Scarborough Beachfront, Perth, Western Australia, June 1984

This is the old Scarborough beachfront that we grew up with. Many happy memories!!

[@danno1974ify]

People were living in a great time and they didn’t know it

[@yammlajatt3608]

How beautiful and peaceful that place was in 1984

[@kenchristie9214]

No it wasn't. Idiot hoons and drunk morons was the norm back in the 70's. The rot set in when the Snake Pit was closed down in October '62.

[@johnnydev9318]

Yes, a few years before developers got their hands on the area and turned it into almost a mini Gold Coast

[@garysmith4656]

My mates and I used to cruise from Freo on a Saturday Arvo to get a feed at that burger shop . Then we would hang around to listen to Live band and grab a beer at the Scarborough hotel . If it was a bit quiet there we would head on back to the OBH . Always good music and lots of lovelies there . THOSE were definately good times . Thanks for the memories .

[@fungooloo12]

I moved to Perth in 88 and at that time Perth was similar to this with plenty of uncluttered space, very few people around, it felt like a country town really, it was beautiful and a great place to live. I moved away in 1999 to Melbourne, I didn't want to leave but had to due to employment and family. I have been back since to visit a relative but I have to say it is no longer the place I moved to in 88. I would not go back now but I do have fond memories of my time there.

[@peterhoulis1184]

Peters by the sea was an iconic Scarborough beach place to get a great feed , the greek boys had the shop , i was 19 then

[@chrispotterp8105]

Wow great memories it’s hard to imagine especially when you see what it looks like today 👍👍

[@danozism]

When I was about 6 or 7 we used to visit my grandmother in Scarborough most Sunday afternoons, in 1984/85. This is such great footage to see, all these years later. Thanks. It even looks like a Sunday afternoon!

[@jamesvalentine4597]

My beautiful mother in law Robyn’s sister lyn filmed this amazing footage and what a nice surprise it was to me to find this out. They have all past now. R I P till we meet again 🙏

[@faithsheehan2544]

I'm guessing that your precious mother in law preserved a piece of our lives to recall. Nowhere have I seen this recorded history. May she rest in peace and God bless her

[@kennyknackers6084]

I was 11 and remember peters by the sea

[@faithsheehan2544]

@@kennyknackers6084 what a blast....I'm 53yrs and living in Cairns. I grew up on the corner of filburn and Manning st. It would be interesting if we knew one another as Kids

[@kennyknackers6084]

@@faithsheehan2544 my family home was in gwelup but I went to Scarborough high ! I remember eating red rooster on the grass hill with family and neighbours and watching the drags from a safe distance, and blowing whatever change I could at the big arcade or pinball parlour next door to Peter By The Sea

[@faithsheehan2544]

@@kennyknackers6084 those were the days. Thankyou for story....I loved the drags. My family watched them from lounge room window😁

[@thatonethisone5904]

Much nicer than the overcrowded mess it is now

[@kenchristie9214]

In the 60's I used to spend hours in Gay Gordan's playing the pinball machine with my friend. It was called Pirate Cove. It was a four player machine and we would team up to rack up the replays. Back then it was sixpence for one game and a shilling for three games. We never spent more than a shilling. The destruction of Scarborough commenced with the closure of the Snake Pit in '62. The 3 to 4 metre surf has disappeared along with Trigg's Island. Lifesavers are now the Americanised lifeguards and Surf carnivals are a fading memory.

[@june-uni]

And a hot dog and a banana milkshake after a good surf 😊

[@jeremyglauert870]

Love Scarborough. Use to go to the Scarborough Drags in the 70s and moved to Deanmore Rd Scarborough in 1980 and still live in Scarborough. It’s a top spot

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

The old quarter mile drags before the roundabout and clock was built around 79

[@TheTheQueenOfFluff]

I’m 37 so this footage was filmed when I was 1. But this is precious, I love seeing old footage like this, I wish I was there having a beer at the Scarborough Hotel (never knew it even existed til now). 1984 doesn’t seem like that long ago, yet the the people who filmed this are dead. Thank you for uploading this, forever archived as a snapshot in time.

[@Banjolyn1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a great era. Lyn & Tony

[@lydiagrace2520]

How do you know they are dead it was only 38 years ago

[@VenturiLife]

Peters by the Sea never went fortunately. : )

[@martindormer2116]

That's because he was the only owner in the block who refused to sell out to Bondy.

[@tonetonix]

What a loss. I used to go to the Scarborough to watch bands on Sundays. But it's great to see the old bohemian wonderland that it was.

[@MrDigger450]

I remember doing burnouts in the bottom carpark good days

[@simonscott1121]

yep I remember that too!

[@mariescott5892]

So do I 😂😂 it was so much fun!! Fantastic decade the best! 👌awesome cars awesome bands.🥁 AWESOME EVERYTHING 🍻🍻🍻 to that 😀

[@robelliott1971]

How good was it!! Haha drop some oil and get the show going!! Good times

[@MrDigger450]

@@BryantEnglishTV sure do we used to call them the Mickey Mouse hills like a roller coaster 👍

[@xr6lad]

Well they say guys often have no brains . Nothing like trying to impress other guys by wrecking tyres that you then have to replace at $$$.

[@V8InterceptorHardtop]

Wow, that's me in the doorway. I remember it like it was yesterday, shame it took 30 years for me to see it.

[@Banjolyn1]

Absolutely fantastic blast from the past. They were the days!! Nice to meet you at last!

[@faithsheehan2544]

I grew up in filburn St n cen of Manning st. Who remembers the drags and the sunday sessions. I was a kid but what a blast...especially when the bikers rolled in along West coast hwy and the beauty pageants on the beach...how blessed was I to grow up in such a 'coloueful' environment?😋

[@every1665]

@@faithsheehan2544 I've heard a story that the bikies took it upon themselves to handle any trouble makers. They didn't want the cops hanging around, so instead of having to hire security (which probably wasn't even done back then) the owner was quite happy to let the bikies act as bouncers. As a result, if you behaved you were quite safe. I'd say from the amount of broken glass and blood I've seen on Sunday mornings now, that's no longer the case.

[@faithsheehan2544]

@@every1665 oh yeh...they were a presence. The closest cop shop was on Scarborough BCH Rd and was scantily manned. Shit did break out (often with the surfies travelling up n down the coast) and what the bikes didn't start they certainly finished. I can remember coming home from beachfront one day and a Bikie dragged me onto his bike and escorted me safely access hwy as a brawl broke out. I'd make a fortune on a Sunday session collecting coke empty coke bottles off them and trading them in down at local pin ball parlours......I always seen them as the 'good guys'

[@every1665]

@@faithsheehan2544 Thanks for that story.

[@KathleenJ]

I forgot it looked like that! My childhood memories got jogged. Thank you so much for uploading.

[@humanfactorsio]

Aweosme bit of history

[@andrewkymantas3877]

To be able to go back to that time and place in my opinion I think it looked much better back then then now

[@kenchristie9214]

It was far better in the 60's. The rot set in when the lower carpark was built in '64. Surf was far better with 4 metre waves. The sand bar is no longer there for good surf and Luna Park was replaced by a Shopping Centre in the early 70's.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@kenchristie9214 still get monster waves. I've been sucked into a few enormous ones, so scared I wouldn't come out alive. I'm not a surfer, just a chick but used to swim out where the surfers were, roll up over the big waves. Mistimed it on more than one occasion and got sucked right down into the dark cave like recess. I was churned around violently like I was in a washing machine, my head hit a surfer's head lol we both survived but jesus christ, I don't go out there anymore when the swell is up. I've also watched from the sand one day when the waves were enormous. It was spectacular to watch. It might not be like that as often as it once was? Don't know really

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@kenchristie9214 and those waves were bigger than 4 metres

[@kenchristie9214]

​@@CovidConQuitTheCensorship In the 90's I caught up with old school friend Ron Vidler and asked him "Is it my imagination or has the waves got smaller at Scarborough". His response was "They have gotten a lot smaller". That is the general opinion of everyone I I've spoken to who went to Scarborough High. Most of us hate the way Scarborough Beach has been systematically destroyed since the mid 60's.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@kenchristie9214 I'm sorry but I don't believe that

[@monikasaringer1152]

And typical bloody Perth knocking down a beautiful art deco building

[@barneyboy7771]

Thanks Lyn and Tony, other countries,, the tower bridge, statue of liberty, Amazon river. Well you have got the lot. Scarborough beach including the Snake Pit. Amazing, great stuff.

[@Banjolyn1]

Great era!! Loved every minute. Fabulous atmosphere - sadly gone.

[@Spookieham]

Just drive it by it 30 mins ago - pubs and clubs are absolutely rammed with Easter Sunday. Looks very different now obviously

[@niklashall5969]

Must have been a great golden age, my Dad would be 21 there.

[@Banjolyn1]

A fabulous era.

[@garycummings6709]

looks better then than now!

[@AussieTVMusic]

Thanks for filming it. brings back loads of memories for me.

[@ceeemm1901]

They. didn't get 'Peters by the Sea'. Snakepit also one time 'Taco Mexicana" among many other reincarnations. And my second home just over the road...The Scarborough Hotel. Man, Scabs has changed sooo much. How long does it take for someone with aesthetics, landscaping skills and creativity to come along. The early 80's was when 'bland' finally gave way to "hey, we can tart this up and make money here !" Then Snobservation City was built. The Scarborough Drags on a saturday night. Pinnies, table soccer and pool. I even went to a few parties in the flats at the back of the shops,they were like flea and rat infested crack houses back then. Ahhh, halcyon days.

[@louisdimov8956]

HEY 🥰 YES SUNDAY AFTERNOON CRUISING. GREAT WEEKEND 🥰

[@oneBshortofanitch]

Oh wow, my youth - there it is...or was - drags in the car park - chip butties, pinball machines and pool tables at Gay Gordons, sitting on the cable reels in Minderbinders, Pool Tables at Toms, Chico Rolls at Peters by The Sea, That fantastic old Art Deco style pub that should never have been pulled down and the rows of Sandman panel vans and Kombis on the weekends - all great fun

[@faithsheehan2544]

I'd be surprised if I don't know you?

[@every1665]

So true about the old 'art deco' style pub. Reminds me of how streets and streets of beautiful federation style homes in Melbourne were razed before the 1956 Olympics because the organisers were worried the rest of the world would think we were backward and undeveloped. Those Sandman panel vans - every parent was terrified their daughter might be in the back!

[@ceeemm1901]

@@every1665 "If this vans arockin, don't come aknockin", haha the old Root Ute!

[@Jerseywonder56]

Wow, how very different it looks now. Great. thanks for sharing

[@johnnydev9318]

Worked right there 1972 to ‘74 in the Commonwealth Bank just down Scarborough Beach Road from West Coast Hwy - not bad times, from memory 🤔🤔🤔

[@johnnydev9318]

@charles bronson remember those bank books - also remember working there during summer with no aircon 😩😩 and you guys came in straight off the beach looking nice and cool 🥲🥲🥲

[@ceeemm1901]

Remember Mr Jim Hughes in Personal?

[@traceymerry1655]

I loved Scarborough back then I used to watch my big brother body surfing with his buddies in 1985 on the beach there, I went on to work at observation city hotel from 88 to 91 it was a blast working there great fun, I moved to Ireland in 1992, is peters by the sea still there?. It was a great place. I miss the blue skys and ocean. Thanks for sharing the video 😊

[@Banjolyn1]

I'm glad you enjoyed our video Tracey...It was a great era - we loved it...we also used to surf there. Yes, Peters by the sea is still there.😊

[@bigstackD]

Great upload 😁👍🏻

[@davebiesse2527]

Very smooth filming Lyn! I can't even get my bearings - it's all completely different now eh?

[@VesnaCenic]

Great footage. What a treasure.

[@psychosquirrel555]

to this day i remember how busy all along the WCH got in summer. and 6PM promotions where you could dig for prizes. it was strange to see it so empty! thanks for sharing :)

[@studea4285]

Remember being there when it was like that ,want to time travel back

[@colhannanjr]

Wow.. this took me back

[@williamcrossan9333]

Quite different today. Thanks for the vid!

[@jamesvalentine4597]

Thanks faith. It’s was my mother in laws sister. They were from a family of cruise ship entertainers called the Harwoods 👍

[@shakenbake1869]

Wish the old hotel was here today. Looks 10x better than cott!

[@lawlers69]

The beer garden out front was great.

[@ceeemm1901]

@@lawlers69 Yep, Sunday sess looking over the ocean watching the sun set and counting all the modified bikes.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

The year I finished my apprenticeship and went to work in Karratha as stage 1 of the Burrup gas project was under way, man I had it good

[@every1665]

Just curious - Instrument Fitter?

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

@@every1665 diesel fitter

[@monikasaringer1152]

We used to go to the White Sands to see the Jonny Demon Band, they were great

[@marksiddallmusic7905]

Sad, loved Scarborough back in the day.

[@ivan.gian-piero]

this is where I grew up..

[@camtinley]

Observation City made Scarborough more "vibrant" ... sure it did.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

Biggest mistake knocking down a beautiful art deco building for the ugly eyesore that replaced it. I feel so sad every time I see vision of it, knowing it's gone forever

[@dominicgreene4827]

thanks for the upload fantastic!!!!!

[@DelBoy1967]

The bottom carpark, venue for Friday and Saturday night hoon fest 😁

[@scaredyet]

Fuck I wish I bought a few houses and a Ford gt then

[@luiiaco6246]

Beautiful to see a Western Australian seaside suburb, I bet it's probably full of apartments now

[@justbecause3187]

The biggest feature down there is the Observation City Hotel built for the 1987 America's Cup. There is still a lot of public space along the beach front so it's quite nice in it's way, just a lot more developed for better or worse.

[@williamcrossan9333]

Sure is!

[@TheTheQueenOfFluff]

That’s all it is

[@camtinley]

Yes, it's been totally destroyed. All the owners of the apartments get nightly alcohol fuelled brawls outside. It's been a lose-lose for everyone.

[@southernstingray2743]

Uncle Gino's Pizza,s right across from the Scarborough pub drive thru. Red Rooster was great too, found a bag of buds on the floor in front of the Coke fridge. Burn out nights were always a blast in the bottom carpark, and up the coast at Triggs 1 and 2 and 3 carparks. Then the bombings at 1.00 and 1.10 in the morning as some bastards try to bring down the tower crane at the hideous Observation City. Gone are the days. Cheers for the vid.

[@ceeemm1901]

Funny story about that bombing.I knew some girls who were ex girlfriends of some SAS guys.They said about a week before the bombing some SAS guys just decided to do some informal "training" and climb the construction site late at night/early morning. It was unsanctioned and therefore illegal. After it was bombed they shat themselves thinking that if anyone had seen them then they might have some explaining to do. And be in deep shit.

[@geoffreylummis2206]

I remember it well 👍😎🇦🇺🌏

[@sanning5729]

my dad worked at the scarborough hotel in the cocktail lounge

[@jamierichman2920]

Was so busy back then!!!😅😅

[@karenratkovic3256]

I remember many a Sunday session there, great bands and people

[@AuMechanic]

Sunday sessions at the Scar.

[@NostalgiaKillah_]

I was a month old.. that’s 37 years ago 😃

[@howlermonkey781]

Scabs hotel used to be called Church as it had an early Sunday session then we would go up to the Castle Hotel and watch Dave Hole or maybe that was Saturday anyway great days very very pissy arvos then to a local party to cone on. Oh forgot to mention Minder Binders for a greasy burger used be able to buy good trips aswell.

[@robertrinaldi8748]

I miss the days when Australia was full of Australians and the fish & chip shop owners were Greek.

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

Oh yeah, they cared about every customer and boy did they have a work ethic

[@gregbuckenara8063]

I will bet you are related to Les Rinaldi and the Rinaldi family Robert. They owned and operated the dry cleaning shop at the beach. My parents lived in the apartments out the back when I was born in May 1952.

[@robertrinaldi8748]

@@gregbuckenara8063 Hi Greg. My father came here in 1952 and he was the only one who passed his surname down from his family. He came to Melbourne where I am still. I'm 57 years old and when I was a kid there were only a handfull of Rinaldi's in the white pages. There are a stack of them now and none of them are related to us that I know of.

[@kenchristie9214]

Yes, it would be great to go back to pre 1788 when Australia was full of Australians.

[@trextrex34]

funny im related to meyers but not same spelling off course as this couple great lil doco

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

Hard to believe for just $10 you could sip down 10 pints back then. After the America's Cup prices went berserk. Thanks Alan

[@ceeemm1901]

No one was drinking pints back then, it was middies. Pints didn't really start until maybe the late 90's. I remember drinking in the mid 70'2 and a middy was about 30 cents.You could pub it 4 nights a week, buy a burger, pizza, chips whatever after, pay the rent and save a buck pretty much on the dole in those days.

[@abudi9112]

❤👌

[@bonzaburger5531]

Used to get a lot of crumpet down at the snake pit. How things have changed

[@Baroque-c3g]

The old Scarborough beach looks more like Trigg Beach today

[@perthon]

Is that Derek. In his Celica , Hey Derek..

[@kevmatt8450]

peters by the sea is still there lol

[@kevmatt8450]

samer crappy door haha

[@davemorse8511]

Beam me up Scotty.😃

[@NathanChisholm041]

Peters by the sea burgers and getting pissed!

[@davewatson2124]

You are supposed to park BETWEEN the white lines. LOL

[@sovietonion72]

I don't recognise any of this. 😕

[@xr6lad]

We can reminisce but by then god it was looking crpy with an ugly car park sitting on the beach. Hardly think all that tarmac instils romance unless it was in the back of a panel van.

[@johnbravo7542]

Tony can't park a car