Lived in St Albans all my life. Went to St Albans Heights Primary School back in the 70’s. My best friends were Italian Maltese, Greek, Polish and Yugoslav. Then to St Albans High School, again a great mix of friends from all of Europe. It was spot the Aussie back then, it was great times. We all got along, everyone was friendly and happy. We had Big Sams Market and a wonderful German Cake shop in Alfreda St where we could buy the most amazing cream berliners that made your mouth water. Alfreda Street was full of great shops with vendors from all over the world. We had a Coles variety store on the corner and a large Venture Store that you can buy everything from. A fantastic toy shop that was chock full of toys of all kinds. Those days are gone but l still think St Albans is a great place to live.
@theaustraliansuburbs5 ай бұрын
Oh wow. Thanks for sharing.
@cuorenero50763 ай бұрын
Grew up here for the last 49 years and still here.🇮🇹👍
@theaustraliansuburbs3 ай бұрын
Oh wow 😀
@iPerry18112 ай бұрын
Whenever you walk through Alfrieda st i bet you'll forget that you're still in Australia 😂 watching it from View st
@adrianrossiter60099 ай бұрын
Really not much has changed since I grew up there on Chalbury Grove. A little bit more modern train station and no more level crossing I still remember the big white wooden gates. But I still felt safe walking around when I came to visit. Now living on the Gold Coast since 1990. Went to Reserection catholic primary school and St Albans Tech.
@theaustraliansuburbs9 ай бұрын
Glad it brought back some memories
@diannemaronis38899 ай бұрын
This appears to have been filmed early on a Sunday morning. Next time film it at 4pm on a week day.
@peterdybing71275 ай бұрын
Wonderful no graffiti on any of the bus shelters looks a very comfortable place good to see so many walking around
@jasoncharles62216 ай бұрын
I grew up in st Albans in the 70s when we were all just wogs . And I loved ever minuet off it . Horses and dirt bikes at the flat tracks that was our playstation .
@jimmychircop90216 ай бұрын
My childhood home. Lived in Avondale Avenue. Went to St.Albans East Primary and later to St Albans Tech. Great memories. Back then it was Maltese,Italians,Greeks,Polish and Croation migrants. Great ,hard working People. Even though no longer l😅iving in St.Albans,l still call it HOME
@theaustraliansuburbs6 ай бұрын
😀
@ehawolczecki87596 ай бұрын
Definitely a Vietnamese shopping precinct. Many changes over the years .
@theaustraliansuburbs6 ай бұрын
Yeah
@sticksnstones54076 ай бұрын
Lived in Melbourne for 10 years and I have never been to St Albans.
@theaustraliansuburbs5 ай бұрын
Time to pay it a visit
@ColinBuckley-k4v6 ай бұрын
"Back then it was Maltese,Italians,Greeks,Polish and Croation migrants". Ahh Jimmychircop!! How right you are! Brits Irish and Germans and of course Aussies also. All spread out but somehow bundled together not all that long after that dreadful war. Went to..("attended") for the wankas! Sunshine High School the very first year it opened. Had all sorts of Euro friends, just teens all dancing to Bill Hailey, Elvis, Chuck Berry. Some had their "Soccer", some had "VFL", some played Baseball, some Cricket. Some went on to achieve fame in the AFL. Never any inter racial or nationality issues. Demo's and weird personal identity clashes never occured in the streets or the playgrounds around Sunshine and St Albans let alone raised fists. I have always maintained the "Maltese,Italians,and the Greeks", as the song says, "built this city!" of greater Melbourne from the 1950's on. They climbed the ladders, drove their modified trucks and utes, mixed the concrete and laid millions and millions of bricks. Building Hospitals, Universities and Shopping Centers and let's not forget the roads to get to them, from one side of the greater suburban spread to the other. And now I recently read, their descendant families here in Oz are selling up their historic family properties and moving back to Italy, Malta and Europe. You have to ask...Why not?? Lots of love....Pommie Bastard!!
@theaustraliansuburbs6 ай бұрын
Oh wow, thanks for sharing
@TranHungDao.8 ай бұрын
Haha its a Vietnamese neighbourhood, why didnt you mention Vietnamese refugees from Vietnam war, that place belongs to them now 😂 not slavic, even tho some do live there
@daz71226 ай бұрын
Slav background and here 47 years. Definitely a Viet town. The St Albans CBD is much more alive then it was back then. On the funny side, amazing how a banh mi roll can lift the profile of the Viets. hehe :)
@StriatedSternum5 ай бұрын
There will be mass remigration soon my friend.
@cuorenero50763 ай бұрын
Built by wogs. Simple
@racha6498 ай бұрын
i appreciate this video that you’ve made but not sure why you said yugoslavia, yes, it may have been yugoslavia back then but please name the countries by their name, it’s ironic you said serbia separately when they were the ones who wanted yugoslavia to stay the way it was.
@theaustraliansuburbs8 ай бұрын
thanks for the feedback
@a71287 ай бұрын
Yugoslavia is where people migrated from. It's not that complicated.
@scottclark16344 ай бұрын
Looks so foreign
@derhampaul21826 ай бұрын
I used to date a girl from there
@theaustraliansuburbs6 ай бұрын
😍
@jameshoffman58706 ай бұрын
About as interesting as a fart in space
@theaustraliansuburbs6 ай бұрын
😆
@ColinBuckley-k4v6 ай бұрын
Always at least one fuckwit in the mix Jimmie Boy!!