Canberra Australia in the 70s. I shot this using a silent super 8mm movie camera back in 70s
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- Canberra in the 1970s was a time of significant change and development for Australia's capital city. The decade saw the completion of several major construction projects, including the National Library of Australia, the High Court of Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia. The population of Canberra continued to grow, and the city's economy diversified with the establishment of new industries and government departments. The political landscape of the city also shifted, with the election of the Whitlam Labor government in 1972 bringing significant social and cultural reforms to the nation. However, the 1970s were also marked by social unrest and political turmoil, with protests against the Vietnam War and Indigenous rights issues. Overall, the 1970s were a time of both progress and challenge for Canberra and its residents
Long live the 70’s they were the best 😊
Glad you enjoyed the film.
The 70's is my favourite decade ❤ everything seemed better 👍🏻 even the weather was nicer . Born in 67 , so my entire childhood was through the 70's 😃 I'd go back in time right now if I could 😢
I was a kid to teenager in the 70’s. Loved the chill lifestyle
@@thornbird6768 Bet the food was much better then the shit we have today I missed the 70's I was born in 83 got to live the 80's and 90's though Not a fat person in sight in the 80's looks that way in the 70's too.
Except for the architectural insults of course. Houses where the architect got bored half way through and got the work experience student to finish it off. We live in one now and still wonder wtf were they thinking.
I loved growing up in the 70s & 80s such an amazing time!
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
So you got the clean air, the unspoiled outdoors, the houses…… and ruined it for generations to come. Outstanding!
@@thedownunderverse🤡
@@jonathanparle8429 I was an 80's kid born in 83 do I miss the 80's YEP early 90's yep mid 90's shit got screwed.
Grew up in Perth in the 70s , so different now , crowded, traffic, everyone in an angry rush to nowhere. Man Australia was great wasn't it?
Thanks for sharing your vid, its very special 👍
I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Yeh just money money money now.
Yes, Perth was more exciting decades ago. We've somewhat gone backwards. Perth is very bland now.
The Swan Brewery and its lights ... gone.
Kings Park and its pond with lights ... gone.
All the cool pubs and local bands ... gone.
In the 80's and 90's Perth had heaps of independant fashion retailers such as Subway DC, Orphans, Scoop Boys etc (sadly I cant remember all the rest), small places with cool clothes .... all gone.
Music stores like 78 Records and Dada Records and many other smaller ones.... gone, apart from Dada.
Cinemas ... all gone apart from the one at Raine Square.
The Underground Food court/market ... legendary Thai, Chinese, Mexican etc etc ... burned down and never restored as a food court.
The Souvlaki Bar in Northbridge ... legendary Greek kebabs .... and that Greek guy that everyone used to ask to make their kebabs because he just made them taste amazing.
Perth CBD, dying ... and roads are so narrow, as in only 1 to 2 lanes, compared to cities world wide where roads are huge as are the sidewalks.
Elizabeth Quauy, a huge improvement but small, kinda dull and not really a hot tourist destination like Sydney Harbour.
@@rick_terscale1111 geez id forgotten about those places ! Youre so right 👍
What a time to be living bring back the 70's & 80's......Timeless footage
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Mostly Aussie made cars everywhere you look. Sad days we live in now.
Times unfortunately have changed.
aussie assembled you mean, holdens were all based on overseas models, vauxhaul chev and opel bodies.
@@davidhusband5022 Gotta love people that spurt the obvious like they are special.
@@Popped-Pepper Yeah they sure turned owning an Aussie car into a negative bogan culture thing.
@@fitzyholden1036 well, most people in australia think holdens are an australian car thats all, they are not and never have been, i just like to inform people sometimes. i myself used to think they were australian untill i saw what commodores look like in europe before holden alters them for sale here. i dont think im special.
Canberra was a paradise in the ‘70s.
So clean and modern, crime almost non existent. Walking through Civic and Garema Place, you’d always always run into someone you knew..
Just like living in a big country town, but with modern beauty, surrounded by nature.
I think the thing I most miss about 1970s Canberra is the ability and ease to be alone.. it only took a short drive, perhaps up through the pine forest to Dairy Hill.. and not a soul to see. Just you, alone, and the serenity it brings, with this gorgeous view unfolding towards Civic.
We moved there in 1968 and I agree - it was the best place to go grow up - ride out bikes everywhere and I remember Mum never locking the house unless we went on holiday - definitely the good old days!
I love hearing your fond memories of 1970's Canberra I have mine from the 90's even from then it has really lost its heart and soul people all walking around quiet and lifeless like zombies now it's almost depressing not much you can do about that really but have good one and stay safe
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Canberra is still very safe these days, too.
@@lh7325 compared to other places yes but it is getting rougher and a fair few crazies getting around most public places now compared to years ago it was mainly only civic also noticed there is a fair few people going through people's wheelie bins looking for plastic bottles to get the 10c deposit which is quite disturbing
How simple life was back then no mobile or internet
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We do live in a world now that would have been science fiction back then. We move on so quickly that folks don't realise that before 2007 iPhones were not a thing you could buy.
Going by the Datsun 180b, Valiant Lancer with mags and the general feel I put this at 1977.
Excellent image quality. Late 70s was a very interesting period steeped in atmosphere. Australia had a very southern California feel to it.
Funny I noticed that and the number plate of YGS is a 1975 number plate or possibly very early 1976 as we had YGI 848 on a Passat wagon that was purchased in June 1975
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I loved the optimism of those times. Why is everything so fucking complicated now? Let's rebel against greed, selfishness & unnecessary complication.
It's like treating other people coldly and with no regard but for themselves has become normal now.
It's despicable.
That was fab. I loved how you paired the good Aussie days with really nostalgic music.
When I saw the pool shots, I instantly thought of the smell of Reef Oil. I loved being a 70's & 80's kid. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Reef oil! Yes!
Which pool was that?
@@AurroralJammo
This is priceless. How I loved the 70's. The younger people of today have no idea of what life was like back then, chilled and friendly, not like today where everyone is so self-entitled.
They were good times.
The parents , Schools , governments , family breakdowns are all contributors. However there is a small pocket of great kids still out there.
I’m glad you said small
really took me back spent my teenage years in the ACT remember all those scenes funny to look back after 43 years
Back in my day….
Honestly this doesn’t look any different to me than today.
I bet there are more kids off screens right now then there are boomers.
Man i miss Australia in the 70's it was bliss
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Wow, what a trip down memory lane! It’s so long ago now, but it still feels just like yesterday. How I miss this Australia 😢
Couldn't agree more! Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Look how thin and generally well-dressed everyone is.
Many more smokers then.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I was born in Canberra in the 1960’s and grew up there through the 1970’s and 1980’s. This was my childhood, and this film brought back so many memories. 😊
Me 2
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
The Drive inns I remember them well.
I Remember the panel vans Rocking as well lol 😆
Good times.
@@easytime7434 definitely.
Went to the Northside one a few times.
A couple would sometimes take their Prime Mover and park it at the back for a great view.
@@peterm1826Do you remember the bumper sticker many panel vans had back then?
If it's rockin', don't bother knockin'.
@@beanbeanster7219 lol yeah I do.
the best thing is look at all space and small amount people moving around freely
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Rip the whole australia. So sad
We can thank Canberra for that ..RIP Australia 🇦🇺
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@@ACDZ123 - the politicians you send there.
@TenOrbital I didn't send them there to destroy this country..did you ?
@@ACDZ123 then say politicians.
loved the 70's.
me too
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Love to have that XT falcon ute now.
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Is it just me, or do the people in the film seem more engaged with life? That, and they all look to be in much better shape on average than most people today!
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Australia was paradise in the 1970’s, and Canberra is a beautiful, well planned city.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Bring back the drive ins, I’m glad the Sydney one is/was still open when I got my licence
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@@easytime7434 this was only 2019 😅
So lucky to have been young in the 70s and to have lived in Canberra in the late 70s. Loved it then and now.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
When Canberra was a great place to live!
I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
It still is. It is the nation's capital acting in the nation's interests (most of the time).
Much better era than today. No phone zombies, cars were way cooler, we had more of an identity, the list goes on, better music, girls were naturally hot!
I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
"Phone zombies " love it !!! I would like to add this to my vocabulary !
I watch these vids and yearn for the old days and wonder to myself, where on the journey to the present, did we take the wrong turn?
Usually when voting
some say “UN Lima Declaration 1974” … others: “1966 when they replaced our money “ … we are definitely on the highway to hell now..
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Never a truer word
A time when the government worked in the background to help make life good and weren't ashamed.
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Awesome footage. I was born in Canberra in the 70s at the Royal Canberra. Lifetime Northsider. Going to the Starlight in the station wagon in my pyjamas is my favourite memory. Fireworks night being a close second. Such a safe, comfortable upbringing. Its not the same place now and I hate that
Loved Canberra in the 50s 60s & 70s & 80s we had fun freedom & happy times but those days in Canberra are gone just a memory of days gone by
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Fantastic, I grew up in Canberra in the 1970s, it was true freedom. We rode the interlinking footpaths and fossicked around the creeks and often visited Lake Burley Griffin. I noticed the swimming pool did not have a fence, a sign of the times before the safety madness that stifles and oppresses life today. To see Civic as it was then, great memories. Thank you for the video.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I arrived in Canberra a couple of weeks before Whitlam got the sack! The city was so clean and modern and everything looked spick and span. Land was bought over the counter at a government land office at fixed pricing and had to be built on within 12 months. Suburbs were totally developed in an orderly fashion as the population grew and before the land was leased (all land was subject to a 99 year lease) with roads, bike paths, playgrounds,and curbing fully completed and land set aside for suburban shops, Service stations, churches , schools etc to ensure the future was taken care of in an orderly fashion. Such a well planned city back then and a great place to bring up your family with great ammenities.
Yes I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
All you described has now been out sorced to 'developers ' they even scrape the top soill off and sell it back to the home owner as 'landscape supplies '😅
@@paulsouth4794 To beautify the 350 square metre block their 5 bedroom house is on
i'm american but i never get over how frickin' thin everybody was back then! both here in the states and in oz nowadays at least half the people in that vid would be overweight or obese.
I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I want everybody who puts up a we were so skinny then comment to have a doctor’s certificate saying their BMI as they are probably just as fat as the rest of us.
Brilliant,Except ,utterly discusting ,brown brick,southern european inspired eyesore houses being built.Canberra and much of Australia is still littered with them.
Geez that brought back some memories , especially the drive in , great stuff , thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it
I was born in 62 grew up at Glenelg in South Australia and my childhood was the best you could wish for. We had the beach for swimming, fishing, diving and boating, the old dump where we'd ride our mini bikes and shoot our slug guns. We'd ride the Sturt Creek (more like a river in flood) when it was flowing in winter. My father would drop me and my mates off miles up river in our home built canoes and we'd canoe it all the way to the bay at Glenelg (Holdfast Bay) We'd do the big trips every Christmas all the way to Queensland. In my mind it was the golden period, we were blessed to have been born in that era and in this country, everything was fantastic. We didn't even lock the doors to the house, cars were left open and everyone knew each other. I miss those days, I had no idea how it was going to change so much
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I think we all think the 70s were so much better, simply because we still had our whole lives ahead of us. Now it’s just a pleasant memory.
Saying that I do think life is pretty fake these days. I feel sorry for most. Very difficult for youngsters to know where to find real substance in life anymore. A very plastic world in a lot of areas.
I agree with you.Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Well put mate.👍
The 70's were my late teenage/young adult years and I always find it a bit difficult to say how much this type footage appeals to nostalgia for place and time and how much of it is just remembering youth. If you were born in the mid-1950's the world, and Australia, then had only one third as many people as it does now. Population more than doubled since 1970. The 70's were great but you could really feel the change coming. We'll never see 18 cent schooners in the beer garden again!
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
The first thing I noticed, something I had forgotten about..the space and lack of crowding, the easy-going atmosphere..
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How lucky you got to live through and experience those times.
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I remember Canberra in the 80s it was almost the same, thank you
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you could buy a house back then for 35000 in the ACT almost everybody had a home I remember that well nobody was without
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Back in the good old days when life was simple.
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This brings back memories! Especially the shot of the dam. I remember as if only yesterday, climbing up the side of the dam using the pipe that ran from the bottom to the top.Oh they were glorious Times. Thanking you Robbbert from Melbourne Australia. 😊.
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I was a child in Canberra in the early 70's. I lived there again in the 90's. I loved it then but I don't recognize it now. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow. Awesome Memories from 70s Canberra. Thanks for uploading. Cheers
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Canberra, the most exciting city in the ACT was a sign at Guses a coffee shop in Civic. We would go to the drive in with a few smuggled body's in the boot. Go to Yass for a milk shake and end up at the Tradies for a beer. So many good memories of the suburbs in the bush capital.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
WOW your description is perfect we may have met original AINSLIE then DICKSON then HOLT now SOUTH COAST CHEERS
@@terrygillam8149 Hello, I lived in Canberra 80-95. Funny old place Canberra in that you come across people socially differently to other towns. South Coast sounds good. I like Civic and the original suburbs as they had big blocks for houses and several dog's per property. Cheers Mate
My era,my area. Great memories. Simplicity. Cheers
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Awesome to see some of this footage. Canberra was a great place to grow up in during the 70s. It's still a great city in my view. This made me feel very nostalgic.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
What a great time it was-Wish I was back in the 70’s now!
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Thanks for this awesome ! when we WERE THE LUCKY COUNTRY !
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The pool is at Jamison in Belconnen, has slides and other stuff now but the extra part of the pool in addition to the 50M section is the difference to all others in Canberra
Loved going there.
Thanks so much for sharing. Many a four hour drive from Mt Colah to Hughes to see my grandparents back in the 70's. Through Liverpool, Bowral, Mittagong and along Lake George.
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Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Loved this . Thanks so much for the memories. I arrived in Canberra in 1978 and instantly stunned by the affluence. A lot of people did really well out of the explosive growth of government and the additional political pressure of centralization in Canberra.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
The only time I was ever in Canberra was in 1976 as a part of my around Oz tour with my new bride on my Norton 850 Interstate. Poignant memory. 🏍
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Great vid. The music fits perfectly to this footage. I have old home movies on super 8. Some Canberra shots of the old hospital ( 1974 ) before it was demolished ( exploded ) years later.
I had them dowloaded onto a dvd.
Havent watched them for years.
Great memories.
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I was born in that hospital😊
The EH. My first car. Loved this. Thanks so much for posting it x
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Simple fantastic I loved your film and growing up in the '70s ,seeing what is happening in Oz, today how has it gone so pear shaped
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This makes me realise even more how messed up our society is today. All due to digital.
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I came to Canberra in the 70s to be with my boyfriend (husband now) ,still love him and Canberra. His parents loved me and I them ❤
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Finished growing up there in 72/73 and made many later visits. New suburbs springing from nothing - ours was Holt. A hot, dusty wasteland until gardens were established. Sailing on the lake. Learning to drive in Dad's HK. Great memories.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
4:30 The merry-go-round in Civic. Brings back many happy memories. My family used to go to Happy's Chinese restaurant every Friday evening, which I recall was not far from Gus', then after dinner we'd walk through David Jones, stopping by for a small paper bag of chocolates. I feel like crying from the nostalgia for my childhood in the late 1970s.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
And Happy's Chinese Restaurant is there - still have to enter by going down steps.
This is great! Thanks for uploading it- it triggers some really happy memories, cheers
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Thanks for this. I found it surprisingly emotional!
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A world where every one drives a classic car awesome!
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I remember riding the carousel in civic whenever we visited Canberra.
me too
I used to take my children to that when we were in town. Great memories.
Back before sugar became a scourge. Great video.
Wrong, the average Australian consumed around 20% more sugar in the 1970's than they do now, sugar became a 'scourge' well before the 70's.
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People look so normal and happy. No tattoos no metal in their face no phones. Today is a sad world
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Wow makes me nostalgic for a time I will never get to experience 😢
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I’m feeling nostalgia for a time I never knew.
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This movie just took me to a place I thought I forgot about.
Best days ever. Thanks mate ✌️💪
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I took lots of 8mm movies mid '60's on into mid '70's. I learned right at first( coached by my dad) to panpainfully slow unless I was following specific action. I'd mess it up more often than not, but I had fun with his camera! Cool movies for us to watch! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
I'm 45 and stationed at McNurdo missing home. This about teared me up. Missing home and the past 😊 born 1977 . Thanks for uploading this!!!!
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if we could turn back time
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Gone to the dogs now.
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Canberra was such a quiet place in those days. Driv in movies and Woden looking sparklingly new.
Awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Good o of days when the tyre's were thin like the people,and no rubbish on the ground anywhere, thanks
"no rubbish on the ground anywhere" - complete nonsense
You got that right!
It's sad, how it used to be. Australians everywhere!
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I couldn't see any original 'Australian' blackfellas. What are you talking about? Are you referring to 'new' Australians, those from England, Ireland, Greece, Italy and France?
Fantastic thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love seeing videos like this. So interesting.
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
From a time when it felt like we had not a worry in the world. Blue skies, clean water and lots of time to do nought much.
Those were the days alright. Glad you enjoyed the memories.
And migration only from Europe in small amounts.
@@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL Same thing I heard an Aboriginal friend of mine quoting his great grand father, "Immigration from Europe in small amounts." Same old arguement you nong.
If I had a time machine I wouldn't leave the 60 70 80 90 best time ever growing up in Australia now it's shit
well we all did it by allowing or voting communism in, I'm afraid this is what this government is
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In the seventies we had 179 Regional TV Stations .Now it's about five ( netflix ,stan ,fox etc)
So sad.
@@ozmaniac101some say “when whitlam government was sacked .. a swifty was pulled… and the entire commonwealth was ripped out from underneath us” ..
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Great film. Nice soundtrack as well.
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Anywhere Downunder was the best place to live during the 60's & 70's unfortunately those times are a distant memory now.
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Great little clip. The old starlight drive in (now apartments) and if I’m right jamo pool before the slides? The cotter’s so different now too.
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The Drive In had drop in heater as well as speaker :-)
There were plenty of times when the heater was a life saver..Glad you enjoyed the memories.
@@easytime7434 Was at Watson, yes, heater was essential. Good work on the video.
Ahh The 70's AC/DC, TMG,ELO,LRB,SKYHOOKS,BOSTON& ALICE COOPER etc. Yep I remeber those days. Sweet memories. enjoyed the video, Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
brings back lots memories 💕
Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Nice clean digitation of 8mm movies, love to know how you did it. I have reels of movies I need to trsnsfer and preserve. Well done. 3:39
I have been doing this for over forty years now. Check out my website. www.easytime.com.au
The shot of Corin Dam ( 3:06 ) brings back memories, as does Manuka Mall (David Jones) and the carousel (Garema Place).
Although we didn't move to Canberra until 1984 we spent the next 30 years there raising our kids. It was a wonderful place to live and bring up a family. I still miss many aspects of Canberra.
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Umm, Cotter Dam, Monaro Mall?
I loved Jammo pool Every time I went, my friends and I would search the grass for change and we always found enough coppers for a Sunnyboy and a drink at least...
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this is within living memory...
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great stuff ... sadly in 50 years times they will look back 2023 and think it was the good years . hard to believe but sadly i think ill be correct
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I was visiting an aunt in the 1990s who showed me photographs of herself and her sisters taken in the 1930s , and she said that life was SO much better then !
I remember talking to a 62yo in the 80s who said that the world had gone to buggery and that the 1940s were so much better.
Another person who was a great grand mother advised me to have no children in these bad 1980s times.
I remember the 70's like it was yesterday. The best years of my life with a more homogenous society
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That was lovely.. I grew up there in the 70s.. Cold winters, hot summers. You could just go do things without a permit, go bush, shoot a rabbit, learn to drive in the bush..park somewhere. Country town really.. Now it's very hip. Very. I catwhistle thee, nice suit Canberra.
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superb, very nice! very real.😁😉😛
Thank you so much 😀
Wow is that Tuggeranong pool before they built the awning over the top?
This video is so cool!
Thank you for sharing your footage
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The only thing in Tuggeranong back then was the Gordon Telecom exchange, maybe even too early for that too.
@@michaeloliver1662 wow ok thanks for letting me know Michael👍🏻
Thank you, they were good times.
The only thing in Tuggeranong when I moved to Act in '87 was the hyperdome and nothing but dusty paddocks😂 ...heading down Hindmarsh dv into Woden....lookout now average speed cams now.... Narrabundah drive-in Civic square where merry go round can be seen...cotter dam....who knows where that pool is Belconnen?????
@@billmago7991 yes thanks Bill the pool could be anywhere hey
Speaking of pools was there a couple of shots of Cambhar pool in the video??
Great stuff, do you remember the film stock used and the camera. Nice colours and quite sharp.
I only used Kodak film. I have been transferring film for almost forty years now as a business. Check out my website. www.easytime.com.au Glad you enjoyed the memories.
Yeah a thousand thanks what a time . I was in melbourne same cars less pressure
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Simple….LIFE WITHOUT THE INTERNET. A joy
The irony being we are watching this on the internet😉
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when in america I was asked how many tv channels do you have. two. i remember how we looked forward to the movie night on tv
Babes, bikes, beers, bongs, bass guitars and muscle cars.
And boobs.
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@@easytime7434 yeah thank you for the video Mr easy time.
All the best things starting with a B.
didn't realise the merry-go-round was so old
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