұрын
Sure, muddy flooder - aka people confused by basements, among many other things. lol One of the stupidest, most pointless conspiracy theories out there. Not to mention shitting on the hard work, ingenuity and deprivations suffered in the early years of the colony. There are some fairly meticulous accounts of the early days of Sydney (and drawings and paintings). If you were in any way interested in doing some actual research.
@bencornelius16203 жыл бұрын
@@daveg2104 haha ok Dave 😂😂👍🏾
@daveg21043 жыл бұрын
@@bencornelius1620 troll
@bencornelius16203 жыл бұрын
@@daveg2104 no Dave called me a troll 😫
@daveg21043 жыл бұрын
@@bencornelius1620 👍
@horationelson577 жыл бұрын
Delightful piano accompaniment. Thank you for uploading this marvelous piece of nostalgia.
@sadiasuleman11022 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful town Sydney was
@dansclassics2 жыл бұрын
Amazing; right back to horse and carriage times; great job.
@tamascalderwood7292 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Loved it. What a town, through all these years.
@Nicklovesmw2 Жыл бұрын
Ever had sex in this town ? 😂💪🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@1935rmb7 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories for this Yank in Sydney, 1962. Stayed at the Peoples Palace I seem to remember. Then moved to Brighton le Sands. Nice country but returned to America after 1 year due to homesickness. Never returned..
@emohruo79966 жыл бұрын
Mate its changed I can tell you that
@petersinclair39974 жыл бұрын
Hope you can make it back, from someone, who has been to the States three times since then.
@PLANETIA013 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting these amazing pictures. It brings back memories and a little insight of familiar areas in Sydney that I have not seen before.
@Timothy29634 жыл бұрын
At 12.08 in the slideshow you have the image as "Sydney Stock Exchange". It is in fact the Royal Wool Exchange, Sydney. You will see a statue in the foreground of Sir Thomas Sutcliffe Mort looking towards the Exchange. He was one of the most prominent founders of the Australian Wool Industry. When the building was demolished in the early 1960's (as was his wool store next to Custom's House in Circular Quay to make way for the ugly AMP building - ironic as he was one of the three founders of the AMP) his grandson Charles Mort wrote to the Sydney Morning Herald suggesting that his grandfather's statue be turned 180 deg to look away from the site.
@Timothy29634 жыл бұрын
At 13:52 you have it correct.
@petersinclair39974 жыл бұрын
Hope it’s not true, but heard the Alfred Street AMP building is under a preservation order. Though, Goldfields House is gone. Both lent balance to the Quay.
@rosemarylynch74707 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much. You've brought back much of my childhood!
@albertweir50707 жыл бұрын
thank you i remember some of the old buildings as a kid when i visited sydney in the late50s and early 60s.
@GupshupCookingvlog Жыл бұрын
Beautiful place 😍 thank you for great sharing have a good day take care 💖👌
@FlyxPat2 жыл бұрын
10:31 Short S-23 Empire-Class Flying Boat
@Random_cam.7 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. Ive only ever seen a couple of those pictures until now. I love Sydneys architecture and I love walking around there.
@ianneill14004 жыл бұрын
10.02 not Parramatta road but is Livingstone & cnr of New Canterbury Road!!
@AJLangford7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Ill show this to the residents of a large nursing home. Cheers!
@peterbett71617 жыл бұрын
That's great. I hope they enjoy it!
@kiwaussiegirl7 жыл бұрын
Anthony Langford..... What a lovely idea ☺️
@kiwaussiegirl7 жыл бұрын
Peter Bett... So many I've never seen before. Cheers, Peter.
@ayalarkin5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for compiling and posting. Fascinating.
@masteryoda4983 жыл бұрын
Sydney was nicer back then, less crowded, no crime, simpler life.
@SISTERHENDRICKS23 Жыл бұрын
No 3rd world imports & A*!a?s
@JoLowden-oz9no Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing these pictures.
@Steven_Rowe7 жыл бұрын
thankyou. Really love the old photos and the music. Always wish i could put old photos in a time machine and go back to the exact moment when the cameras shutter operated perhaps not maybe imagination is better than reality
@peterbett71617 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, Steven. I'm glad you enjoyed the compilation. Sydney seemed like quite a charming little city back then.
@horationelson577 жыл бұрын
Indeed it was charming. Now it resembles a burnt-out, old prostitute, like all large, western capital cities. It's called progress.
@paulb5624 жыл бұрын
ancient Greek architecture what is doing in Australia ,,. The bridge. is very interesting. 1922. ? bridge construction in Australia. we see in the 1960s. don't forget West gate bridge , arivadetchi,
@tonyswietochowski22825 жыл бұрын
Great pictures. Shame they got rid of the trams.
@bustechvst38653 жыл бұрын
its back
@121211495 жыл бұрын
Luna Park "Just for Fun" and the Trocadero,spent many great times there, and all the rest,great memories,thanks.
@cherylpurdue888 Жыл бұрын
Central station changed,they have done it all up, looks good🙂🌺
@cardinalpuffpuff547 Жыл бұрын
Shows, sadly, the city centre before it become so dark with the streets overshadowed by the tower blocks.
@stevecurry606611 ай бұрын
Very good Peter. Just one thing I noticed at the 5:49 mark, you have annotated George St. The picture shows Prouds Jewellery store which is in King St cornering Pitt St. Wonderful music as well.
@zelly81636 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. When I lived in Sydney I'd walk every where from Bondi Junction to Newtown from the Rocks to Gelbe Point Road trying to piece together Sydney's history wish I would have seen this collection back then. Yet, strangely it is exactly how I imagined it would have looked except for the Rocks which by the 1980's looked and felt nothing like its old photos. Thanks again.
@tsegulin7 жыл бұрын
Whoever shot this had a good eye and a great ethnographic sensibility. This would have been neither easy nor cheap in colour 16mm in 1940. Do you know if this was shot on Kodachrome or Ektachrome? Was it restored for colour? The transfer seems pretty good really. I grew up in Sydney and recognize much of the places in the film that have long since gone. Wonderful to see the old pontoons at the Manly harbour side beach. I used to play at Bobbin Head as a kid. Whoever recognized the value of this and took the care and expense to digitize it has my eternal gratitude. The Australian National Film and Sound Archive should fund a full digital restoration. This is a true piece of history. Thanks Peter!
@christianvaz-od2cq2 ай бұрын
Wonderful !. But uncredibly destroyed...what a shame!.
@petersmith97715 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing these times
@petersinclair39974 жыл бұрын
Great theatres have been lost, but the banks seem to have survived.
@kostadean28393 жыл бұрын
interesting
@worldseyes20227 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, some buildings are still there, lovely Sydney,
@MoreLocations6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing beautiful ❤👍🏻
@paulwinfield55275 жыл бұрын
Outstanding presentation great photos.
@tedcullen74807 жыл бұрын
FABULOUS. Thanks for putting it together. I'm posting it on Facebook
@peterbett71617 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ted. Hope your Facebook friends enjoy it.
@mltoob2 ай бұрын
At 10.02 it’s not Parramatta Rd, but cnr of Canterbury Rd and Livingstone Rd. The facade of the Beynon and Hayward building is still there today.
@robertthomson2159 Жыл бұрын
What a beaut.
@stevenhancock94296 жыл бұрын
Love the collection. I work where the Anthony Horderns building was, in a 50 story building that replaced it. A correction, at 5:56 is corner of George and Hay with Palace Hotel on left..
@paullewis24134 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember Anthony Horderns shame it wasn’t preserved. I think the greatest loss to Sydney was the Hotel Australia the nation’s most famous and historic. I can just remember the restaurant with large windows overlooking Martin Place.
@bert2333724 күн бұрын
@@paullewis2413 Blame MLC for that. At least they haven't torn down 44 Martin Place across the road........yet
@ThePerson19593 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed looking at these old pictures or Sydney but I had to keep jumping on the pause to look at the detail. Just a touch to fast moving to next pics but lovely pics and really enjoyed seeing them all.
@MrCodeerror3 жыл бұрын
10:01, that photo was taken on the cnr of New Canterbury Rd and Livingston Rd Petersham.
@juliesmith55672 жыл бұрын
What a loverly lot of sights there were
@MissMellyVee6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this, fabulous collection of photographs :)
@MissMellyVee2 жыл бұрын
@Henry Newton how lovely and kind of you … thank you ☺️
@Pavanesound5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mr. Bett. So interesting...
@stigonutube4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see parramatta rd "9.56" has not changed much since 1920s LOL
@aaronblake79476 жыл бұрын
4.05 Telephone Box @ end of Tram is Cnr Wallis St & Edgecliff rd, Woollahra.
@petefoto31433 жыл бұрын
Brilliant ... They should have kept those ornate buildings and modernize a different part of Sydney ... much like what they're trying to do with The Rocks; although somewhat too late.
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely amazing Thank you 🐦💜🍒
@mscorrell Жыл бұрын
I received a large part of my education at the Windsor Castle Hotel, Paddo 9:40. Also visible is the fire engine used in tv ads.
@elvisbartoli66873 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@royburnell41695 жыл бұрын
A great collection - I really enjoyed it.
@aaronblake79476 жыл бұрын
10.00 IS Cnr New Canterbury Rd & Livingstone Rd Petersham. ( Note Benyon & Hayward in Background. )NOT Parramatta Rd.
@viviekazanili10776 жыл бұрын
yes that right i lived at Petersham i noticed it as well i wonder what yr it was?
@aaronblake72495 жыл бұрын
Hi Vivie , Ive been Busy, I can confidently Say 1954, if you look above the awning of the Livingstone Hotel. there is a promo for THE Vagabond King. I checked with Petersham Town Hall Archives! Regards Aaron Blake.@@viviekazanili1077
@bert2333724 күн бұрын
At 3:43 the partially visible building on the right appears similar to the CBC bank building that now occupies the site at 343 George Street. At first glance I took it for the present building but then noticed the height. The building shown must have been torn down to build a similar but much taller building in the 20's. Sadly many buildings in Sydney have a life expectancy of no more than a few decades. Also different columns, Ionic on the present building.
@Velishea19 күн бұрын
Even stranger is that the post office building on George Street in early photo’s, has two, end pillars with arch, and only 3 inner arches with beautiful ornaments over them, now it has 5 ornamental arches, and the 2 pillars with arch). In other photos a little later (around 2 years) they did add another couple of storeys to the top. I’m just confused how they stretched it. All pictures I have saved, show they face George St (they all have the clock). I know the building well as I worked for a shipping company in the early 90’s I was 19 & had to get our mailing machine re - collaborated, and pay for future posting. Also they still had a man that operated the cage elevator in uniform. He must have been at least late 60’s, maybe 70+.
@JoshSamimi20242 жыл бұрын
Happy 90th birthday Sydney Harbour Bridge
@JoshSamimi2024 Жыл бұрын
I love they got the music of Carnaval for piano, in there
@umbertogalasso12804 жыл бұрын
At 10:02 that is not Parramatta road it is the corner of New Canterbury road and Livingston road Petersham
@1BIGFROGGY3 ай бұрын
5:50 is King Street not George Street! Prouds was on the corner of King and Pitt Streets.
@bert2333724 күн бұрын
Looking east along King Street. I think for well over a century Prouds were at that location opposite Kings Hotel. The location now has 'Tiffany & Co.' signs
@joshuataylor60877 жыл бұрын
Sydney was so charming and quaint back then. What a shame they knocked it all down and replaced it with Surfers Paradise.
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing5 жыл бұрын
Joshua Taylor wtf? Sydney and Queensland are two different states?.
@stevecallachor4 жыл бұрын
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"..........l..........Joanne Mitchell, a world wide phenomenon!!! Stavros
@bert23337 Жыл бұрын
The glorious state of Sydney!
@pitvondone2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Riverwood in 1990 and they still had the elektrik kable over the road.
@SSK9s7 жыл бұрын
AWESOME :) Thank you very very much.
@bert2333724 күн бұрын
At 5:33 Blanchfields Hotel demolished to widen Goulburn Street
@roblox-vp1rq3 жыл бұрын
lovely pictures, it is fantastic to see a collection like this. Where do the years go?
@valziexuglyforehead39165 жыл бұрын
if anyone beliefs we got that much built 50 years after the first fleet you have to be joking.it would take 50 years to build some of those buildings.it would have took 50 years to just sought out the quarries for building on this scale
@kimberly-mo5cp5 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing.Also,why do we never see construction pics of these solid stone buildings even though they had cameras to photograph other stuff?
@pessimisticpianist5825 жыл бұрын
@@kimberly-mo5cp If your interested in Australia's history, i would recommend you search " Mudflood Australia " ,might answer some of your questions
@misst17415 жыл бұрын
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Fremantle, Ballarat, Bendigo, Warnambool - super busy convicts and their progeny..where did that work ethic or talent for architecture go?? They sure didn't pass it on - seems they couldn't knock it over fast enough. Baffling .... on a lighter note Woolies could learn a thing or two about cafeterias & merchandising from their predecessors.
@pessimisticpianist5825 жыл бұрын
@@misst1741 Everything you say is true, a few thousand busy and largely sick convicts build all these huge amazing buildings? Garbage, at least some of them already existed.
@SmellyStains5 жыл бұрын
I thought the 1st fleet was 1788. That would be more than 100 years before the oldest photo in this collection
@aaronblake72495 жыл бұрын
@ 5.50 King St / Pitt st Looking east! NOT George st, Building in front of tram still there.
@annehat48333 жыл бұрын
We never built all that....who did ??
@bert23337 Жыл бұрын
Another more advanced civilization
@annehat4833 Жыл бұрын
@@bert23337 the advanced civilization you speak about are our forefathers....History they try to indoctrinate us with is a huge fabricated lie.....eg convicts....load of crap !..... if we want to find the truth we need to look into things from the ground up......look at the railways around the world......look at roads around the world (paved)....even in aus if you check out old pics they have been doctored as with the sky....shadows going in all direction in a single pic !
@SISTERHENDRICKS23 Жыл бұрын
@@bert23337💯
@annehat48335 ай бұрын
@@bert23337 if you have a look at the david jones building....on top it says 1333 !....watched a couple of others....old pub 1365......another terrace 1515
@MrFadicuz Жыл бұрын
sydney the most beautiful country in the world
@joeblogs47013 жыл бұрын
From a population of almost zero British folk in 1800, they, in only 90 years, were supposed to have built all of those multi-storied buildings by 1900. Impossible. You need a major manpower workforce, and, a skilled one at that. Someone is not telling the truth.
@121211495 жыл бұрын
Harry's cafe de Wheels, so many times the mates and the girlfriends, went there for the best pie and peas ever,just sayin'
@casscumerford58864 жыл бұрын
I still old and innocent---I 76---but feel 20---from smoking, and eating lots of sugar----- and lots of coffee----lot of dope when young but stopped after 10 yrs----I like gals----my name pete too but I changed it to cass when I became actor---cass easy for castin folk to remember----I typin a lot today cause I stayin inside cause of new corona virus---aint trustin NO ONE to come near me---my life too good right now
@stigonutube4 жыл бұрын
i can relate to that in the 90s.
@zwarst5 жыл бұрын
Thanks really enjoyed that,
@leonilladmitrieff55022 жыл бұрын
wow, only thing , bit fast , make it half as slow ... otherwise , I had to keep pressing the button to pause , lol
@michealtom54533 жыл бұрын
Good stuff,,
@CoogeeMedia3 жыл бұрын
Great!
@ALITISA787 жыл бұрын
12:18 A modern picture made back n white. You can see the sky scrapers, sky lights on the roofs oh and a Tv antenna lol. Sorry I notice everything.
@peterbett71617 жыл бұрын
Well spotted! Looks like a satellite TV antenna on one of the terraces.
@Olbucko6 жыл бұрын
Aren't you just so so clever!, 50 years ago we did have sky scrapers, skylights, and TV antennas, and the Opera House was nearly finished. The dish was probably a microwave dish.
@petertaylor36006 жыл бұрын
They did say pictures of old Sydney. This can be photos shot of early buildings, taken much later. I can't see it mattering.
@petertaylor36006 жыл бұрын
Abnsolutely right, Olbucko. Well said.
@keef785 жыл бұрын
I first spotted the sky lights on the roofs, though this is titled old Sydney so by definitionit fits but is in contrast to the rest of the much older Sydney photos.
@valziexuglyforehead39165 жыл бұрын
great video
@aaronblake72495 жыл бұрын
@ 5.57 HaySt / George St Looking East Both Buildings Still there NOW a Light Rail Stop.
@climber2222 жыл бұрын
@1:50 is that the ice skating rink?
@sketchessketches10743 жыл бұрын
fantastic shots of the biggest Electric Tram set up in the world in 1823. wow those convict bob the builders were faster than a speeding bullet in 35 years since colonized 1788 !! luvyawork...sketch
@sigmaoctantis18922 жыл бұрын
Funny how that happened in 1823 when electrification of the Sydney tram network started in 1898. Are we talking alternate realities or something?
@philipbrailey Жыл бұрын
If it’s in England, they keep it. If it’s in Australia they pull it down.
@joezephyr2 ай бұрын
i want the pants that dont fall down!
@grantmcauliffe34375 жыл бұрын
Thank you. :-)
@misst17415 жыл бұрын
great pics...not much of it left now..butchered...pity current population influx aren't as handy with brick & trowel:))
@cezrok54055 жыл бұрын
A lot of these old buildings i think were made by an older more advanced civilisation i cant find any proper construction photos from around 1888 when supposedly a lot of these great buildings were built - how did they put in those massive marble one piece columns in the city ? Where was the quarry for them - there are no public records
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing5 жыл бұрын
Cez rok Indeed you’re definitely correct!.
@automandan30665 жыл бұрын
Car crashes were like how plane crashes are today , People would just freak out
@rajivmurkejee74986 жыл бұрын
I see that Sydney didn't like it's trams and closed them down but Melbourne has kept theirs . I think Melbourne has made the right decision but I guess Sydney people disagree and think Melbourne is old fashioned
@keef785 жыл бұрын
Nah I agree, Sydney made the worst move taking the trams out and clearly the gov regret it and are trying badly to resurrect them with the debacle that is the light rail system.
@petertaylor36005 жыл бұрын
They decided to close down the trams in the Sydney CID because the roads, which in the beginning were only tracks for herding cattle, etc., were too small to take the tramways in the end. The decision to remove them was the worst the council ever made, but at the time they wanted to clear the way for cars. Melbourne has always had more properly designed roads and room for the public transport system. That's more or less why, Rajiv.
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing5 жыл бұрын
Peter Taylor I highly doubt this information as Sydney had the Biggest Tram System in the Southern Hemisphere and had definitely been layered out well planned with for thought in the cities and suburban communities included within this system. Sydney did exactly what every other country did around this time and it was a insurance claim in the end. Same with Brisbane both store sheds suddenly burning Down after the public said no to getting rid of trams and political issues eventually gave into the petroleum companies and scrapped all the trams. Several huge cities in USA had similar stories with trams being too big or not wide enough streets. If they drove herds of bullocks down Main Street then trams and trucks will. That’s my point they say oh they’re too big and so and so and they get rid of them to have now these days big trucks bigger then trams crawling around Sydney. It is all to do with petroleum and that’s what happened to Sydney trams.
@trackdusty4 жыл бұрын
@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing Savvy.
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing4 жыл бұрын
Dusty Camino ; Thanks
@valziexuglyforehead39165 жыл бұрын
the painting at the 10.56 mark has 1623 written on it.whats that all about
@daveg21045 жыл бұрын
I don't know why you think it is a painting, but anyway, I would say that 1623 is just a catalog/print number.
@valziexuglyforehead39165 жыл бұрын
thought it was a painting have to look again
@misst17415 жыл бұрын
Looks about right
@georgeprokopenko30443 жыл бұрын
i saw a castle top of Williams street
@mickmccluand4677 Жыл бұрын
0:26 Bloody hell?
@aaronblake79476 жыл бұрын
6.35 Is Capitol Theatre - Campbell St. NOT the Hippdrome.
@daveg21045 жыл бұрын
For anyone wondering. The Capitol Theatre was originally a market building (New Belmore Markets - 1892), then in 1916 the building was converted to a hippodrome designed specifically for the Wirth Bros circus. In 1927/28 it was converted to a theatre.
@bluemarshall61805 жыл бұрын
What time does the Shops and Stores Closes During that time. 😄
@TheEarthHistorysConfusing5 жыл бұрын
Blue Marshall probably 9:930 am? To 3pm? My mother said this . Thanks
@aussiejohn58354 жыл бұрын
I worked in a department store called Farmers. This was cnr George and Market st. Opening hours : 9am - 4pm Mon-Fri. 9am-12midday Saturday. Closed Sunday. Nothing opened on Sunday , not even the cinema. Closed Public Holidays.