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[Roll the Bones]

North Dakota blizzard in 1966

 

[El Padrino]

So like I said I love all the older pics they are amazing but I’m trying to bring a little more modern but still classic vibe so this one is very random but I have lived in Marrickville for a long time and call it home and if you haven’t you probably will be like what the fuck are even these pics but if you have you will know it’s the holy grail..

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I’d be interested so know if anyone can name any of these.

1. Cnr illawarra rd & marrickville rd
2. Addison rd
3. ?
4. Metro
5. Banana joes

 

[El Padrino]

1920s GM factory on Carrington rd, Marrickville

 

[Chris Harding]

@Chris Harding Im not sure if you have Instagram. However if you don’t it worth getting it for this guy. He is an English Trainspotter and just a really lovely kid gets so excited over some of the rolling stock it’s just a happy nice page.

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No. I don't have Instagram; hardly ever use Facebook unless I'm posting pics of my tours for Railway Adventures.

Good on him. I know plenty like him through my involvement at the Australian Railway Historical Society. They have too much energy for a 73 year old like myself; and run rings around me for knowledge, too.

The UK is good place for train spotting, and rail museums with operating steam trains.
You are able cover a lot of ground in one day in a country where the furthest you can get from the coast is 75 miles.

 

[Chris Harding]

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HMS Nelson, Flagship Australia Station (1882-1888) - 1885

Pinnacle of naval warships in its day. Imagine that in big swells.

 

[Chris Harding]

Imagine waiting for that after dialling 000!

You would have picked up the phone, turned the handle on the side to connect with the operator, and asked her to put you through to the Fire Station.

 

[Chris Harding]

Dog trap box level crossing at Woodville road before the under pass.

Dog Trap Road was the original name for Woodville Road. The road ran from Granville to the suburb of Woodville.
The Geographical Names Board would not allow the town to register the name Woodville, because there were already two Woodvilles in the country, and before postcodes, mail was often going to the wrong towns. So, the residents swapped the syllables around and called it Villawood.
The road was never renamed.

 

[Chris Harding]

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Hydrofoil Fairlight - Sydney Harbour - 1979

These are still running on Lake Maggiore between Switzerland and Italy.

My late father-in-law worked on them when they came into Cockatoo Island for repairs - which were frequent. The problem for them was the propellers striking objects just under the surface, and damaging the blades. Their propellers didn't sit deep under the water when they were at operating speed, and there was too much rubbish in the harbour in those days.

Great trip to Manly, though - and fun when there were big swells running through the Heads. They couldn't broadside swells like the bigger ferries, so had to go out on an angle into the swells, then turn and ride them back.

 

[Chris Harding]

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North Dakota blizzard in 1966

Wichita Lineman?

 

[Chris Harding]

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Wynyard Square / Park - 1940s

The tower on the AWA building was the broadcast tower for 2CH for many years.
The tower doesn't sit on top of the building - it is the visible part of the steel framework, which anchors into the ground.

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Replica of HMS Sirius - Sesqui-Centenary celebrations (January 26, 1938)

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Battlecruiser HMS Hood, Sydney Harbour - 1924. The Hood was sunk in 1941, during an engagement with with the German battleship Bismarck.

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Hunter Street, Sydney - 1960

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Union Street, Pyrmont - 1911

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

 

[Bazildog]

So like I said I love all the older pics they are amazing but I’m trying to bring a little more modern but still classic vibe so this one is very random but I have lived in Marrickville for a long time and call it home and if you haven’t you probably will be like what the fuck are even these pics but if you have you will know it’s the holy grail..

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I’d be interested so know if anyone can name any of these.

The glass pyramid, is that in the rooftop of Marrickville shopping centre?

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Battleship USS California, Sydney Harbour - 1925. California was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) and sank. It was refloated, salvaged and repaired, returning to active service in 1944.

 

[Roll the Bones]

Evel Knievel breaking a few more bones in 1975