Yes Marvellous Old Melbourne. I'm a " Baby Boomer " Wonderful memories. Yes I would love to have it all back again, people used to look both ways when crossing a road, instead of looking at their mobiles, mothers used to talk to their children instead of looking at mobiles. Growing up in Yarraville, Saturday afternoons were just the best at the Sun Theatre. 50's.
Fools say Melbourne was 'boring' then. That's rubbish. It was beautiful. Gracious. Spacious. A bountiful boom city that invented the 8 hour day and the weekend (and therefore the modern era). The best place on earth to live. Now because of over population becoming like every other big city - overcrowded, ugly. Sustainable Australia Now.
What a wonderful tribute to bustling old Melbourne. It brought tears to my eyes, remembering the good old days growing up as a kid and riding the red rattler into town…♥️
I was born in 72, although this is a little before my time I can remember the building's and how special it was to go into the city, if you have footage of Melbourne in the seventies or in fact any time vin the past I would love to see it Good job, thoroughly enjoyed it. Tracie from Sunbury Victoria Australia.
Thank you so much for sharing this post .it reminds me of what it is like to be normal to be at peace to be happy to see a city thriving to see Melbourne in all its glory as always. ❤️Melbourne I Pray for better times for all .
Great scenes of the past, and the music. I kept pausing it to see if I could see myself or any of my old friends. I landed in Melbourne in 1965 from Scotland.
@@benneden2580 But it wasn’t overcrowded; traffic was great, there were jobs and you could easily walk into a new one. Housing on the edge was 25 klm from the cbd, not 55 klms. Rather have a shop closed at midday Saturday knowing I still had a job on Monday than being able to shop and drink 24/7 but afford nothing and no job. As for boring I think that’s really down to ones intelligence - most people had no problem finding things to do. We went for drives or the cinema.
I used to live in St Kilda back in 1965, my parents emigrated from the UK, at a time when I didn’t want go, as I was a teenager growing up in London, it seemed so different to what I was used to, I returned home 1967/68, I’ve never regretted coming home, but I made good friends, while I was there, some of my family still live there, I visited a few times, I always go back to where I lived and and worked,this film is so familiar as that was Melbourne at the time.
Lucky if you can afford to live in this city these days. Mass imigration and no infrastructure has smashed Melbourne. We spend half our lives stuck in traffic. Kids will never own a home unless they win tatts, the government's have a lot to answer for.
@@petergoodwin2465 bottom line all my life I've heard this bull kids can't afford to by a home. Mate you can and let's face it we all can't live in Toorak Brighton or inner suburbs. Get the picture.
Geez l remember as a kid in the sixties those drinking fountains in the city streets like the one at 1.10 along with horse drinking troughs especially up the top end of Elizabeth st obviously from the early days of the Vicmarket with all the horses used to bring in the produce, loved the shot of the early 50’s Hillman minx convertible at 2.12 the side valve model going along Beaconsfield ode with station pier in the background and that Plymouth Yellow cab at the top end of Swanston st opp the city baths at 2.50, look at the amount of traffic on St. Kilda Rd at 2.07 compared with today! and the southern cross hotel has come and long gone, but what l would like to know what The Swirl in the background at 2.14 ? It looks like it is in St.Kilda as the bays in the background, Luna Park maybe?
Shouldn't be remembered as Wurundjeri and Bunwurrung Land though.. Hey? When I see the paintings from the invading artists I see what should be remembered, when I hear the stories of those dispossessed of their land and how it was before... That's how this land should be remembered, before the buildings, before the white man, before the greed.
@@bigmate4721 sad to see just how uneducated you are. Read a book. Go to your local library and read the so called "explorers" journals, read their accounts of the technology they found being utilised, read the research articles by archaeologists over the past century. Read a book like Dark Emu. You're just proving my point, people like you believe what ever they're told, they are misinformed and refute any plausible truth that opposes their current stance or opinion,any new information is rejected, their brains refuse to even consider for a moment that what they have grown up believing is the only truth. GO GET EDUCATED. I EMPLORE YOU.
What a wonderful place back then. Yes there were still problems undoubtedly (and people that don’t think there were are living in an alternate reality) but it was still a marvellous times.
@@millertas well Britain is in Europe (even though they chose to exit EU, it's still part of the Europe continent). However, Sydney and Hobart are more British than Melbourne.
Love the brief glimpse of the BP building. Always got a nighttime drive by of it's Christmas lights. Glad they retained it as apartments, there's a lot to be said for good mid century architecture.
Another brilliant video as always Gezza1967, thank you for sharing mate. I wasn't aware that Melbourne once had double decker buses as well (as captured quickly at 2:36 in the clip). Also great to see the Swing Door / Taits and Harris trains make an appearance in the clip, if only for a second or two.
When the last cable trams running on Bourke St finished in 1940 they were replaced by double decker buses but around 1955 the route was built new with electric trams.
Agree. Fools say Melbourne was 'boring' then. That's rubbish. It was beautiful. Spacious. Sustainable. A boom city rich from gold that invented the 8 hour day (and therefore the modern era). Easily the best place to live on earth.
One of your best posts. At 12 seconds in, looking across the Yarra towards the city, that is circa 1964 and the tallest building in Melbourne then was the spire on St. Patricks cathedral.
And I was convinced for years it was Fishermen's Bend. Thanks for the correction. I see on the 4k NFSA original on the big screen Grendas busses destination Dandenong. The guy in the EK Holden would have quite a drive to get to Dandenong back then to start a shift at GMH. Com gov film not wanting reality get in the way of good vision.
No it isn't a slow death as others have pointed out. Melbourne City Council and State Government working hard to speed up the death. Federal Government not helping either,
Nice. Thank goodness she's improved and become a whole lot more interesting........... wouldn't go back to 70s and 80s Melbourne for quids. Great city now. Cheers.
In the future when ppl will look back on Melbourne, they will show film clips such as this one, and talk about how once there was a global virus and they will show empty streets everywhere during lockdown.
No they won't. That generation of people will have been corrupted by the new communist government. Things are going to be extremely bad, and every day that goes by from now on will get worse and worse. Don't put your trust in man.
@@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 They still show film clips sbout the Spanish Flu. They still show clips about than Venetian Island where they buried ppl who died from the plague even b4 that. The info is out there. In every era ppl have to deal with whichever pandemic they are afflicted by. We have to deal with what is thrown at us in the moment. Life and death is out of our hands. The Lord giveth and taketh away. We must trust in God. God is all there is. We must each accept our destiny as we have no control. Every living thing er see around us has to die one day. Humans, animals, plants, everything. Life is precious and we must thank God for all we have had the chance to experience and for the time we are given here. Never fear death as it is a part of life. We are given life on condition that we will die one day. The important thing to remember is that our soul lives on, and that nothing is nowhere as bad as we think it is. Life is a journey we each travel. When death comes, we will embark on our spiritual existence in another realm filled with joy, reunion with ppl who went b4 us. Trust and believe in God. We are never alone.
@@oldtyres36 I thought the Communists had mostly died out. And for man, nobody can believe in any other human being. We as humans are very limited in what we can and can't control. I don't know in which country you live in bcz you fear communists. Every country has its ogres that we have to live with. Crime and corruption in these times is worldwide. We can only put our trust in God. God sees everything. He will punish the guilty evil ones 1x1 when their turn comes. I have been surrounded by evil ppl for most of my life. They are everywhere. I have also seen how they come and go. Most of them have died off long ago. They are in hell now. I'm sure I will never see them again. No matter what evil deeds others do, we must not go down to their level. We must help those worse off than ourselves and God will take care of us. I know God sends his Angelic messengers to rescue us when we are threatened. I know. I was saved many times by a mysterious being who came to help me when no human did. This is WHY I believe and trust in God. He knows WHO His good ppl are and He guards our safety. He also knows WHO the evil ones are. I would never want to be in their shoes. I am in a tremendously difficult situation too. If I don't believe in God, my life would be HELL on Earth. Remember evil rules for now, but their time is short & coming to an end. The good will overcome evil and rule once again. Be good, honest and God will help you.
@@johanna5688 Thankyou for your well thought input. Honestly, you've actually helped me quiet a bit saying all of that. Ive had a major spiritual awakening 7 years ago, (coming out of being a atheist meth cook/drug dealer etc). God saved me through Jesus Christ. I won't go into details about my testimony because it's way too long and complicated (like many other folks). I got caught up with an end of times church group 18 months ago, and Ive recently departed from it. The content they were preaching was too much for me to handle and I became mentally affected in a very negative way. Now I'm in a confused state.
The accompanying music took me straight to Terry Jones: “There will now be a whopping great intermission, during which small ice creams in very large boxes will be sold. Another way we can drive people away from the cinema is by showing you advertisements.”
Wouldn't it be great if we could turn the clock of time back to that era and start all over again? Bring back the old trams, they had a heart and character, not like the sterile ones of today.
As a lad, I used to earn pocket money working for the milkman on his horse drawn wagon. Showed Webb dock, my old man used to drive trucks for a living, single drive, single trailer 'old' Chev carting freight from the ships. Sometimes I'd help out. Mum used to work in the city and as a young teenager, I'd travel in, meet her and we'd have lunch in the Coles cafeteria. Life really was so much better, yes it was slower, we didn't have mobile phones or computers and we certainly didn't have credit cards. As a 8 or 9 year old a couple of mates and I would ride our bikes from Sunshine to Williamstown or Altona about 20ks to go fishing. My grandchildren won't get their bikes out of the garage if it's raining. Weak little shits. Miss the 50's, 60's and 70's
@@Joshua-jj4xn my goodness, what an intelligent, valid argument you've put forward. Are you one of those little wimps that force your mother to do everything for you? Even though you're 35. To quote the great W.C. Fields, Go away boy, you bother me.
Suppose you didn't have a problem with gangs such as the Sharpies back then? I guess you wouldn't seeing as they were all white. No home invasions or car-jackings? Please. The rate of those crimes has only declined since
Have you got footage of M&MTB Leyland National buses. They were unique in having a two speed transmission. The ones I caught in Sydney had four speed semi automatic (manual change).
@@pirateramblinrose It is good to see you still potificating your virtute signalling. Would the Aboriginies prefered the Indonesians, Dutch, Spanish or Portugese instead of the British. Perhaps you could ask the Incas. What happened to the Aboriginals was going to happen, they were somewhat lucky it was the British.
@@bigmate4721 you're one of "those" white men, ah, how interesting, if this country belongs to anyone it surely ain't the white man, ignorance is bliss ain't it mate?
Hard to believe this is the place I know. It's an absolute hole now. Business is dead, no one smiles, or talks. Life goes on, but fucking hell, it's soulless.
![Melbourne, Australia 1930s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](/img/1.gif)
Yes Marvellous Old Melbourne. I'm a " Baby Boomer " Wonderful memories. Yes I would love to
have it all back again, people used to look both ways when crossing a road, instead of looking
at their mobiles, mothers used to talk to their children instead of looking at mobiles.
Growing up in Yarraville, Saturday afternoons were just the best at the Sun Theatre. 50's.
Fools say Melbourne was 'boring' then. That's rubbish. It was beautiful. Gracious. Spacious. A bountiful boom city that invented the 8 hour day and the weekend (and therefore the modern era). The best place on earth to live. Now because of over population becoming like every other big city - overcrowded, ugly. Sustainable Australia Now.
Agreed entirely. A shyte hole now.😢
What a wonderful tribute to bustling old Melbourne. It brought tears to my eyes, remembering the good old days growing up as a kid and riding the red rattler into town…♥️
Yes me too made me cry as well
@@annsmith6455
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Hope this link worked. Here’s another beauty. Allens Sweets.
Ooh that time... ah... the cars, the people
The clothes.
Want it all back now!
@1.50. GMH Doveton/Dandenong. Recognized it. And the buses waiting for the workers are Grenada’s Bus lines which was Dandenong based.
Glorious times, never to be repeated.
Great video......amazing how our body shapes have changed, far less obesity from a more active lifestyle and better food choices....
Fond memories of 5 years when I once there. Excellent compilation . Brought mist over my eyes!
I was born in 72, although this is a little before my time I can remember the building's and how special it was to go into the city, if you have footage of Melbourne in the seventies or in fact any time vin the past I would love to see it
Good job, thoroughly enjoyed it. Tracie from Sunbury Victoria Australia.
That looks like a nice city.
Good to see TAA "the friendly way" again.
Thanks Gezza.
Oh wow TAA my Grandfather worked there! It’s been a long time…
When I worked there we called it "Try Another Airline"
Thank you so much for sharing this post .it reminds me of what it is like to be normal to be at peace to be happy to see a city thriving to see Melbourne in all its glory as always. ❤️Melbourne I Pray for better times for all .
Great choice of images and the music very much in keeping with images setting a feeling.
Well done.
Great scenes of the past, and the music. I kept pausing it to see if I could see myself or any of my old friends. I landed in Melbourne in 1965 from Scotland.
Great place to be in that era 👍🏻👍🏻❤️
Well done. It certainly conveys the magic of ol Melbourne.
Yeah - of how it used to be.....
Our once great city, it saddens me to see what it has become
How are those rose tinted glasses treating you?
Makes me weep Tears of Blood Period
The city was boring as hell back in the old days. That’s what my parents told me.
Once a great land, saddens me to see what it became after the traditional owners were dispossessed of it. Wurundjeri and Bunwurrung Land.
@@benneden2580 But it wasn’t overcrowded; traffic was great, there were jobs and you could easily walk into a new one. Housing on the edge was 25 klm from the cbd, not 55 klms. Rather have a shop closed at midday Saturday knowing I still had a job on Monday than being able to shop and drink 24/7 but afford nothing and no job. As for boring I think that’s really down to ones intelligence - most people had no problem finding things to do. We went for drives or the cinema.
I used to live in St Kilda back in 1965, my parents emigrated from the UK, at a time when I didn’t want go, as I was a teenager growing up in London, it seemed so different to what I was used to, I returned home 1967/68, I’ve never regretted coming home, but I made good friends, while I was there, some of my family still live there, I visited a few times, I always go back to where I lived and and worked,this film is so familiar as that was Melbourne at the time.
Really enjoyed that and the music that you put on the vid just perfect!
The good old days, loved the music too
Wow so beautiful and surprising a lot of traffic then too .
Life was good then growing up in Melbourne
Note the Skipping Girl vinegar sign is still there :)
as kids it was an exciting time for us in the 1950’s
It was once the most liveable city.
R. I. P.
And will be again :)
@@thatwasmymistake and I hope your correct
Lucky if you can afford to live in this city these days. Mass imigration and no infrastructure has smashed Melbourne. We spend half our lives stuck in traffic. Kids will never own a home unless they win tatts, the government's have a lot to answer for.
@@petergoodwin2465 bottom line all my life I've heard this bull kids can't afford to by a home. Mate you can and let's face it we all can't live in Toorak Brighton or inner suburbs. Get the picture.
@@paulkyriakopoulos3444 Have you seen the price of a normal house in the suburbs and our wages that haven't gone up.
Absolutely fabulous vid 👍👍👍 The soundtrack is just perfect too. You are the “man” 👌
Fantastic video the song goes great with the video.
Geez l remember as a kid in the sixties those drinking fountains in the city streets like the one at 1.10 along with horse drinking troughs especially up the top end of Elizabeth st obviously from the early days of the Vicmarket with all the horses used to bring in the produce, loved the shot of the early 50’s Hillman minx convertible at 2.12 the side valve model going along Beaconsfield ode with station pier in the background and that Plymouth Yellow cab at the top end of Swanston st opp the city baths at 2.50, look at the amount of traffic on St. Kilda Rd at 2.07 compared with today! and the southern cross hotel has come and long gone, but what l would like to know what The Swirl in the background at 2.14 ? It looks like it is in St.Kilda as the bays in the background, Luna Park maybe?
I left Melbourne 20 years ago. Isn't the Southetn Cross there any more? If it's gone, that would be so sad. What stands there now?
Oh geez, give me a time machine.
@1:57 Those tram stop signs on the light poles! 🤩
Just Beautiful. Thank YOU, Gezza!! Cheers from Chelsea VIC!!
It’s down right robbery what the MCC has done to our once beautiful city
We came in 1971....those were the days. Hate going into Melbourne now.
🙌🙌👏👏BEAUTIFUL & well made video!! This is How Melbourne should be Remembered!!
Shouldn't be remembered as Wurundjeri and Bunwurrung Land though.. Hey? When I see the paintings from the invading artists I see what should be remembered, when I hear the stories of those dispossessed of their land and how it was before... That's how this land should be remembered, before the buildings, before the white man, before the greed.
@@pirateramblinrose 60,000 years, invented a stick!
@@bigmate4721 sad to see just how uneducated you are. Read a book. Go to your local library and read the so called "explorers" journals, read their accounts of the technology they found being utilised, read the research articles by archaeologists over the past century. Read a book like Dark Emu. You're just proving my point, people like you believe what ever they're told, they are misinformed and refute any plausible truth that opposes their current stance or opinion,any new information is rejected, their brains refuse to even consider for a moment that what they have grown up believing is the only truth. GO GET EDUCATED. I EMPLORE YOU.
Those beautiful days will never run again,Farewell to the best
What a wonderful place back then. Yes there were still problems undoubtedly (and people that don’t think there were are living in an alternate reality) but it was still a marvellous times.
It looked like a city in Europe! Very stylish.
@@Mynewlife2025 Actually we followed Britain more than any other.
@@millertas well Britain is in Europe (even though they chose to exit EU, it's still part of the Europe continent). However, Sydney and Hobart are more British than Melbourne.
Melbourne really did used to be a beautiful city, I just didn't realise it at the time.
Try and tell todays kids about TAA.. they'd never get understand. Thanks heaps Gezza.. you're a gem..
Tell them about anything and they just look at you strangely
TAA and Ansett.
@@jamesdean2185 are you serious? I laughed so much.. i never would've guessed it in a million years 😂
Love the brief glimpse of the BP building. Always got a nighttime drive by of it's Christmas lights. Glad they retained it as apartments, there's a lot to be said for good mid century architecture.
Another brilliant video as always Gezza1967, thank you for sharing mate. I wasn't aware that Melbourne once had double decker buses as well (as captured quickly at 2:36 in the clip). Also great to see the Swing Door / Taits and Harris trains make an appearance in the clip, if only for a second or two.
Here's a good history on Melbourne's experience with double deckers.
www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/doubledeck.htm
When the last cable trams running on Bourke St finished in 1940 they were replaced by double decker buses but around 1955 the route was built new with electric trams.
Where did it all go wrong!
1973
Government!
Daniel Andrews is were it all went wrong and weak society.
At 3:30
@@bigmate4721 What happened in 73?
Lovely city then, Much to big now.
Wow, this brings back memories.
Yes we have seen the best of it all now Dead and Buried
Fabulous images and great music,thanks Gezza.
Cheers Nigel👍
Ahhhhh. Life before lockdown!!!!!
So many memories. Thankyou
I was in form 2B at Essendon Technical School,Also learned to drive on the FB .....memories...
Those were the days my freinds.
Not the shit that Melbourne has became
Now days.
Agree. Fools say Melbourne was 'boring' then. That's rubbish. It was beautiful. Spacious.
Sustainable. A boom city rich from gold that invented the 8 hour day (and therefore the modern era). Easily the best place to live on earth.
@@benjaminwilliams3916
Ordinary working class folks could have decent lives.
One of your best posts. At 12 seconds in, looking across the Yarra towards the city, that is circa 1964 and the tallest building in Melbourne then was the spire on St. Patricks cathedral.
That's Mr Hammond in the helicopter 😂
The old ways of the old days..top job Gezza..keep em rolling as you grab more nostalgic footage mate!
Brilliant work once again old chap
One of my top ten cities in the world. Love to visit whenever I can.
It was not now though
Around 1:50 mark appears to be workers leaving GMH Dandenong factory.
And I was convinced for years it was Fishermen's Bend. Thanks for the correction. I see on the 4k NFSA original on the big screen Grendas busses destination Dandenong.
The guy in the EK Holden would have quite a drive to get to Dandenong back then to start a shift at GMH. Com gov film not wanting reality get in the way of good vision.
@@johnd8892 My mum worked at that factory, and growing up in Doveton, I rode Grenda's buses more times than I can remember.
Ah -before the Great Population Replacement
Username checks out for another fake account
Oh, ❤️seeing those Holden cars.
Plenty of EKs running around.
A once vibrant, dynamic and very liveable Australian city.
Fabulous Melbourne in times gone by
MAGNIFICENT
Aaa Melbourne, the city of dreams!
The city these days is dying a slow death.
No it isn't
No it isn't a slow death as others have pointed out.
Melbourne City Council and State Government working hard to speed up the death.
Federal Government not helping either,
It’s Finished On Steroids
Nice. Thank goodness she's improved and become a whole lot more interesting........... wouldn't go back to 70s and 80s Melbourne for quids. Great city now. Cheers.
Melbourne In Victoria or Melbourne in Florida?
Was thinking Gezz, another Melbourne landmark that never gets glory is Victoria Barracks...
Always outshone by Gov House, Bot Gardens & the Shrine!
Lot of folks dont know it was there
My Dad used to work at Victoria Barracks mid to late 60"s early 70's.😊
So, this is compiled from a range of different sources? Some seem to be 1950s, & others various points in the 1960s?
actually 3:08 looks to be 1970s?
In the future when ppl will look back on Melbourne, they will show film clips such as this one, and talk about how once there was a global virus and they will show empty streets everywhere during lockdown.
No they won't. That generation of people will have been corrupted by the new communist government. Things are going to be extremely bad, and every day that goes by from now on will get worse and worse. Don't put your trust in man.
Hardly anyone remembered the 1919 virus, this one will be just as insignificant.
@@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 They still show film clips sbout the Spanish Flu. They still show clips about than Venetian Island where they buried ppl who died from the plague even b4 that. The info is out there. In every era ppl have to deal with whichever pandemic they are afflicted by. We have to deal with what is thrown at us in the moment. Life and death is out of our hands. The Lord giveth and taketh away. We must trust in God. God is all there is. We must each accept our destiny as we have no control. Every living thing er see around us has to die one day. Humans, animals, plants, everything. Life is precious and we must thank God for all we have had the chance to experience and for the time we are given here. Never fear death as it is a part of life. We are given life on condition that we will die one day. The important thing to remember is that our soul lives on, and that nothing is nowhere as bad as we think it is. Life is a journey we each travel. When death comes, we will embark on our spiritual existence in another realm filled with joy, reunion with ppl who went b4 us. Trust and believe in God. We are never alone.
@@oldtyres36 I thought the Communists had mostly died out. And for man, nobody can believe in any other human being. We as humans are very limited in what we can and can't control. I don't know in which country you live in bcz you fear communists. Every country has its ogres that we have to live with. Crime and corruption in these times is worldwide. We can only put our trust in God. God sees everything. He will punish the guilty evil ones 1x1 when their turn comes. I have been surrounded by evil ppl for most of my life. They are everywhere. I have also seen how they come and go. Most of them have died off long ago. They are in hell now. I'm sure I will never see them again. No matter what evil deeds others do, we must not go down to their level. We must help those worse off than ourselves and God will take care of us. I know God sends his Angelic messengers to rescue us when we are threatened. I know. I was saved many times by a mysterious being who came to help me when no human did. This is WHY I believe and trust in God. He knows WHO His good ppl are and He guards our safety. He also knows WHO the evil ones are. I would never want to be in their shoes. I am in a tremendously difficult situation too. If I don't believe in God, my life would be HELL on Earth. Remember evil rules for now, but their time is short & coming to an end. The good will overcome evil and rule once again. Be good, honest and God will help you.
@@johanna5688 Thankyou for your well thought input. Honestly, you've actually helped me quiet a bit saying all of that. Ive had a major spiritual awakening 7 years ago, (coming out of being a atheist meth cook/drug dealer etc). God saved me through Jesus Christ. I won't go into details about my testimony because it's way too long and complicated (like many other folks). I got caught up with an end of times church group 18 months ago, and Ive recently departed from it. The content they were preaching was too much for me to handle and I became mentally affected in a very negative way. Now I'm in a confused state.
The accompanying music took me straight to Terry Jones: “There will now be a whopping great intermission, during which small ice creams in very large boxes will be sold. Another way we can drive people away from the cinema is by showing you advertisements.”
Theme from A Summer Place
The skyline is so different now
Wouldn't it be great if we could turn the clock of time back to that era and start all over again? Bring back the old trams, they had a heart and character, not like the sterile ones of today.
Thank you!!
I remember it well.
Awsome! 😍
Where is the good old days going so sad
As a lad, I used to earn pocket money working for the milkman on his horse drawn wagon. Showed Webb dock, my old man used to drive trucks for a living, single drive, single trailer 'old' Chev carting freight from the ships. Sometimes I'd help out. Mum used to work in the city and as a young teenager, I'd travel in, meet her and we'd have lunch in the Coles cafeteria. Life really was so much better, yes it was slower, we didn't have mobile phones or computers and we certainly didn't have credit cards. As a 8 or 9 year old a couple of mates and I would ride our bikes from Sunshine to Williamstown or Altona about 20ks to go fishing. My grandchildren won't get their bikes out of the garage if it's raining. Weak little shits. Miss the 50's, 60's and 70's
Shut up loser
@@Joshua-jj4xn my goodness, what an intelligent, valid argument you've put forward. Are you one of those little wimps that force your mother to do everything for you? Even though you're 35. To quote the great W.C. Fields, Go away boy, you bother me.
@@slatibaadfast wanna fight?
Cool old Melbourne
An endless sea of white faces
Good.
No car jackings, no home invasions, no drug dealing ethnic gangs.......
Ditto that comment 100% from someone who grew up there around the same time as the first part of this video.
just drug dealing bogans instead right?
Suppose you didn't have a problem with gangs such as the Sharpies back then? I guess you wouldn't seeing as they were all white. No home invasions or car-jackings? Please. The rate of those crimes has only declined since
The title of music please ..
These Ambon…
A theme from a summer place & The tales of Hoffmann’ Offenbach. 🎶
@@Gezza1967 thank u🙏
Don't know what you've got untill it's gone.
Ah .I'll take then over now...
So many faces has been in Melbourne
Today life is far more modern but yesteryear life looked far more Splendours.
Looked like the milko was gunna chuck the bottles.
Nuk ah, the milkie would put the bottles out & us Jordy boys would smash them.
Looks more like Beijing now...
Wow the old trams .
The biggest change since then & now is privatisation of government services.
Yes Beautiful progress Sucks in my view
God it was marvelous...10 years of a green labour gov have stuffed it and have put it in so much debt...What a tragedy!!!
Not a crackhead in sight
Some great footage but most of the clips were too short to be appreciated.
So what happened?
Have you got footage of M&MTB Leyland National buses.
They were unique in having a two speed transmission. The ones I caught in Sydney had four speed semi automatic (manual change).
…and passengers would give a stuff about how many gears a bus had?
@@Vinnie101a You clearly don't bit I do and so do others. Stop thinking everyone is the same.
Too short lived to be filmed much. Did not cope with Doncaster hills well.
James French: I’ll try to remember to put you on my next dinner party guest list.
@@Vinnie101a ugh you can have it. Not for everybody. Starting to get it now?
It’s a ghost town now .
Nice
Yes, the high rise ghetto it is now is a real improvement. 🤣🤣
Is this the song going to be used as the Melbourne city song? Just wondering Gezza?
A theme from a summer place & The tales of Hoffmann’ Offenbach.
@@Gezza1967 okay 👍
@@danrobinson572 cheers👍
Deadly Dan Andrews’ would love to go back in time and make that Melbourne even better.
Dan has done a great job of wrecking it.
Hey! Why isn't anybody stopping these selfish people? Lock them all up, I say.
Pre multiculturalism.
Post multiculturalism.
Know which one i prefer.
Is there a problem?
Nearly obese people to be seen, what have we done to ourselves??
A simpler time
Bring back the White Australia Policy
And alas, a wild Drongo appears.
@@pirateramblinrose I think not.
@@pirateramblinrose The white man built this country, it belongs to us. Stay mad.
@@pirateramblinrose It is good to see you still potificating your virtute signalling.
Would the Aboriginies prefered the Indonesians, Dutch, Spanish or Portugese instead of the British. Perhaps you could ask the Incas. What happened to the Aboriginals was going to happen, they were somewhat lucky it was the British.
@@bigmate4721 you're one of "those" white men, ah, how interesting, if this country belongs to anyone it surely ain't the white man, ignorance is bliss ain't it mate?
Hard to believe this is the place I know. It's an absolute hole now. Business is dead, no one smiles, or talks. Life goes on, but fucking hell, it's soulless.
This isn't Melbourne. Where are the Chinese people?
They are hiding behind the Somalis
@@vinorob Who are hiding behind the Vietnamese
Who are hiding behind the Italians and Greeks
Who are hiding behind the Anglo Saxons.
Melbourne has been destroyed by local government dickheads