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Just wondering if anyone knows when the suburb of Clovercrest was changed to Modbury Heights?

There are various businesses and community groups still using the name Clovercrest, so it would be interesting to find out the history of why it was all changed?

This I'm sure will start a rush of recollections of suburban names that have disappeared.
IIRC Peter Goers wrote a column about this subject a couple of years ago. hidey ho!

Dogwatcher wrote:This I'm sure will start a rush of recollections of suburban names that have disappeared.
IIRC Peter Goers wrote a column about this subject a couple of years ago. hidey ho!

Has Victor Harbor been changed to Agapanthusville yet ?
Or have they decided to go with Seniletopia ?

I teach at the Heights School, and that was called Modbury Heights High School back in 1977. It isnt that close to Clovercrest.

I live pretty much across the road from the Clovey pub and shop at the Clovey shops. The PO Box we have in the shopping complex is Modbury North, so I'm assuming Clovercrest was changed to Modbury North at some point?

Clovercrest was a suburb? I live about 5 minutes from there too.

A lot of suburbs disappeared gradually after the introduction of the postcode system, under pressure from Australia Post which simply refused to recognise some locations.
One successful hang out has been Highgate, which shares a postcode with Fullarton, but has its own PO.
I remember beachside Austral-Brindisi - "Bring it back!"

IIRC Clovercrest was classed as a 'locality' rather than a gazetted suburb name and was always part of Modbury. (I worked for Aus Post for a few years).

Feel free to correct.

Is the swimming centre still there?

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?

Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!

Pidge wrote:Clovercrest was a suburb? I live about 5 minutes from there too.

I lived 2 minutes from the Clovercrest in 1981, it wasn't the name of a suburb then.

Ian wrote:

Pidge wrote:Clovercrest was a suburb? I live about 5 minutes from there too.

I lived 2 minutes from the Clovercrest in 1981, it wasn't the name of a suburb then.

Have lived around the area for 30 years, Clovercrest as far as I know was merely a small subdivision name in Modbury and taken up by the hotel and shopping centre and a few other business' but all have always been situated in Modbury postcode.

Sojourner wrote:

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?

Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!

Hehe, I used to work there, did you?

Quichey wrote:

Sojourner wrote:

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?

Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!

Hehe, I used to work there, did you?

I learnt how to swim at StateSwim

Pidge wrote:

Quichey wrote:

Sojourner wrote:

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?

Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!

Hehe, I used to work there, did you?

I learnt how to swim at StateSwim

Hmmm, you're probably too old for me to have ever had you in any of my classes.

Quichey wrote:Hehe, I used to work there, did you?

Not yet!

the pub is meant to be real nice now....

the topless waitresses on thurs night might not be over 50 anymore

Johno6 wrote:the pub is meant to be real nice now....

the topless waitresses on thurs night might not be over 50 anymore

No they are!
But instead of being topless they just lift up their skirts to show us their t*ts!!

the 'suburb' of 'greymore' (not sure if i've spelt it correctly) was in between novar gardens & glenelg north, presuming it was/is a suburb

bayman wrote:the 'suburb' of 'greymore' (not sure if i've spelt it correctly) was in between novar gardens & glenelg north, presuming it was/is a suburb

There was a Graymore bus in the 1960s - I think it went up Stonehouse Avenue after leaving the city via Anzac Highway.

Sojourner wrote:

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?

Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!

No its not, the Norwood Swimming Club is...