Tuesday 2 October 2018

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

R.P.A.H. on Missenden Road, Camperdown in 1986.
RPAH ward 1880-1893.
Orderly Collin helps a patient out at Prince Alfred Hospital in 1986.
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse just opposite RPHA.
Saint Andrew's College 
a Residential College within the University of Sydney. 
St Andrew's College next to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. 

George Street

George Street in 1964; Anthony Horden on the right-hand side.
Regent Theatre in 1967.
George Street in 1954; Century became a MacDonald's;  the Plaza was demolished.
Just across the road on Boxing Day, 26 December 1976.

Elizabeth Street

Elizabeth Street looking North from Foveaux Street in 1965.
Elizabeth Street in 1977
Elizabeth Street & Hunter Street in 1967.

Friday 6 July 2018

Neil Sedaka in Australia



When Neil Sedaka's career was in the dolldrums circa 1969, he traveled to Sydney and recorded an album for Festival helped by local talent like John Farrar, as arranger. 'Wheeling West Virginia' was the most popular among the many songs put together for the LP 'Workin' on a groovy thing'. 

Saturday 16 June 2018

MARRICKVILLE 1930s

Undercliffe Bridge over Cook's River overlooking Illawarra Road in Marrickville.


Illawarra Road, Marrickville in 1956...
Marrickville Road, 1936
Kings Theatre in 1938.
Kings Theatre in Marrickville in 1938.
Marrickville Kings Theatre first entertained patrons with independent & foreign-language films in 1937. It lasted for a little more than 3 decades. The cinema was demolished and a strip of offices & flats was built in its place in 1971
Opened in 1921 as Hoyts De Luxe Theatre, it had a Spanish Colonial style of decoration. It was closed in March 1938 and was given an Art Deco style makeover, after which the De Luxe name was dropped. The Hoyts Marrickville Theatre re-opened on 23rd April 1938.
The Addison Theatre opened its doors as the Victoria Theatre on 29 October 1924. The Addison was a typical suburban cinema, running double-bills every week. After almost 4 decades servicing movie-goers, it finally, closed its doors on 21st June 1958 after screening Frank Sinatra & Sophia Loren's 'The pride and the passion'. Today, a petrol station occupies the site on Addison Road. 

Monday 11 June 2018

1987

looking south-east 1987.
looking south towards Botany Bay from Centre Point Tower in 1985.

Cumberland Street in the Rocks

Stairwell from flat 34-C Cumberland Street, Rocks. 
Cumberland Street, Rocks. 

Old Sydney Terminus Railway Station in Redfern

Old Sydney Railway Station in Redfern - corner of George & Devonshire Streets in 1890.
Old Sydney Terminus in 1902

Central Railway Station

Central Station Square looking West in 1921.
Central Railway Square in January 1929.
Central Railway Square on George Street having Christ Church, St. Laurence in 1900.
1910.
Central Railway Square in 1914.
1939.
Central Railway Square, 1945

Central Station under construction in 1903
Central Railway Station tower sometime between 1922 & 1927. 
George Street at Haymarket.
slog up Pitt Street to Central Station circa 1912.
Cemetery where Central Station would be... 
same cemetery seen at a different angle...