I love old footage like this and could watch it for hours. They really looked like great times for all.
@masteryoda4983 жыл бұрын
Sydney was such a nicer place then it is now. I could stay in the 70’a forever.
@eyes23382 жыл бұрын
Just boring people thats all.
@rabbitrabbit1243 Жыл бұрын
It was brilliant
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Rose tinted glasses anyone?
@NickSaravanos4 ай бұрын
If you manage to still live near a beach it is basically the same. Just busier. But everywhere is either busier or a ghost town.
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
Same here luv the 70's
@thesolaraquarium11 ай бұрын
1990s is my favourite memory of living in Sydney. The music was so great, Followed by the 80s. 1970s was cool.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
80s way better then 90s. Way better.
@bert233373 ай бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 Yes, Sydney started its downhill plunge in the 1990's and it continues
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
Absolutely @@jamesfrench7299
@teamfilipino71444 жыл бұрын
Everyone looked more relaxed because Technology wasn't a huge thing back then
@oldcrazyhermit8749 жыл бұрын
Everyone looked more relaxed back then.
@kyliepechler2 ай бұрын
Houses only cost 2 to 3 times the national average yearly income. Renters didn't have to pay over 30% of their income on rent.
@NFSAFilms11 жыл бұрын
Most, if not all, of this footage was sourced from The Film Australia Collection. If you would like to see more of it in better quality, including the right aspect ratio, then visit our channel.
@Gezza19673 жыл бұрын
I presume channel 2 sourced it all from FA, I simply taped it off the television when Paper Giants was aired.
@davechristian75432 жыл бұрын
I believe 8u bc u have lots of this sort of stuff from Melbourne, well anyway i like subscribe n watch both of your channels my friend. 'But ya gotta admit Sydney was better back then n even in the 80s n 90s than Melbourne lol eh hahaa .. Nar never been to Melbourne n always wonted to be um sure the place has gone down hill big time just like Sydney so wats the point sadly. cheers buddy.
@Stansman632 жыл бұрын
I visited Sydney several times during these years..it was an awesome, magical place to a boy of about 10 who was born and lived in a quiet country town.
@davechristian75432 жыл бұрын
Will its nothing like this now i can tell u that mate bc when 2000 came along the places started going down hill n now its a shit hole wit rules n regulations everywhere , u cant even fart with out the cops jumping onto you trust me n the side walks r totally dead, no ppl at all not to mention if there r any ppl it will be an Asian n im not being racist or anything like that im just saying thats how much the place has changed since then,. ps, i also no it from the 70s 80s n 90s so trust me iv seen it change wit my own eyes as i grew up there n have lived there for over 5 decades. just sayin nothing more, It truly breaks my hart my friend it really does.
@dianegreen65134 жыл бұрын
This proves my point, in the 70's we were not an overweight nation. I have debated this issue with so many youngsters.
@dianegreen65134 жыл бұрын
@Scott Morrison yes, but mainly older people, if we were to film in the same area today, you would see a marked difference in sizes.
@billmago79912 жыл бұрын
So true...no MacDonald's drive through and we used to say how on earth do those Americans get sooooo fat ...now we know 😒🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
@billmago7😢991
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
Oh, how i miss the look of the 70's, in 1971 i was 4yo & 1975 i was 8, Oh, i do miss being at that young age, i miss everything the fun & life we had 😢 best yrs of my life. Don't like the life we live in now 😢
@brendanorthard49666 жыл бұрын
The best years I love Sydney. My dad was a window cleaner we would go and see him very high up
@chrisjohnson68764 жыл бұрын
Love the old cars, flares, mutton chops and Dame Edna glasses, so in vogue then.
@moparmadman11342 ай бұрын
Lots of cars from the big 3
@andrewthornhill70424 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Sydney! Lived here 1973-74.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
My idea of Disneyland early 70s Sydney, not this planet called Sydney today.
@THEELDER110 жыл бұрын
Gezza, thanks for sharing, love these vids as I worked in the city around that time, great memories ;)
@carolineinsydney12814 жыл бұрын
No overweight people. People used to cook at home.
@moparmadman11342 ай бұрын
Steak and three veg
@121211496 жыл бұрын
My home town ,best city in the WORLD.
@amp2794 жыл бұрын
There's nothing better than when you've been away, & you come home via the Harbour Bridge, seeing the whole harbour, the Quay, Rocks, Luna Park is magical, particularly at sunset when the city lights are just starting to go on.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
Deluded biased.
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Sydney is my home town. I am eternally greatful that I live in toll and pokie free Perth.
@moparmadman11342 ай бұрын
I feel like a stranger there now
@darioburatovich2240 Жыл бұрын
1970, we were 53 years younger, no wonder we are SOOOOO nostalgic, .....🤣....pero c'eme l' favo' !!
@Pavanesound3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
Yeah no one is Googleing I was 2 in 1971 and I remember my mum taking me into the city for shopping and to visit the botanical gardens and art gallery of NSW everything was clearer 😍🍊🍒🐛🦋
@ryanbasilio95485 жыл бұрын
20c for a toll,damn that's cheap compared to now.
@harrycallahan97642 жыл бұрын
A better time in a far better place
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Yeah, nah! Things are better now.
@dieseldavetrains89883 жыл бұрын
Check out those haircuts and styles, the British and Aussie made cars, the red rattlers and the hydrofoil. No fatties, and no playing "spot the Aussie", you can keep the Sydney of today, no thanks. It was great in the 1970's to mid 1980's, went down hill fast after that. Great video, thank you.
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Thanks for your racist tirade Boomer!
@bert23337Ай бұрын
Mid 80's was a bit of a slide but 90's it went into freefall
@TheAxelay2 жыл бұрын
My biggest regret is not having been able to visit Sydney in the 1980's (especially in 1988!). Although the 70's looks great as well, I visited in 2015 and what a disappointment off a bore it was, I knew I going to be disappointed but not to that level. Couldn't even go on the monorail back then as the price of a ticket was laughable at best and the monorail was barely even seen back then, only to be taken down soon as well....
@sharongoodsell9341 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Best years in Sydney As a 15 year old working , Up untill it was not the same 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@nickatnights10 жыл бұрын
The Dragon song at 0.44 - 100% Summer. 100% Sydney. 100% 2SM in the 70s!
@widetubevision44239 жыл бұрын
+nickatnights Don't forget watching Countdown every Sunday evening. Eating hamburgers, fish and chips, and meat pies. Hot stinking days on a lazy weekend. Going to the local Drive- in to see Jaws and obscure horror movies. Buying the Sunday Mirror and looking at the half naked hotbabes. Those were the good old days.
@amp2794 жыл бұрын
100%, 2SM were massive, they used to hold concerts at the beach (until FM & Triple M came along), are you old enough by Dragon was a great song too., probs get shit for it now lol.
@amp2794 жыл бұрын
@@widetubevision4423 I remember older girls going to the drive in with guys who owned Sandmans, they all seemed to have the same sticker too - If this vans a rockin, don't bother knockin, talk about a puberty blues rip off of real life lol
@tefllife20244 жыл бұрын
Dragon "this time". 1976.
@sophdog16783 жыл бұрын
The Sydney of my youth in this footage. I haven't been back since 1988. I wonder how much it's changed since then...
@justnik87272 жыл бұрын
You dont want to know!
@TheAxelay2 жыл бұрын
Keep your prized memories, don't ruin it by going there now...Apart from maybe the trams?! There is nothing worth going back too..
@eymanyouwell2 жыл бұрын
@@TheAxelay Trams stopped in 61.
@darioburatovich2240 Жыл бұрын
@@TheAxelay I was born in Argentina, emigrated to Oz in 1980, believe me, there is still.worth going to or going back to Sydney....,🤣...
@TheAxelay Жыл бұрын
@darioburatovich2240 , anything is better than melbourne, that's where I'm from heh. 🤨🤣
@brentmcc6048 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha still got my paper boy vest, could be the only one still around.
@xr6lad Жыл бұрын
There was something more vibrant about the 70’s &80’s that seems lost. Now we seem to have splintered into tribes all wanting to hate each other. Apart from some acceptance of things (no bad thing) we seem less united and more divided.
@48tilt2 жыл бұрын
70's was the best decade. 80s had better music.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
1977 Sydney on loop would be my dream existence.
@Gezza196713 жыл бұрын
Its a great city to vist for sure, as Seattle is i'm sure.
@48tilt2 жыл бұрын
Took my wife on our first date 1974 to Doyles. We had lobster Mornay. $6.25. and a plate of fish was 4 bucks. Lobster at Doyles is now $140 bucks. Give me the 70's
@xr6lad Жыл бұрын
Obviously if she’s your now wife you got your $10 worth?
@48tilt Жыл бұрын
@@xr6ladWell said.
@LJS012 ай бұрын
How many of us watch these videos in the hopes of seeing ourselves, family or even our car in the traffic? lol
@ManfromJapan12 Жыл бұрын
Milsons point station back in the day
@Wo0dSyy4 жыл бұрын
remember it well
@forestsoceansmusic6 жыл бұрын
Was that Tully providing the first bit of music?
@Jay-ro2vn4 жыл бұрын
Ah back in the day before the Chinese took over.
@darting1003 жыл бұрын
yeah the good old days,whats been allowed to happen in sydney would not have been tolerated in china
@doloresumbridge25312 жыл бұрын
lol deal with it.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
White race is the best looking. Keep Australia British.
@jamesfrench72999 ай бұрын
First words they learn. Take over.
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Yeah, nah
@gpet237 жыл бұрын
AUSTRALIA!
@rabbitrabbit1243 Жыл бұрын
An yes we produced great bloody music an it didn't cost an arm an leg to go out. We had paper boys we could earn a quid An guess who sold us out to China in the 70s.
@gregfowler9575 жыл бұрын
a freind of mine told me Sydney was quite violent in the 70s don't know how true it is
@tefllife20244 жыл бұрын
My dad worked in the city from 1961 till retirement in 2005. He always tells us in the 60s and early 70s after pubs were shut there would often be fights and bar stools thrown around. People deny this today but after about 7pm if you walked alone, muggings did happen and Hyde Park to Kings cross were notorious for knife attacks. The CBD was very dark after peak hour with no security, police presence or late night shoppers like today. It was like a morgue after 7pm. If a police officer spotted you, they'd ask you what you were doing hanging around. Dad told us many more stories of the time just don't have time to write it all down.
@googleuser26093 жыл бұрын
@@tefllife2024 interesting.
@MrRecrute3 жыл бұрын
@@tefllife2024, yeah agree. I was at uni at the time and returning home through the city after 6:00pm it was very quiet, not many people about. Even Oxford St was quiet compared to the 1980s. Good jazz in Frenches Tavern at the time but never crowded. Never felt insecure though.
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
@@tefllife2024and no street cameras back then.
@bluemarshall61805 жыл бұрын
Still no Opal card during that time......
@CameraMan665 жыл бұрын
They still used tickets back then, opal cards weren't used until 2012
@gentlegiant43864 жыл бұрын
Your stupidity amazes me 🤦♂️
@kozmokramer73984 жыл бұрын
Lol were u just born 2012.
@davidlp30193 жыл бұрын
Lol I was born in 2002 and have many fond memories of the big blue ticket machine. Opal didn't come in till roughly 2012.
@Prieze8683 жыл бұрын
Best period besides the 80s this period of time in Australia housing affordable the 70s new solar housing was really hip food was cheap times with good people had an air of prosperity about them
@leroy99792 жыл бұрын
My favourite colours, yellow black and white 💛
@mariaszczepaniak93124 ай бұрын
Ja pamiętam Sydney z lat 1977--1981 .Było bardziej przytulne mniej betonu i ludzie sympatyczniejsi .❤
@keithyco40092 жыл бұрын
Life was better then.
@viviekazanili10773 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@mcmmx2 жыл бұрын
Were those F-111s at 1.52
@harrycrumb742 Жыл бұрын
Sydney has lost its identity It’s spot the Aussie now Good Luck finding one in the streets
@green2stayecoswdmarketingn3397 жыл бұрын
'Taking the power"BACK!"
@anneshaw96815 жыл бұрын
Sydney in the seventies was the best city in the world now it is down the bottom. Supermarkets are full of ice skaters, hands behind their backs with little bowed legs clogging up the isles fighting over the milk powder and Timtams. Very sad
@aimannorzahariwod2 жыл бұрын
Be more obvious with your racism why don't ya you convict dog
@SoulpowerMSRS7 жыл бұрын
Aspect ratio is distorted and ruins it for me.
@muosafayome61562 жыл бұрын
تللك الايام الاجمل
@mattyo3013 жыл бұрын
you wouldnt have paper giants would you
@veetee48263 жыл бұрын
everyone looked like Chanel back den
@freeman100005 ай бұрын
Nice to see that even back in the decade of liquid lunches Sydney has a love affair with tolls.
@imadeyoureadthis15005 жыл бұрын
1:41 I bet if you done that now were you jumped out when it was going slow you would be lectured about some safety bullshit and maybe fired
@amp2794 жыл бұрын
Even as a kid i would stand at the open door of a red rattler & occasionally poke my head out, i never lost aforesaid head so i must've relied on that thing a lot of folks don't have now because the government is too busy telling them how to live - common sense.
@rods64054 жыл бұрын
@@amp279 Yep Me too having a smoke on the way to high school you could ash out the door!
@bert23337Ай бұрын
Competitions to see who could be the first to jump out of the front carriage. The guards compartment was for smoking in school uniforms
@googleuser26093 жыл бұрын
No fat people
@nickprohoroff37206 жыл бұрын
White bread everywhere.
@tompchromedome11 ай бұрын
those over 40 are most likely dead.
@caveman30796 жыл бұрын
two words.... Hairy minge
@gdawwg1125 Жыл бұрын
If you were a straight white male Great times
@liongsan36916 жыл бұрын
white australian policy for the win!
@amp2794 жыл бұрын
No, that was put out of commission after WW2 & it was a government initiative i might add.
@doloresumbridge25312 жыл бұрын
ABORIGINAL POLICY FOR THE WIN!
@blindtoby89673 жыл бұрын
1.13 👎📖
@humor10952 жыл бұрын
2days Sydney a shit hole!!!!
@thatVintageGirl1940s Жыл бұрын
It's best I go back to the 70s era than to live in this shit fake era. I was born in the 80s and still stuck in the 90s