Being confronted by scenes of the demolished rubble of The Cecil Hotel (another crime against heritage), and the old Workers Club, and the old "Northies" (North Cronulla Hotel) are a bit hard to take - in the case of the latter two, buildings that I saw being built! (you really know you're *'getting on a bit'* when you start to see buildings being demolished that you actually saw being constructed 😥) Pete. Kurranulla (Cronulla) 'Shirey' from 1956... ... ... PS: Real good work BTW👍
I'm 75 now. And watching that brings a few tears to the eyes, memories and swearing over what has been done. We can't undo it. Money won; the same as money has won everywhere! I started drinking at North Cronulla pub when I was 16 in '64. When I celebrated my 18th in '66 Rogan was very close to banning me! In fact he banned me 3 times for life in the time I drank there. Jail time then down the Cecil until he relented.
How much of this must have been a wonderful time to have lived, the innocent buggers didn't know it,, so glad I did live there, I'm 64, now in batemans bay, Cronulla is not worth being there, lost innocence
I must try to find the colour negatives I have of the Nth Cronulla hotel demolition. It's interesting to see some of those early plates marked 'Curranulla'... the name that first appears on old maps as 'Curranulla Beach'
Railway station still looks the same! I wonder what year they tore down the Worker's club? I remember they expanded/renovated it in the early 80s and was surprised when it was torn down. Of course I should'nt have been surprised, this is prime real estate!
Cronulla Workers Club went into receivership in 1984 In 1986, in a bid to restore profitability, new measures, including a relaxed dress code and $2 snacks were introduced to attract beachgoers. However, the club could not be saved, and the building was sold to a development group in 1987 for $3.9 million. It limped along for a while before the doors finally closed and the building demolished around the end of the decade. In 1993, a development application for the 11-storey Cote D’Azur was lodged with Sutherland Shire Council. The adjoining Joe’s Milk Bar wax also demolished as part of a new restaurant / cafe strip. Cronulla Labor & Workers Club was registered as a company in 1955 and deregistered in 1992.
Hey Brett, thanks for all the nice comments over the years. I really appreciate it but I had a good look at your CZcams channel & I'm thinking are you related to David Attenborough or what? Great footage, great commentary & compassion towards the Australian wildlife & conservation. Well done!
@@ramdarook Thanks mate; I had a good grounding in nature and the natural world and then just took it from there. i'm hopeless with technology which explains why I have to film in one continuous shot and add my commentary on the run, or off the cuff as it were. Id love to be able to edit my poor clips and add music etc etc as you do but I very much appreciate your kind words. It means a great deal coming from someone like you. Cheers mate
@@Horatio411 Hey Brett, if you have a PC or laptop etc that runs on Windows it comes with a free Movie Maker programme. You can edit anything & add music. It's very easy to use. I can give you a few hints as well. Ross
Great viewing, love the Vid of the compilation, so happy to be a local still and loving what I think is one of the best beaches in metro Sydney. Intersting to see Health food shops back then, I didn't think they existed.
My grandfather Alfred Myers was born at Botany & moved to Cronulla in 1905 with 5 children after his first wife died. He then met my grandmother. Two of my Dad's brothers (Arthur & Wally) are listed on the WW1 monument in Monro Park. My dad & 2 more brothers were in the army in WW2 for 5 years each & my uncle Ken fought in Korea.
@@ramdarook Rightly so mate and yes, chat soon. Next time up up in the Shire I will give you a buz, love to catch up over a beverage of some description
@@Horatio411 Sounds good to me but I actually live on the Gold Coast now but I do regular trips to the shire to visit friends & relatives (not during lockdown ha ha). We will definitely work something out.
I envy (not in a bad way), those who live in Cronulla/Sutherland Shire, it’s a beautiful area with great beaches, I just hope it doesn’t get trashed by the greedy developers.
Sutherland shire now from east to west........not a single historical building of interest anywhere to be found. All knocked down by developers. Not a terrace house anywhere, nor an historical pub or colonial era house. The most boring and insipid post code in the Sydney basin. When you visit now, there's some natural beauty.......but you can find that anywhere in Australia. The nightlife? Ok but pretty dead during the week. Just no vibe, no life, no nothing. When you visit other parts of Sydney like Glebe or Newtown with their history and architecture, you really get a sense of how contemporary and dull the shire is. There's just something missing.
...A Shellgritter? Yes, you have to watch out for those, they can be even nastier than our 'Drop Bears' when you get them on their bad days! 😂😆 Nah, being fair dinkum honest with you now: 'Back in the day' (especially in The Shire) backyard poultry coops (chickens and ducks, etc) were 'part of life', many, many backyards had their own coops and ran their own chickens and ducks. We had our own backyard chicken run at Saunders Bay Rd, Burraneer Bay, from the early late 40's to the mid 60's - as did nearly every 2nd or 3rd neighbour in the neighbourhood [however city municipal councils have pretty well banned the practice in built up areas in the decades since]. There were also quite a number of commercial poultry people too. Demand was pretty high for 'Shell grit' and 'cuttlefish' backbones, crushed oyster shell , etc, which is essential for the birds to get calcium for the health and the production of strong eggshells, etc, so in those times there was a bit of a market for the stuff. Cronulla and the Kurnell area was blessed with sand and shell grit (LOTS OF IT) and on the Northside we have Botany Bay and the George's River, which supports big commercial oyster growing leases, and these were source of oyster shell by product, which would also be crushed up into grit and on sold, by the sackload, to poultry people. And the guys who carried on this trade were known as 'Shellgritters'. Cheers.
In 1965 my cop dad use to park in the park next to the Cecil , don't move I will bring chips and a drink ,to my brother and I that's my earliest memory
@@sharongoodsell9341 In 2023 your dad would be arrested. My dad used to do that at the RMYC at Woolooware. Sit us all on the front lawns, throw chips out the window and bring drinks down to us occasionally.
@@sharongoodsell9341 yeh. So did my dad. RMYC was pretty basic back then. I've got pics of us on the lawn and marina. Very nice houses around there. I remember jumping off his shoulders at Oak Park pool too. And going to BBQs at some of his friends' big places on the water. Happy days as little kids.
Being confronted by scenes of the demolished rubble of The Cecil Hotel (another crime against heritage), and the old Workers Club, and the old "Northies" (North Cronulla Hotel) are a bit hard to take - in the case of the latter two, buildings that I saw being built! (you really know you're *'getting on a bit'* when you start to see buildings being demolished that you actually saw being constructed
😥)
Pete.
Kurranulla (Cronulla) 'Shirey' from 1956... ... ...
PS: Real good work BTW👍
Stunning collection of old photos.. HOw i miss the old Northies and Workers club weekends...
I'm 75 now. And watching that brings a few tears to the eyes, memories and swearing over what has been done. We can't undo it. Money won; the same as money has won everywhere! I started drinking at North Cronulla pub when I was 16 in '64. When I celebrated my 18th in '66 Rogan was very close to banning me! In fact he banned me 3 times for life in the time I drank there. Jail time then down the Cecil until he relented.
Had a few beers and meals in 'The Cecil' in the 70s.
Brings back old memories Rosscoe!
Henno 😎
How much of this must have been a wonderful time to have lived, the innocent buggers didn't know it,, so glad I did live there, I'm 64, now in batemans bay, Cronulla is not worth being there, lost innocence
Love ya work - again... so glad someone had foresight to take random pics to look back on.
Whats next ? :)
This is great l have one picture of my dad and pop on Cronulla beach this was my life ,why did it have to change shazza
Wow...that was awesome...thanks for putting together
I must try to find the colour negatives I have of the Nth Cronulla hotel demolition.
It's interesting to see some of those early plates marked 'Curranulla'... the name that first appears on old maps as 'Curranulla Beach'
CRONULLA
Dharawal: Kurranulla
(place of tiny pink shells)
In the present day, wherever you live, get photos, of anything.
In 2080, someone will find them interesting!
Thanks for the walk down memory lane, I saw where my brother used to live, it was very moving…thank you for sharing with us
Railway station still looks the same! I wonder what year they tore down the Worker's club? I remember they expanded/renovated it in the early 80s and was surprised when it was torn down. Of course I should'nt have been surprised, this is prime real estate!
Cronulla Workers Club went into receivership in 1984
In 1986, in a bid to restore profitability, new measures, including a relaxed dress code and $2 snacks were introduced to attract beachgoers.
However, the club could not be saved, and the building was sold to a development group in 1987 for $3.9 million.
It limped along for a while before the doors finally closed and the building demolished around the end of the decade.
In 1993, a development application for the 11-storey Cote D’Azur was lodged with Sutherland Shire Council.
The adjoining Joe’s Milk Bar wax also demolished as part of a new restaurant / cafe strip.
Cronulla Labor & Workers Club was registered as a company in 1955 and deregistered in 1992.
I love these Mate. Thanks so much for sharing.
wow when our parents were there and myself
so many damn memories
Brilliant as ever mate. Thanks
Hey Brett, thanks for all the nice comments over the years. I really appreciate it but I had a good look at your CZcams channel & I'm thinking are you related to David Attenborough or what? Great footage, great commentary & compassion towards the Australian wildlife & conservation. Well done!
@@ramdarook Thank you very kindly mate.
@@ramdarook Thanks mate; I had a good grounding in nature and the natural world and then just took it from there. i'm hopeless with technology which explains why I have to film in one continuous shot and add my commentary on the run, or off the cuff as it were. Id love to be able to edit my poor clips and add music etc etc as you do but I very much appreciate your kind words. It means a great deal coming from someone like you. Cheers mate
@@Horatio411 Hey Brett, if you have a PC or laptop etc that runs on Windows it comes with a free Movie Maker programme. You can edit anything & add music. It's very easy to use. I can give you a few hints as well. Ross
Thanks RAM, a nice dose of history, I’ve got to say that the beach looks pretty good from here in South Africa.....
Ha Ha thanks Steve. Hope you are safe & well! All the best, Ross
Great viewing, love the Vid of the compilation, so happy to be a local still and loving what I think is one of the best beaches in metro Sydney.
Intersting to see Health food shops back then, I didn't think they existed.
awesome cuz great job!
Oustanding!! I had no idea your family went back so far either Ross. True pioneers of the Nulla.
My grandfather Alfred Myers was born at Botany & moved to Cronulla in 1905 with 5 children after his first wife died. He then met my grandmother. Two of my Dad's brothers (Arthur & Wally) are listed on the WW1 monument in Monro Park. My dad & 2 more brothers were in the army in WW2 for 5 years each & my uncle Ken fought in Korea.
@@ramdarook You should be very proud mate
@@Horatio411 Thanks Brett, I am actually. Talk again soon.
@@ramdarook Rightly so mate and yes, chat soon. Next time up up in the Shire I will give you a buz, love to catch up over a beverage of some description
@@Horatio411 Sounds good to me but I actually live on the Gold Coast now but I do regular trips to the shire to visit friends & relatives (not during lockdown ha ha). We will definitely work something out.
Happy to see the Cecil, North Hotel and Steinz's milk bar demolished. Enjoyed every brick. Absolute dark, dank dives full of dark, dank losers.
Harsh Hate Cronulla hey must be good memories ! Shazz
The curruption of the council back then.
Let's go get a beer and a pie.
Is there one of these for Liverpool said no one ever
I envy (not in a bad way), those who live in Cronulla/Sutherland Shire, it’s a beautiful area with great beaches, I just hope it doesn’t get trashed by the greedy developers.
far too late.. developers started to hit it 25yrs + ago
cronulla is ruined .....has been for 30 years
Sutherland shire now from east to west........not a single historical building of interest anywhere to be found. All knocked down by developers. Not a terrace house anywhere, nor an historical pub or colonial era house.
The most boring and insipid post code in the Sydney basin.
When you visit now, there's some natural beauty.......but you can find that anywhere in Australia. The nightlife? Ok but pretty dead during the week.
Just no vibe, no life, no nothing.
When you visit other parts of Sydney like Glebe or Newtown with their history and architecture, you really get a sense of how contemporary and dull the shire is. There's just something missing.
1:56 What's a shellgritter? I live in the middle of the Canadian Bush so forgive my ignorance. Great video
...A Shellgritter? Yes, you have to watch out for those, they can be even nastier than our 'Drop Bears' when you get them on their bad days! 😂😆
Nah, being fair dinkum honest with you now:
'Back in the day' (especially in The Shire) backyard poultry coops (chickens and ducks, etc) were 'part of life', many, many backyards had their own coops and ran their own chickens and ducks. We had our own backyard chicken run at Saunders Bay Rd, Burraneer Bay, from the early late 40's to the mid 60's - as did nearly every 2nd or 3rd neighbour in the neighbourhood [however city municipal councils have pretty well banned the practice in built up areas in the decades since]. There were also quite a number of commercial poultry people too. Demand was pretty high for 'Shell grit' and 'cuttlefish' backbones, crushed oyster shell , etc, which is essential for the birds to get calcium for the health and the production of strong eggshells, etc, so in those times there was a bit of a market for the stuff.
Cronulla and the Kurnell area was blessed with sand and shell grit (LOTS OF IT) and on the Northside we have Botany Bay and the George's River, which supports big commercial oyster growing leases, and these were source of oyster shell by product, which would also be crushed up into grit and on sold, by the sackload, to poultry people. And the guys who carried on this trade were known as 'Shellgritters'.
Cheers.
Cronulla girl I didn't know that
Thanks for another excellent video . Was that the bridge from taren pt to sans souci at the end of the video? Was it just opened? So many cars on it
Yep, Taren Point Bridge, opened 29/5/1965
Remember the Cecil??
Lost forever
In 1965 my cop dad use to park in the park next to the Cecil , don't move I will bring chips and a drink ,to my brother and I that's my earliest memory
@@sharongoodsell9341 In 2023 your dad would be arrested.
My dad used to do that at the RMYC at Woolooware. Sit us all on the front lawns, throw chips out the window and bring drinks down to us occasionally.
Royal motor yacht club ! My dad broke all the rules ,
@@sharongoodsell9341 yeh. So did my dad. RMYC was pretty basic back then. I've got pics of us on the lawn and marina. Very nice houses around there. I remember jumping off his shoulders at Oak Park pool too. And going to BBQs at some of his friends' big places on the water. Happy days as little kids.
Awesome video i wishwe could bring the good old days back, cronulla is a shithole now
There's are two things you cant buy, experience and the past...