Magellan wrote:Great stuff there, Boonster. The horror-movie theremin based music up to about 1:25 is great, spooky in a cheap piss-weak Aussie horror film type of way. And the staged flight sequence is full of cheese. Why, who's hiding in the propeller-driven plane but Deputy Premier Des Corcoran. G'day Des! G'day Don! Want to take a flight over a dump and some sand dunes? Sure, let's turn it into a suburban paradise!
And the bikini-clad mums frolicking at the beach at the end. Don't mention the cadmium.
There's some other quality state library footage on YouTube about Adelaide, like this 'un:
Leaving junior behind to frolick in the shallows, learning to swim, by necessity.
Magellan wrote:Great stuff there, Boonster. The horror-movie theremin based music up to about 1:25 is great, spooky in a cheap piss-weak Aussie horror film type of way. And the staged flight sequence is full of cheese. Why, who's hiding in the propeller-driven plane but Deputy Premier Des Corcoran. G'day Des! G'day Don! Want to take a flight over a dump and some sand dunes? Sure, let's turn it into a suburban paradise!
And the bikini-clad mums frolicking at the beach at the end. Don't mention the cadmium.
There's some other quality state library footage on YouTube about Adelaide, like this 'un:
Leaving junior behind to frolick in the shallows, learning to swim, by necessity.
Survival of the fittest. Darwin would've been proud.
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
1970s When petrol stations were not open 24/7 Having to drive to Cavan after hours to get petrol , having self serve pumps , having to slot in 20 cent pieces in the machine to get petrol.
When they were open Service Station attendants that cleaned your windscreens, checked your oil, and pumped petrol for you
Jack wrote:1970s When petrol stations were not open 24/7 Having to drive to Cavan after hours to get petrol , having self serve pumps , having to slot in 20 cent pieces in the machine to get petrol.
When they were open Service Station attendants that cleaned your windscreens, checked your oil, and pumped petrol for you
Golden Fleece on the corner of Bridge Road and Grand Junction Road, circa 1979. Had an attendant, can recall my mum asking the man for 'two dollars worth of super' and handing him the old school green two dollar bill through the driver's side window.
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
Jack wrote:1970s When petrol stations were not open 24/7 Having to drive to Cavan after hours to get petrol , having self serve pumps , having to slot in 20 cent pieces in the machine to get petrol.
When they were open Service Station attendants that cleaned your windscreens, checked your oil, and pumped petrol for you
Golden Fleece on the corner of Bridge Road and Grand Junction Road, circa 1979. Had an attendant, can recall my mum asking the man for 'two dollars worth of super' and handing him the old school green two dollar bill through the driver's side window.
If its the same Northfield corner , it eventually became the Above Ground Pool swimmimg pool retailer That business site closed down recently
Jack wrote:1970s When petrol stations were not open 24/7 Having to drive to Cavan after hours to get petrol , having self serve pumps , having to slot in 20 cent pieces in the machine to get petrol.
When they were open Service Station attendants that cleaned your windscreens, checked your oil, and pumped petrol for you
Golden Fleece on the corner of Bridge Road and Grand Junction Road, circa 1979. Had an attendant, can recall my mum asking the man for 'two dollars worth of super' and handing him the old school green two dollar bill through the driver's side window.
If its the same Northfield corner , it eventually became the Above Ground Pool swimmimg pool retailer That business site closed down recently
Yep, spot on Jack, that was it. Drive past it quite often, to me it'll always be a GF servo.
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
Jack wrote:1970s When petrol stations were not open 24/7 Having to drive to Cavan after hours to get petrol , having self serve pumps , having to slot in 20 cent pieces in the machine to get petrol.
When they were open Service Station attendants that cleaned your windscreens, checked your oil, and pumped petrol for you
Golden Fleece on the corner of Bridge Road and Grand Junction Road, circa 1979. Had an attendant, can recall my mum asking the man for 'two dollars worth of super' and handing him the old school green two dollar bill through the driver's side window.
Magellan wrote:Wasn't there an Ebert and Weston somewhere in the city?
I was thinking Ebert first but then Belton came to mine. Could have been Ebert(Craig) as I was thinking of a player that played at the Magpies and also West Adelaide. Both Ebert and Belton fit that mould. It was upstairs in the arcade as well originally.
Yeah, it was Ebert and Weston
Is there still a Hughes and Loveday sport store? They were in the city as well from memory.
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Pseudo wrote:Sitting here watching a DVD of the movie "Tommy" based on the Who rock opera, remembering the first time I saw it, brought this one to mind:
Saturday night movie specials on the telly, simulcast on SA-FM.
Wasn't it known as Double SA_FM back in the day
My new Mantra - I am no longer available to things and people that make me feel like shit
