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Genuinely cannot be thankful enough for this channel coming up. I'm so excited to learn more about my own city and an area that I wasn't particularly exposed to. Your channel is a legitimate hidden gem. Keep doing what you're doing 👏🤙

I was a 60's kid grew up in the west. We could ride our dirt bikes from the eliz town centre to smithfied along the creek.

You could do a piece on how Playford Council put their chambers on top of the Octagon and the Brin Whiting lounge effectively wiping out the nightlife in Elizabeth. The Octagon was used for the blue light Disco which was managed by the police for the young people in Elizabeth who now have no central location for a dance. I think Glenn's Band and the Bee Gees also played at the Octagon. There used to be some massive fun dances there. Having taken the vibrancy from Elizabeth Playford Council now want to put it back with the 400 bed Ramada hotel failed - Council sold the land worth $2.5 million to Ramada for $512,000. The car park as far away from the Elizabeth Centre as they could fit - why? The builders of the car park have some rude words about Council staff management. The Grenfell Centre for old people could have been rebuilt by the big bowling club sharing facilities but Council made a two-story structure Inside the pollution zone by the main North Road with inadequate parking for the old folks. Unless they like to walk 120 m on their walking frames to the car park? It is possible we need some community constructive criticism to improve matters.

any body know why the Elizabeth City birthday celebrations stopped happening .?

As a construction worker I witnessed firsthand the destruction of our history. Especially in the Adelaide train station and Adelaide post office. Its a damn shame the government could have made a fair bit of money showing Adelaide history. Each location being a history tour.

When the show offered a surprise around every corner. There was larger selection. Back then the show had character. Now its just a money grab. Same thing over and over again. Thankyou for this.

Thankyou that brought back the best memories. Elizabeth had character then and beauty.

Thankyou for making these videos . These are some fantastic memories. It makes me feel a little better because im only in my 40's and im dying i got a crook heart. These vidoes put a smile on my face. I seen my brother in the part where the young fellas are playing basketball.

Thank you, this was really informative.

GMH was only a renter and 99% of machinery was leased .....when federal subsidies ceased it was easy a to move to a pre buit factory in Thialand with workers guaranteed by the Thai Military at a cheap price. Yet the price of buying a holden never went down.

Our family were the first residents of Elizabeth North residing on Dauntsey Road Near the now Womma Railway station. The origionsl train station was actually on the northern side of Womma Road and consisted of a few raised Planks to make boarding easier. The present station was built a few years later. All the roads were red dirt and clay with a gravel strip down the middle.Mud was a way of life for us kids, there were no footpaths Elizabeth North Primary was not yet built so my eldest Sister and myself travelled by bus from Womma Road near the rwilwsy line to the very New Elizabeth South Primary School. Elizabeth Town Centre was just a paddock with a Hotel being constructed. My father George, used to drink at the Smithfield hotel occasionally. He was a butcher and first worked at the Truscot Street shops.

Disgusted.

Still living in a double unit house lol

I was there 70 and 71 and then my daughter when it was Para West

ua-cam.com/video/QirXr6PiN-4/v-deo.html same place and time Dazzeland!

It really seems like in the end, what Dunstan wanted is what Mt Barker/Nairne/Woodside area is becoming. What's the area at, 40k people now? Of course unlike Elizabeth or Monarto, there's limited desire to create a local community or jobs, and instead just sending everyone to Adelaide.

it is sad we live in a world where we cant have anything nice now.

thankyou this brought back memories

I saw my first ever movie at the Shedley theatre on a school excursion from Munno Para Primary school. I was 5 years old (now 50) and the movie was Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. I am also fairly certain I saw star wars there when it came out as well but that may have been in the city. Been living in Cairns for over 10 years and never believed I would feel nostalgic about Elizabeth but here we are, lots of good memories.

Beautiful, I recall it so well. The 450 bus every Thursday night.....so good!

Elizabeth Centre did look really nice with lovely garden's and space. But now it's crowded with car parks and no space or garden's it's ugly and unkept .

1966 Icame to Australia 🇦🇺 from Scotland as migrants and stayed in Hostel .came with my Family on the Fair star from south Hampton. AND 1966 decicimal currency's was coming in .Now they are trying to remove Cash 💸 ironic .Cash is king so is God .The lucky country no more .

The cuckening

Every one loved this train, and noise and its horn were so awesome and unique miss this train alot

Not sure why people think Monato was a white elephant. The concept was grounded in reality and tbh, are not people screaming out for the same thing now. Stop our cities expanding too much and decentralise the population growth. It just needed the right planning. Instead we have the never ending southern beachside suburbs continuing their march towards Victor Harbour. The difference is what? One is plannned and the other unplanned.

Can only be a blessing. No one can predict the future. It at the time provided jobs, security and prosperity.

My parents and 3 brothers were there in 1956. They'd left Guernsey, and most definitely thought "what the hell have we done?"

A jewel in its crown? Building inadequate small boxes on weed-infested ground for immigrant suckers to do all the mundane duties that the locals refused to do. They continued to play football, travel on vacation, and live in large houses with 2-3 automobiles in the driveway. They brought immigrants here not because they cared about people, but to exploit them.

The sad consequence of globalisation.

Nice video thanks for posting.👍 A little concerned youtube knows where i live now 😅

I was always told the Tube Mills made ammunitions during the war and painted the roof like a farm with cows grazing so when you flew over you wouldn't see it

My parents had the first Housing Trust home in Elizabeth. They had 7 kids at the time and my mum was in hospital having just given birth to my twin sister and I on Xmas Day 1955. There’s a photo of our family in the Housing Trust office and in the Elizabeth Town Centre. My mum was invited back to cut Elizabeth’s anniversary cake many years later. My twin sister and I were the first twins born to a family living there though we were actually born at the QEH as Lyell McEwen hospital hadn’t been built then. News cameras came and photographed us on our first birthday. When we were 14 months old, my Dad was able to get a War Service loan and pd used it to build a new house in Salisbury. My brother, twin and I attended high school in Elizabeth. Those were very happy days and I have wonderful memories of both Elizabeth and Salisbury. Thank you for these lovely glimpses back into our hometown

Did you know the names of the elderly farmer and his wife? It would have been good if their names were included.

Government, Business and Council built Elizabeth. Government, Business and Council destroyed Elizabeth.

Commies cant do anything right

The poor elephant 😔

Fascinating

You didn't mention the old church in Samuel street.

Again, a great job Will. Lived in Salisbury North 1954-1961 and watched the development of Elizabeth throughout. Dad was LRWE/WRE and Fairey Aviation. Mum a school teacher Salisbury North. My folks moved toward Adelaide in the late 60s but I travelled to Elizabeth on my annual return from RAAF Service for some 20 years. Very evocative images and a great story told of just how quickly the best of intentions, even with huge expenditure, can unfold. Well done.

By all accounts, Monarto failed, because Dunstan wanted to move Government departments there, and public servants refused to go.

My hometown. I was born at the Lyle McEwin in 1984. (Both my Sons were born there also) What an awesome channel! Thank you so much

In Elizabeth, where memories softly tread, Among the local shops, where stories are spread, The baker’s smile, the grocer’s friendly nod, Echoes of a time when life was less odd. The Octagon stood tall, a beacon of the past, Its walls whispering tales that forever last. Familiar faces, now shadows in the light, In Elizabeth, they linger, just out of sight. Longing for days when the world felt small, When every corner shop knew us all. In Elizabeth, the bygone era’s grace, Lives on in the heart of this cherished place.

This Monarto city became Mount Barker city instead. Monarto became nice zoo.

The 60‘s certainly the best years for Elizabeth. Lived in Elizabeth East 64-71.

Who remembers the grand idea of the multifunction polis?😂

Thank you for this channel. I came across the channel by accident. We came to SA in 1964 and moved to the new suburb of Banksia Park, mum would call Elizabeth "Little boxes" like the old song, so we didnt move there. But such memories for me. Thank you again. ❤

Thank you. I can remember going on the ride before the safety barriers etc were erected.

Thank you for this channel. I stumbled on it accidentally. Although we paid our way to Adelaide and lived in the new suburb of Banksie Park. I remember all this. We arrived 1964.

Thank you v.much - excellent docco!

Well done Will! Dad went from SAR to WRE to GM/H, mum was a nurse at WRE then SAHT... Took em 3wks to get a house (Hogarth Rd then Manningford Rd) back then.. now it's 13 yrs +... anywhere!! I keep looking out for mum or dad to be in the pics, naa, no luck yet!