Thanks for the wander through town, enjoyed that. Perth is so much more beautiful, at street level, than it was in the '70s; so much greener with all the trees.
13:00 Percy Buttons Statue : The sculpture commemorates street entertainer Percy Button (1892 - 1954) and celebrates the spirit of the street. Percy Button emigrated from England to Western Australia in 1910 and worked at odd jobs and as a farmhand. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F) in World War One but was invalided home and discharged in 1918. He took to a vagrant life in Perth, sometimes earning a living by selling newspapers and collecting bottles, but soon becoming the city's best-known street entertainer. Neither the 1930s Depression nor World War Two made much difference to Button's style of living, but, as age slowed his acrobatic prowess and he added the mouth-organ to his repertoire. By 1951 his condition had so deteriorated that arrangements were made for his admission to the Old Men's Home at Dalkeith. He died of coronary thrombosis on 5 March 1954 at Claremont Mental Hospital and was buried in Karrakatta cemetery with Catholic rites. The Repatriation Department paid for his funeral.
Beautiful
@@jorgericardocalvoloaiza9444 sure is!
Great City
Thanks for the wander through town, enjoyed that. Perth is so much more beautiful, at street level, than it was in the '70s; so much greener with all the trees.
It really is!
Perf 😍
13:00 Percy Buttons Statue :
The sculpture commemorates street entertainer Percy Button (1892 - 1954) and celebrates the spirit of the street.
Percy Button emigrated from England to Western Australia in 1910 and worked at odd jobs and as a farmhand. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F) in World War One but was invalided home and discharged in 1918.
He took to a vagrant life in Perth, sometimes earning a living by selling newspapers and collecting bottles, but soon becoming the city's best-known street entertainer. Neither the 1930s Depression nor World War Two made much difference to Button's style of living, but, as age slowed his acrobatic prowess and he added the mouth-organ to his repertoire.
By 1951 his condition had so deteriorated that arrangements were made for his admission to the Old Men's Home at Dalkeith. He died of coronary thrombosis on 5 March 1954 at Claremont Mental Hospital and was buried in Karrakatta cemetery with Catholic rites. The Repatriation Department paid for his funeral.
Wondered what that was, thanks for the info
@ Sad story but an interesting one.
Cool
This is a place I’d like to see
It's a ghost town compared to the 1980's.
Pretty quiet for Christmas
What is Trinity Church?
@@pipitvitaviolettapuspitaya8333 I’m not sure, there’s Trinity Arcade and St George’s Cathedral?