I lived in Cronulla from 1966 and through the seventies. Your video took me back to a time when life seemed much simpler. Thank you for sharing, it was a moving experience I am sure others would also feel
So many good memories of Cronulla from 69-74 before moving on. It was our big backyard for those years and serviced by train. My grandfather Rock Cafe was the railway foreman for building the Como bridge. They camped on site during the week and came back home to inner Sydney on the weekends.
Was born and grew up on John Davey Ave, 1962. fond memories of Cronulla Pie shop, Strawberry Fair ice cream shop and Jolly Roger sound Cabin, later moved to Gymea, now live in US, Miss Cronulla.
Wow, I lived on John Davey also, 1970’s, the bottom end on the right. The pie shop was my favourite place, the Scottish lady Mary, Jolly Roger also, thank you for your thoughts
So many memories. Shopping in the main st before the mall went in, (where I became a really good reverse parker!) and endless trips to the beach. My mum was in the first year level through Cronulla primary and my grandfather ran a pharmacy in the main st from the 30s through till about the 60s I think. My roots run deep in Cronulla!
Lived at 18 Marlo Road 1964 - 5. In earlier times caught the train from Carlton to Cronulla. Great memories. We moved to the Central Coast whixh also had great beaches.
Biggest change to Sydney since the early 20th century is ironically not the skyscrapers or the motorways but the greening of the city. There seems to have been a national war on trees back then, which has thankfully turned around.
Wow! I had never heard of Cornulla until I found these videos. Beautiful place. It looked mystical back in the day and I found myself wishing that I had lived there. Does it still have the same vibe? I spent my wayward youth in Kansas and an ocean beach was between 900-1,500 miles away. Does anybody know the first song on the video, just before body and soul?
The first song is "Puberty Blues" also by Jenny Morris. There was a book & a movie entitled Puberty Blues written by 2 girls all about growing up in & around the Cronulla area. The Cronulla vibe is different now. There are a lot of coffee & surf clothing shops catering for visitors & definitely no where to park anymore. It's very crowded & busy. Still worth a visit though!
Awesome work as always brother. Anyone can see the love and devotion you have for the Nulla and as a Shire boy,born and bred in Woolooware i love your work. So much great shit, you f..ing rock man. Where did ya go to school, I bet we know some same people. Cheers for these clips and please keep em coming
I was just wondering if you had some photos of the carousel that I used to ride on at evening (after a day's swimming) when a much earlier version appeared at 2:38 in, complete with Helter Skelter! (which I've never seen in Australia). That was our only holiday spot from the late 1950's to the mid-1960's -- we used to catch the train from Westmead, and rent (initially) a good size house at the back of Shelley Beach, and down at the local milk bar was the first pin-ball machine I'd ever seen. I was hooked (and only 6 years old!). Used to snorkel in the ocean baths with my triangular-shaped face mask until my lips would go blue and mum would haul me out.
@@yurakhant8384 Malouf's chemist was there a long time just north of the Post Office. I'm not sure when it first opened. The chemist is still there under a different name (& I should know as I worked there for many years in the photo lab).
I was born in Cronulla; my family lived there until we returned to England when I was 7 years old. Some of my earliest memories (circa 1966-68) are of living in an apartment block, quite near the beach, and visiting a milk bar below the building, on a street corner. My recollection of it is very much like the two images shown between 1:16 to 1:27. Any chance you know the name of the street or location of these photos? Looking at Google streetview I get the impression that Cronulla has - of course - changed beyond recognition since the 1960s. I guess all these buildings will have been replaced now. But anyway, I'd be really grateful if you have any more information on that. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for message. The building you have mentioned in the video was called Miami Flats & was located on Gerrale St. opposite Cronulla Park & Beach, I think about #65 Gerrale st. The laneway next to the building is called Beach Park Av & leads to Cronulla Station & passes Munro Park. Hope this helps! All the best, Ross Myers p.s. Born in Cronulla would definitely make you a Shire person
So, using Streetview, I've now been able to see the view towards the beach from Beach Park Ave. This pretty much confirms it for me. What's crazy is I went looking for photos of Cronulla in the 1960s - of which there aren't all that many to be found - and yet one of the few that there are actually captured a place (and moment in time) that's lived in my memory for 50 years. Thanks again for your help Ross.
@@Titaniumparts I also have photos of that building & Gerrale st on my video entitled "A town called Cronulla". You can check these out from 3.15 to 3.30 taken by me in the early 70's, the photo with the restaurant downstairs was probably taken in the 80's. Ross
That cleared area behind the parked car opposite the milk bar had for quite a while a carousel, before this photo was taken. Next to the carousel out of frame was a fish and chip shop, next to which was a fire station. The fisho burnt down (go figure) which I think led to the removal of the carousel which would almost certainly have been damaged
Thank you for a Great Complication. But it saddens me. I was born & bred in The Sutherland Shire . But the whole Shire has gone to shit. The New Northies is Crap. The Old Hotel had such a Great atmosphere , for me it was the late 1980's & 90's Sunday Nights. In the summer the Sharks Leagues Club would open The Summertime Bar , there was always Music. It been destroyed by Greed, the Bloody Developer's. I despise him even the Sandhills where destroyed but Miranda Fair is & always will be The Fair...
"Thank you for watching." -- my pleasure! What was that very nice acoustic guitar instrumental that you brought in at 7:00? Sounded like a cross between a slow version of Bron-y-aur Stomp and That's The Way (both from Led Zeppelin III). Also, when was the movie shot that starts at 8:10 in? (Thought I might've recognised some.)
Thanks for your comment. The music at 7.00 I obtained from the CZcams Library & unfortunately I can't recall the name. The building at 8.10 is the Cecil Ballroom which stood at the Northern end of Cronulla beach for many years. It had a milk bar & shop downstairs with Ballroom on the top level.
I were wondering about that guitar instrumental, I thought it sounded like Led Zeppelin also. @ramdarook thankyou for the video. Cronulla certainly not the same place now.
@@ramdarook there's always plenty of the usual grainy footage from 1792 or thereabouts but any early colour shots from the era people actually want, it's like fairy dust.
Cronulla would have been heaven on Earth back in the old days.
It was such an awesome place in the 70, and 80,s when I was in my childhood…….my mother still lives up at sand shoes but can’t stand the place now.
I lived in Cronulla from 1966 and through the seventies. Your video took me back to a time when life seemed much simpler. Thank you for sharing, it was a moving experience I am sure others would also feel
So many good memories of Cronulla from 69-74 before moving on. It was our big backyard for those years and
serviced by train.
My grandfather Rock Cafe was the railway foreman for building the Como bridge. They camped on site during the week and came back home to inner Sydney on the weekends.
I visited Cronulla many many times thru the 1960s-1980s. Great memories😉
Was born and grew up on John Davey Ave, 1962. fond memories of Cronulla Pie shop, Strawberry Fair ice cream shop and Jolly Roger sound Cabin, later moved to Gymea, now live in US, Miss Cronulla.
Wow, I lived on John Davey also, 1970’s, the bottom end on the right. The pie shop was my favourite place, the Scottish lady Mary, Jolly Roger also, thank you for your thoughts
Same, except grew up from The Kingsway Cronulla, 1960 onwards!
Thank you for posting my best early childhood memories, brought a tear to my eye.
thanks for sharing, brings back many happy experiences I had while growing up there.
wonderful memories Ross, lived in Cronulla in the 70s , had a few drinks in ' The Cecil' and ' New Hotel' when I was there!
So many memories. Shopping in the main st before the mall went in, (where I became a really good reverse parker!) and endless trips to the beach. My mum was in the first year level through Cronulla primary and my grandfather ran a pharmacy in the main st from the 30s through till about the 60s I think. My roots run deep in Cronulla!
Great presentation, included a picture of my car at 37sec., 1965 Bellett, some good memories there .
Isuzu Bellett?
Excellent. A much simpler time.
a great time to be growing u in Cronulla and the shire in general
Manly beach is the best. You shire people know it.
Lived at 18 Marlo Road 1964 - 5. In earlier times caught the train from Carlton to Cronulla. Great memories. We moved to the Central Coast whixh also had great beaches.
Thank you Ramdarook, your tubes bring back a lot of good memories, Cheers
Thank You!
Biggest change to Sydney since the early 20th century is ironically not the skyscrapers or the motorways but the greening of the city. There seems to have been a national war on trees back then, which has thankfully turned around.
Thankyou so much ! This is Awesome !!!
Fantastic short film, thanks for posting.
Thanks Amazing.
Love this one cous. Lots of pausing to study pics, great job. Sharing if you don't mind.
great stuff Ross!
Fantastic!
Wow! I had never heard of Cornulla until I found these videos. Beautiful place. It looked mystical back in the day and I found myself wishing that I had lived there. Does it still have the same vibe? I spent my wayward youth in Kansas and an ocean beach was between 900-1,500 miles away. Does anybody know the first song on the video, just before body and soul?
The first song is "Puberty Blues" also by Jenny Morris. There was a book & a movie entitled Puberty Blues written by 2 girls all about growing up in & around the Cronulla area. The Cronulla vibe is different now. There are a lot of coffee & surf clothing shops catering for visitors & definitely no where to park anymore. It's very crowded & busy. Still worth a visit though!
Awesome work as always brother. Anyone can see the love and devotion you have for the Nulla and as a Shire boy,born and bred in Woolooware i love your work. So much great shit, you f..ing rock man. Where did ya go to school, I bet we know some same people. Cheers for these clips and please keep em coming
Hi I went to woolooware left at 14 to work ,1973 left we gave the thumbs up and just walked out ha ha,shazza
Magnificent memories :)
i remeber Ross from the chemist, true local
I was just wondering if you had some photos of the carousel that I used to ride on at evening (after a day's swimming) when a much earlier version appeared at 2:38 in, complete with Helter Skelter! (which I've never seen in Australia). That was our only holiday spot from the late 1950's to the mid-1960's -- we used to catch the train from Westmead, and rent (initially) a good size house at the back of Shelley Beach, and down at the local milk bar was the first pin-ball machine I'd ever seen. I was hooked (and only 6 years old!). Used to snorkel in the ocean baths with my triangular-shaped face mask until my lips would go blue and mum would haul me out.
Thank you for the memories I think that I should know you Cronulla High late 60s
I'm sure I do know you. i went to De La Salle College Cronulla, lived in Darook Park rd & worked in the chemist in Cronulla for many years.
@@ramdarook I lived in Bayview rd went to Cronulla High so, probably not, thanks for the memories anyway
@@MrColinwil If you lived in Bayview rd you probably knew Lyn Carr, Brad Hale, Ric Adair & Mick Jayes who all appear in my videos!
@@ramdarook Was that Malouf's chemist?
@@yurakhant8384 Malouf's chemist was there a long time just north of the Post Office. I'm not sure when it first opened. The chemist is still there under a different name (& I should know as I worked there for many years in the photo lab).
Is that Bob Weeks the firie? The officer in charge of the NSW Fire Brigade college was Bob Weeks when I passed through in the early 90's.
with great mates and a top spot to 'grow up' what was not to like about Cronulla?
I know you earls girlfriend from school shazz
@@sharongoodsell9341 good to hear from you Sharon, hope all is well with you :)
I was born in Cronulla; my family lived there until we returned to England when I was 7 years old. Some of my earliest memories (circa 1966-68) are of living in an apartment block, quite near the beach, and visiting a milk bar below the building, on a street corner. My recollection of it is very much like the two images shown between 1:16 to 1:27. Any chance you know the name of the street or location of these photos? Looking at Google streetview I get the impression that Cronulla has - of course - changed beyond recognition since the 1960s. I guess all these buildings will have been replaced now. But anyway, I'd be really grateful if you have any more information on that. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for message. The building you have mentioned in the video was called Miami Flats & was located on Gerrale St. opposite Cronulla Park & Beach, I think about #65 Gerrale st. The laneway next to the building is called Beach Park Av & leads to Cronulla Station & passes Munro Park. Hope this helps! All the best, Ross Myers p.s. Born in Cronulla would definitely make you a Shire person
@@ramdarook Wow, lots of detail! Thank you so much for this information. Oh, I really enjoyed your video too.
So, using Streetview, I've now been able to see the view towards the beach from Beach Park Ave. This pretty much confirms it for me. What's crazy is I went looking for photos of Cronulla in the 1960s - of which there aren't all that many to be found - and yet one of the few that there are actually captured a place (and moment in time) that's lived in my memory for 50 years. Thanks again for your help Ross.
@@Titaniumparts I also have photos of that building & Gerrale st on my video entitled "A town called Cronulla". You can check these out from 3.15 to 3.30 taken by me in the early 70's, the photo with the restaurant downstairs was probably taken in the 80's. Ross
That cleared area behind the parked car opposite the milk bar had for quite a while a carousel,
before this photo was taken. Next to the carousel out of frame was a fish and chip shop, next to which was a fire station. The fisho burnt down (go figure) which I think led to the removal of the carousel which would almost certainly have been damaged
The sand dunes are totally gone..
Thank you for a Great Complication. But it saddens me. I was born & bred in The Sutherland Shire . But the whole Shire has gone to shit. The New Northies is Crap. The Old Hotel had such a Great atmosphere , for me it was the late 1980's & 90's Sunday Nights. In the summer the Sharks Leagues Club would open The Summertime Bar , there was always Music. It been destroyed by Greed, the Bloody Developer's. I despise him even the Sandhills where destroyed but Miranda Fair is & always will be The Fair...
Couldn't of said it better myself I hope I served you in the summertime bar worked there then and my mum worked for 20years for sharkies
Woolooware high left at 14 , Mr dead men and twogood were the principal s1974
"Thank you for watching." -- my pleasure! What was that very nice acoustic guitar instrumental that you brought in at 7:00? Sounded like a cross between a slow version of Bron-y-aur Stomp and That's The Way (both from Led Zeppelin III). Also, when was the movie shot that starts at 8:10 in? (Thought I might've recognised some.)
Thanks for your comment. The music at 7.00 I obtained from the CZcams Library & unfortunately I can't recall the name. The building at 8.10 is the Cecil Ballroom which stood at the Northern end of Cronulla beach for many years. It had a milk bar & shop downstairs with Ballroom on the top level.
Cool.
I were wondering about that guitar instrumental, I thought it sounded like Led Zeppelin also.
@ramdarook thankyou for the video. Cronulla certainly not the same place now.
What’s with the orange bus at 0:18? I don’t remember those. Or is it a artefact of the film? Everything red seems slightly orange.
What I can remember an orange bus usually meant a private bus company.
Real life
Give me marrickville and henson park Newtown anyday.
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Joker !!! at Cronulla Workers
Didn't anyone have film cameras in the 70s and 80s???
Yes mate we did. Check out all my videos I filmed in the 70s & 80s - stay on CZcams & click on "ramdarook"
@@ramdarook there's always plenty of the usual grainy footage from 1792 or thereabouts but any early colour shots from the era people actually want, it's like fairy dust.
All my my old films are High Definition! Check it out if you want otherwise don't worry.
@@ramdarook I shall check them out. Thank you.
Miss the 50`s,60`s Cronulla. Don`t miss the new latte` sippin`, overdeveloped, yuppieville one bit now.
Fantastic!