Thank you for watching. If you would like to further support my work on this channel, please Subscribe, Like and leave a comment. Warm regards, Will 🙏🍷
Thank you Moya - you have been a big part of this channel and telling Elizabeth's story, giving it a more nuanced and balanced history than is generally told. Much appreciated 🙏
Thanks for this! I was born in the early 1960s in Elizabeth and grew up about 370 metres from Elizabeth South station. I learn a lot about where I grew up from your videos. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the place, and it's helpful to lean why it was how it was. I really appreciate it.
My pleasure. I'm glad it helps - part of the reason I began this channel was in part to understand my own upbringing better. When I think of the Elizabeth Originals now, my parents generation and their parents, I think of childhoods spent in WWII Europe - food shortages, air raid sirens and bombings, family going off to war and never coming back...and young parents living daily with the threat of their children being killed or maimed from bombings etc. Then, once it's all over....just get on with it. No-one talked about their feelings then - there was a whole world to rebuild so no time for that. Many of my generation grew up without any obvious signs of love, just plenty of discipline (and in some cases, horrendous cruelty) - but our parents and grandparents spent years with no time for giving or receiving love themselves...it was all about survival. It's near impossible to give what you yourself never received. So these days when I think of those Originals and of my parents, I think of frightened little children whose parents had no time to give them what their own children would later crave. It's the burden they had to carry, and a curse that can only be broken through forgiveness and understanding, lest we pass that on some of that trauma ourselves. Thank you for watching, and sharing some of your story 🙏
Yes, as you get older you realise how important roots are in grounding a sense of belonging. It's not about living in the past, but appreciating who and what came before you and building from there - reverence for past, present and future generations 🙏
Good morning Toni! Yes, a little late this morning. I did a last minute check and spotted an error...lol. Couldn't let it slip so went back into the edit and re-uploaded. Hope you enjoyed it 🙏
Ty for this footage of Elizabeth south and sounding areas I lived in Hogarth Road and the nursery our then neibour had worked ,there was a path way he had made from going back and forth to the nursery but is now IPLEX plastics storage, please keep more of this fantastic footage comming oh and when the massive dust storm came I was 5 just started school but can still remember it well as my farther had to hang onto the fences to get home.Graham Glasson.
I was out the front gate with my mother looking down the road to see if my father was coming, all we could see was a figure cown the dusty Hogarth road it was my dad.
I remember eating loads of sour sobs lol. Before the large blocks of flats that were built across from the Elizabeth City Centre,and remember the tummy cramps awhile after eating them.
@@elizabeththatwas i actually liked them...but i do remember being teased at times by mates who'd say that dogs had peed on them...i cared not and maybe why i'm still strong & healthy as an ox today😋
I love watching these incredible videos - the footage is fascinating! We moved into a double unit Housing Trust at 154 Harvey Road Elizabeth South some time in 1960.
I'm glad you're enjoying them Helen. I have 2 new episodes in this series of videos coming next month. There are 3 more in total to come. Warmest, Will :-)
@@elizabeththatwas Thank you for letting me know. I'll definitely watch out for them. Speaking of Harvey Road, my sister and I caught up with our next door neighbour (and her daughter - our friend from when we were around 6 years old) from Harvey Road when I was back home in Adelaide in January. Our former neighbour is now residing in an aged care facility and it was wonderful catching up with her and her daughter/our friend after so many decades.
@@helenbachari6372 Wonderful. I hope life has been kind to all of you. What great stories you must all have of Elizabeth's early years. A world away from today
@@elizabeththatwas there have been a few 'speed bump' along the way but my siblings and I have all survived. My early memories are connected mainly with the schools I attended in Elizabeth - mostly the catholic schools. I left South Australia in 1985 after I won a promotion to a position in Canberra and in 2003 I ended up in NZ. I try to get 'home' to South Australia a couple of times every year (or more often if Jimmy Barnes is touring.)
Oh my....does this bring back memories. My Gran used to drive my aunt to Gawler High from Elizabeth North ( tho she didn't have a license then lol ) around 1958 (?). I remember that dust storm too.
For a time you didn't have to sit a test to get a DL anyway, you just paid the fee. Your Gran was probably a better driver than many of the licenced drivers at the time....lol.
The pic at 7:20 is the southern end of Midway Road. The building frame on the left was a Church and is now a funeral parlour, and the vacant land on the right is where the Midway Road shops are now. The water-tower "landmark" can also be seen in the distance in that pic. :)
The pic at 10:02 is reversed. The residential houses closest to the camera are in Elizabeth Grove, and the road running up to them from the right is the eastern end of Hogarth Road, and the vacant area of land on the other side of it is where Elizabeth Vale is today. Thanks for posting another interesting video.
The pic at 7:26 is the southern end of Goodman Road. I'd forgotten about the elevated water-tank that can be seen in the distance. Does anyone know what that was there for and/or when it was removed?
@@elizabeththatwas That's a possibility, but I doubt that it would have been left there if it didn't serve some purpose. If I'm remembering correctly, it was on an area of land that was (and still is) used as a walkway between two streets and a place for kids to play, and is now called Willison Reserve.
Wow in 1960 it looks unrecognisable I lived on Midway Rd when I got married in 82. My family came to Elizabeth in 64 I grew up in Elizabeth Vale and Elizabeth West. I worked in GMH for 10 years.
1960 Elizabeth is like looking at someone else's town isn't Geoff? I guess the same is true for young people today when they see images of the Octagon and Windsor Green etc.
@@elizabeththatwas It's a bit strange when I see Elizabeth now days I moved to Adelaide in 92 so a lot of these places have changed a lot. But they are still as they were in my mind and when I pass through to see family and friends I get quite disoriented. It really is a shame they have changed so much.
@@geoffmower8729 agreed. Part of the reason I started this channel; honour those who were there and give younger people a digital reference to their own history. A history they otherwise would not know even happened.
Oh, my. That's amazing June. What a day that must have been. If you have any photos or footage you would like to share with us please do so. Always looking out for rare photos etc for future videos. Do you have any stand out memories from that first day?
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Thank you for watching. If you would like to further support my work on this channel, please Subscribe, Like and leave a comment. Warm regards, Will 🙏🍷
Your voiceovers have given these pictorial memories so much more meaning than when you added audio. It helps explain the story of Elizabeth x
Thank you Moya - you have been a big part of this channel and telling Elizabeth's story, giving it a more nuanced and balanced history than is generally told. Much appreciated 🙏
Thanks for this! I was born in the early 1960s in Elizabeth and grew up about 370 metres from Elizabeth South station. I learn a lot about where I grew up from your videos. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the place, and it's helpful to lean why it was how it was. I really appreciate it.
My pleasure. I'm glad it helps - part of the reason I began this channel was in part to understand my own upbringing better. When I think of the Elizabeth Originals now, my parents generation and their parents, I think of childhoods spent in WWII Europe - food shortages, air raid sirens and bombings, family going off to war and never coming back...and young parents living daily with the threat of their children being killed or maimed from bombings etc. Then, once it's all over....just get on with it. No-one talked about their feelings then - there was a whole world to rebuild so no time for that. Many of my generation grew up without any obvious signs of love, just plenty of discipline (and in some cases, horrendous cruelty) - but our parents and grandparents spent years with no time for giving or receiving love themselves...it was all about survival. It's near impossible to give what you yourself never received. So these days when I think of those Originals and of my parents, I think of frightened little children whose parents had no time to give them what their own children would later crave. It's the burden they had to carry, and a curse that can only be broken through forgiveness and understanding, lest we pass that on some of that trauma ourselves. Thank you for watching, and sharing some of your story 🙏
I remember the dust storm and mostly not having grand parents like some of my friends but it's much later in life that you realise how sad that is
Yes, as you get older you realise how important roots are in grounding a sense of belonging. It's not about living in the past, but appreciating who and what came before you and building from there - reverence for past, present and future generations 🙏
Good morning 🌻. Been looking forward to this. 👍🦋
Good morning Toni! Yes, a little late this morning. I did a last minute check and spotted an error...lol. Couldn't let it slip so went back into the edit and re-uploaded. Hope you enjoyed it 🙏
Ty for this footage of Elizabeth south and sounding areas I lived in Hogarth Road and the nursery our then neibour had worked ,there was a path way he had made from going back and forth to the nursery but is now IPLEX plastics storage, please keep more of this fantastic footage comming oh and when the massive dust storm came I was 5 just started school but can still remember it well as my farther had to hang onto the fences to get home.Graham Glasson.
My pleasure Graham. I have no plans to stop now 🙏 To be just 5 and see that wall of dirt coming at you must have been quite scary 😮
I was out the front gate with my mother looking down the road to see if my father was coming, all we could see was a figure cown the dusty Hogarth road it was my dad.
Thanks Will, Excellent! God bless!
My pleasure Martin!
I remember eating loads of sour sobs lol. Before the large blocks of flats that were built across from the Elizabeth City Centre,and remember the tummy cramps awhile after eating them.
Bahaha - yes, I remember eating the sour sobs as well...revolting and yet we did it anyway, haha. Must have been the novelty
@@elizabeththatwas i actually liked them...but i do remember being teased at times by mates who'd say that dogs had peed on them...i cared not and maybe why i'm still strong & healthy as an ox today😋
@@groundcontroltomajornong8085 haha! Not necessarily a recipe I'd recommend to kids, tbh.
I love watching these incredible videos - the footage is fascinating! We moved into a double unit Housing Trust at 154 Harvey Road Elizabeth South some time in 1960.
I'm glad you're enjoying them Helen. I have 2 new episodes in this series of videos coming next month. There are 3 more in total to come. Warmest, Will :-)
@@elizabeththatwas Thank you for letting me know. I'll definitely watch out for them. Speaking of Harvey Road, my sister and I caught up with our next door neighbour (and her daughter - our friend from when we were around 6 years old) from Harvey Road when I was back home in Adelaide in January. Our former neighbour is now residing in an aged care facility and it was wonderful catching up with her and her daughter/our friend after so many decades.
@@helenbachari6372 Wonderful. I hope life has been kind to all of you. What great stories you must all have of Elizabeth's early years. A world away from today
@@elizabeththatwas there have been a few 'speed bump' along the way but my siblings and I have all survived. My early memories are connected mainly with the schools I attended in Elizabeth - mostly the catholic schools. I left South Australia in 1985 after I won a promotion to a position in Canberra and in 2003 I ended up in NZ. I try to get 'home' to South Australia a couple of times every year (or more often if Jimmy Barnes is touring.)
Oh my....does this bring back memories. My Gran used to drive my aunt to Gawler High from Elizabeth North ( tho she didn't have a license then lol ) around 1958 (?). I remember that dust storm too.
For a time you didn't have to sit a test to get a DL anyway, you just paid the fee. Your Gran was probably a better driver than many of the licenced drivers at the time....lol.
The pic at 7:20 is the southern end of Midway Road. The building frame on the left was a Church and is now a funeral parlour, and the vacant land on the right is where the Midway Road shops are now. The water-tower "landmark" can also be seen in the distance in that pic. :)
You know Elizabeth well mate 👌
@@elizabeththatwas I suppose that comes from living here for 65 years. :)
The pic at 10:02 is reversed. The residential houses closest to the camera are in Elizabeth Grove, and the road running up to them from the right is the eastern end of Hogarth Road, and the vacant area of land on the other side of it is where Elizabeth Vale is today. Thanks for posting another interesting video.
Ah, damn. That one slipped passed me. Cheers for pointing that out 🙏🍷
@@elizabeththatwas I keep finding 'em on the council website too. :)
The pic at 7:26 is the southern end of Goodman Road. I'd forgotten about the elevated water-tank that can be seen in the distance. Does anyone know what that was there for and/or when it was removed?
I wonder if it was a leftover from a former farmer who had sold their land to the trust?
@@elizabeththatwas That's a possibility, but I doubt that it would have been left there if it didn't serve some purpose. If I'm remembering correctly, it was on an area of land that was (and still is) used as a walkway between two streets and a place for kids to play, and is now called Willison Reserve.
Please keep this footage coming ty 🙏 ☺
Thank you Graham, I will 🙏
Wow in 1960 it looks unrecognisable I lived on Midway Rd when I got married in 82. My family came to Elizabeth in 64 I grew up in Elizabeth Vale and Elizabeth West. I worked in GMH for 10 years.
1960 Elizabeth is like looking at someone else's town isn't Geoff? I guess the same is true for young people today when they see images of the Octagon and Windsor Green etc.
@@elizabeththatwas It's a bit strange when I see Elizabeth now days I moved to Adelaide in 92 so a lot of these places have changed a lot. But they are still as they were in my mind and when I pass through to see family and friends I get quite disoriented. It really is a shame they have changed so much.
@@geoffmower8729 agreed. Part of the reason I started this channel; honour those who were there and give younger people a digital reference to their own history. A history they otherwise would not know even happened.
@@elizabeththatwas Thank you for your hard work very much appreciated.👍
Original here November 1955 first day. Burner Street Elizabeth South.
I mean Bubner
Oh, my. That's amazing June. What a day that must have been. If you have any photos or footage you would like to share with us please do so. Always looking out for rare photos etc for future videos. Do you have any stand out memories from that first day?
originals Harvey Road Elizy South!!
Awesome 🙏🍷👌