showed this to an uncle who lived through that period in Melbourne as a migrant and received back stacks of his personal stories associated with many of the pics - very enjoyable ! Thank you !
You have got to be joking!? The sexism racism ect .. god forbid if your gay or pregnant out of wedlock, god help you if you’re married with kids to an abuser , there was no government support for women so she had to endure it I’d commit suicide if I had to live back then and you say you’d give everything up 😂 It was a dark time with dark attitudes back then
1:19 My grandfather used to work on the docks back in those days. 2:34 and 2:44 Looking at those two pics and thinking about my Mum and her siblings, who were getting around the city as young kids in those days. Going to the pictures on a Saturday afternoon, stopping along the way to buy a bag of broken biscuits to eat while they watch the pictures and then getting an ice cream on the way home.
Heck, we still used to get a milkman delivering to us in Thornbury back in the early 80's. And despite living only a few doors down from a milk bar, too. 😜
A very nice compilation. 2 caption corrections: 3:04 "Toorak Rd 1950" the vehicles are not 1950s , they are from an earlier era, probably 1920s - 30s. At 1:47 "Men cross road in Edwardian suits" the men are wearing typical suits of the 1950s, not Edwardian suits (which date back to the 1910s.)
Well I highly doubt that everyone, or most people, were driving only 5-10 year old cars in 1950. Remembering that it was only 4-5 years after the end of WW2.
@@mebeme007 that's possible ... but it is odd that this is a main road in a city, and there is not a single car in this pic produced after 1940, though the Holden went into production in 1948. Compare the earlier "Bridge St Richmond 1950" photo at 0:51. The majority of the cars in the problematic "Toorak Rd 1950" pic have roll-top hoods, which places their manufacture squarely in the 1920s, making them at least 20 or 30 years old if the given date is correct. Whereas, in the "Richmond 1950 " pic, at least half the cars are made post-war, and there is not a roll-top hood to be seen. It's also odd that the female pedestrian is wearing a silhouette which was on trend for the 1920s but not for the 1950s; and the man standing is wearing a hat which is taller than the fashionable height for 1950 (but normal for the1920s - compare 1950's mens' hats and womens' fashions in the preceding photo 2:34 called "Swanston St...1955"). Then there are the 2 petrol bowsers located right on the kerb - a placement which is on point for the 1920s. But the biggest red flag is the huge pile of horse dung next to the bowsers, which has been swept off the carriageway. (Not to mention the 3 horse-drawn vehicles in this pic.)That is a lot of manure for 1950; I doubt that any street sweeping was still being done, or even needed, by that date. In short, when a street photo shows not a single item which would have been contemporary with the date given, it's usually been misdated. Misdating is rife with historical photos, even in the present day. For example Getty Images, which uploads shots taken by photographic journalists every day, routinely has date errors.
It would seem you’re being overly picky here. I was born in 1940 so I grew up through that era and I can tell you there were plenty of vehicles dating back to the 20 and 30s being driven in 1950.
So 1:44 is the corner of Swanston & Bourke Streets, taken from the now position of the "Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch" sculpture on Swanston Street. And where the Royal Mail Hotel is behind the men in this photo, the Vodafone store now occupies.
Born 1947, I remember it well. Great idea putting that soundtrack together for audio background. So many memories. Someone mention’s air conditioning - we didn’t even have heaters in our car back then. They were for wimps when they came in! 😂
Thank you we LOVE the soundtrack! 👏👏👏
born in bentleigh in 1949 i lived through 50's melbourne.
showed this to an uncle who lived through that period in Melbourne as a migrant and received back stacks of his personal stories associated with many of the pics - very enjoyable ! Thank you !
Thanks I'm glad it helped your uncle to tell you his stories. You should record his stories.
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Great idea.
Such things need to be recorded and preserved, to be passed down to children, grandchildren and so on.
@@mebeme007 I recorded my father and his siblings chatting about memories of growing up in country Victoria
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That's fantastic. I'm sure it's something that everyone in your family will cherish for generations to come.
The radio commercials are the icing-on-the-cake of a great vid.
Thanks David.
I'd give everything I own today to be able to live back then.
It was fun back then but there were some negatives. Health care for example.
1st 40+ degree day you'll be crying to get back to your future air conditioned house 😂
You haven’t thought this through.
You have got to be joking!?
The sexism racism ect .. god forbid if your gay or pregnant out of wedlock, god help you if you’re married with kids to an abuser , there was no government support for women so she had to endure it
I’d commit suicide if I had to live back then and you say you’d give everything up 😂
It was a dark time with dark attitudes back then
Evian is naive spelt backwards
That was a great video with clear explanations of each photo and the background retro commentary was excellent.
Thank you for sharing. 👍
Thanks for your kind comments
1:19 My grandfather used to work on the docks back in those days.
2:34 and 2:44 Looking at those two pics and thinking about my Mum and her siblings, who were getting around the city as young kids in those days. Going to the pictures on a Saturday afternoon, stopping along the way to buy a bag of broken biscuits to eat while they watch the pictures and then getting an ice cream on the way home.
What lovely memories.
I still remember the milkman and his horse in Broadmeadows. And the bread man in his van.
I remember getting ice from the Iceman's truck in Benalla.
Yes up until 1977 in Blackburn. Ireland Dairy
Heck, we still used to get a milkman delivering to us in Thornbury back in the early 80's.
And despite living only a few doors down from a milk bar, too. 😜
Thanks.
A very nice compilation.
2 caption corrections: 3:04 "Toorak Rd 1950" the vehicles are not 1950s , they are from an earlier era, probably 1920s - 30s. At 1:47 "Men cross road in Edwardian suits" the men are wearing typical suits of the 1950s, not Edwardian suits (which date back to the 1910s.)
Well I highly doubt that everyone, or most people, were driving only 5-10 year old cars in 1950.
Remembering that it was only 4-5 years after the end of WW2.
@@mebeme007 that's possible ... but it is odd that this is a main road in a city, and there is not a single car in this pic produced after 1940, though the Holden went into production in 1948. Compare the earlier "Bridge St Richmond 1950" photo at 0:51. The majority of the cars in the problematic "Toorak Rd 1950" pic have roll-top hoods, which places their manufacture squarely in the 1920s, making them at least 20 or 30 years old if the given date is correct. Whereas, in the "Richmond 1950 " pic, at least half the cars are made post-war, and there is not a roll-top hood to be seen.
It's also odd that the female pedestrian is wearing a silhouette which was on trend for the 1920s but not for the 1950s; and the man standing is wearing a hat which is taller than the fashionable height for 1950 (but normal for the1920s - compare 1950's mens' hats and womens' fashions in the preceding photo 2:34 called "Swanston St...1955"). Then there are the 2 petrol bowsers located right on the kerb - a placement which is on point for the 1920s.
But the biggest red flag is the huge pile of horse dung next to the bowsers, which has been swept off the carriageway. (Not to mention the 3 horse-drawn vehicles in this pic.)That is a lot of manure for 1950; I doubt that any street sweeping was still being done, or even needed, by that date.
In short, when a street photo shows not a single item which would have been contemporary with the date given, it's usually been misdated. Misdating is rife with historical photos, even in the present day. For example Getty Images, which uploads shots taken by photographic journalists every day, routinely has date errors.
It would seem you’re being overly picky here.
I was born in 1940 so I grew up through that era and I can tell you there were plenty of vehicles dating back to the 20 and 30s being driven in 1950.
Good on ya, Aussies, of all ages.
So 1:44 is the corner of Swanston & Bourke Streets, taken from the now position of the "Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch" sculpture on Swanston Street. And where the Royal Mail Hotel is behind the men in this photo, the Vodafone store now occupies.
Born 1947, I remember it well. Great idea putting that soundtrack together for audio background. So many memories. Someone mention’s air conditioning - we didn’t even have heaters in our car back then. They were for wimps when they came in! 😂
Lucky to have a car
Mohawk in Moreland high I went there 1970
The dead oldies channel
What a pleasant comment. Thanks so much.
The legendary Bob Diarrhea