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@@Virginia3443 Your comment is very encouraging. Sadly it doesn’t equate to many watching the video. I don’t want you weep for us, for thus it has always been for four and a half years. Rarely are we aware as to why one suburb gets considerable numbers, when others don’t. North Sydney performs magnificently badly. One has to wonder whether anyone lives there. Sydenham, having now a population of less than one thousand, is remarkable for its number of viewers. We suspect they no longer live there but are nostalgic as to their lives before the third runway went in. Manly after barely moving suddenly picked up. Our recent creation of a play list order has improved our viewing, but as to why we are still in the dark.

Along with a great many others, such that I seem to remember that at the recent census Sydenham has a population now of less than one thousand. Many people have I am sure happy memories of living in Sydney for many more than that choose to watch our UA-cam video, for which we are very grateful.It really is quite remarkable. Thanks for you comment.

@@Virginia3443 Interesting you should mention “buildings old and new,” we were hoping the attraction of the Strathfield video would be either the schools or the churches. It has made however a good start, so much so that, we are going to fill in a geographical hole, in on the suggestion from one of our viewers, to do next Homebush. No mention so far of school or church attended on our comments page. Thank you for your comment.

@@scottsv96 Thanks for your comment, your father’s move from Pyrmont to Moorebank illustrates, some of the challenges as to what one of our videos people will watch next. There are so many reasons for choosing a suburb to watch : you are living there, you once lived there, one or other of your parents lived there, and were always talking about it, and likewise your grandparents. Not to mention those who like to look at how once industrial suburbs used to be, and how some, largely with water views have become gentrified. After four and a half years and seventy odd videos, we are ever surprised as to which ones are successful.

@stpeterscooksriver1873 my grandfather used to deliver sugercane to the CSR via horse and carriage in the early 1900s

@@scottsv96 Your comment set the Creator searching as to your comment.She found nothing of any consequence. We’ve always thought the cane came in by ship from Queensland and the C.S.R. factory was next to the dock. Would be delighted if you could tell us more. We truly would like more comments like yours.

@stpeterscooksriver1873 maybe he was bringing something else there but it was definitely by horse and carriage

@stpeterscooksriver1873 ok so I just spoke to DAd and my GF was UNLOADING the can off the ship.(1903)

@@fookriver I thought I might tell how I purchased a cassette tape of Boris Gardener singing “I want to wake up with you,” from the Strathfield shopping centre, until the Creator pointed out it was Ashfield. Spent Sunday afternoon at Lydham Hall talking with a number of delightful people from Arncliffe. Have I mentioned the diary of Mr. Willington, after whom a street in Arncliffe is name. Coming out from England, which we in its entirety have transposed, that diary records events and views as he travelled third class by steam ship from London passing the Rock of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean through the Suez canal and on to Arncliffe where he lived for the rest of his life. For a brief period of time he was Mayor of Rockdale. He had dealt in silver wear in Sydney having had a silver plating business in Birmingham which at that time, the 1880’s, was the centre of the trade in the U.K.

@@AB-kx4nc Thanks for your comments, as for our videos, there are seventy so far, and an extra two if you should be watching one a night. I trust you are following them on our playlist, which can be reached by searching “Highlighting History of Suburban Sydney.” We have rearranged the grouping such that you should find suburbs that have common borders are grouped together. This means that you should find eight or so grouped together before you move onto another area. Hopefully this should mean a better understanding of how larger areas developed. Development of most suburbs have been dependent on transport be it roads, river, and the use of horse and cart, trams, and railways. Freshwater was another consideration as were churches both mention in real estate advertisements. We’ve always enjoyed visiting Balmain, particularly when we visited it on a sunny day to take photographs for our video.

@stpeterscooksriver1873 great work, I will try and watch the rest in order,I was just watching as they came up on my feed.

@@AB-kx4nc I doubt if you can understand how encouraging your comment is to us. Do keep in touch. Are some suburbs in a place where you would prefer to overlook them perhaps? This would help us to reorder our play list. Not just, I might add because you would like your area to be at the top of the list. After I asked which areas did someone like viewing, the reply was “I like viewing the Inner West and then going onto the Bondi area.” I was a little surprised for I thought after the Inner West the next viewing should be the suburbs on Botany Bay that are across the Cooks River. We are still on a learning curve.

@stpeterscooksriver1873 I can understand that you have put a lot of effort into these videos I like the way that it's straight to the point and not drawn out , I can't say I haven't enjoyed 1 yet and I've watched around 15, just about to watch another 👏 thank you for making my winter evenings enjoyable

@@AB-kx4nc UA-cam give us a graph every day, which tell us when people are watching our videos. There is consistently a goodly number watching from what appears to be ten o’clock in the evening, we’re just hoping that our videos are being used as a substitute for sleeping pills. Thanks for the comment.

@@AdventureB4-Dementia Knowing that the Creator spends on average a month finding information and illustrations for each video, and then more research into verifying a great number of dates, the last thing I think of is calling this work fantastic. This was particularly true of Strathfield with date verification. However the pleasure is receiving comments like yours. We aren’t chasing the money, simply wanting to provide something that people will get something from. It’s people like you who make our day. I watched a video of early Australian photographs which had been colourised by an American. They were neither, in chronological number, nor in State or area of origin. When I read the comments page , the number of Australians, who liked the photographs but were critical of the streets named were wrong and electric trams were not electric trams, to name but two, were phenomenal. It wasn’t the sort of thing I’d want to reply too. Do please read the other comments we have left on the Strathfield comments page. Thanks for your comment.

@@longtallshorty5791 Thanks for your comment. The Creator and I spent sometime yesterday evening evaluating your proposal. Part of Enfield, an industrial area, is on the Strathfield video, in that some historic suburbs have been divided into different municipalities. The good news is we have taken up your suggestion and The Municipality of Burwood will be our next video, which will the include the missing part of Enfield and Croydon. By filling in Burwood we will connect many more suburban borders. This might be thought of as being something encouraging more views across suburban borders, but it is not always the case. We are very pleasantly surprised by not only the number of views Strathfield has but also the number of encouraging comments. May they continue to grow.

@@stpeterscooksriver1873 excellent! I had meant to mention Burwood as well. I had a great book as a child called The History of Burwood, or something close to that. Probably still at my father's house somewhere. A very interesting read.

@@longtallshorty5791 Your mention of a “History of Burwood,” prompt me to tell you that the Creator has found on line an interesting book, titled “Harvest of the Years,” The Story of Burwood 1794-1974 by Eric Dunlop. Published by a school in the area, not the local council or history society. Like many history books its inclined to drift off into areas not particularly pertinent to the subject matter. Once is almost inclined to think that a book is not a book unless it’s so many pages long. However having said that, the Creator is finding it a wonderful basic resource, which she as usual will give credit to the author in our production. I’m also hoping that this is the book you remember! Thanks once again for your comment.

@@GerardHammond Thanks for your comment, you are the second person from yesterday who has used the word fantastic. By chance I came across what videos you have watched of ours and left comments. I’m finding it difficult to discover what in your eyes or ears makes a good video. Have you anything more to say for instance on “Tempe House”? We have a number of videos that lie comparatively dormant as to views, but then blossom. We cannot discover why this should happen. Tempe House is close by which of late has shown an inexplicable growth. Whilst having our ear to the ground we know not why. Manly has of late shown enormous growth, after sulking for two years. We await North Sydney to perhaps do the same. Your comment has given us heart, for much as we think Woolloomooloo isn’t largely populated, people know the name and the cafe. I don’t wish to know where you live, just where your nostalgia lies. P.S. Tempe House, though beautifully placed on the Cooks River and externally interesting, inside lacks furniture, an essential part of Victorian houses and as far as we know is rarely open to the public. The place to be is Lydham Hall at Rockdale/ Bexley. A furnished historic home, not a museum.

@@stpeterscooksriver1873 it's fantastic because i lived in sydney for 30 years and just love seeing sydney's history. i've travelled the world a lot and sydney is special.

@@stpeterscooksriver1873 i'm mostly interested in the inner west suburbs and heading to bondi beach suburbs.

finally the UA-cam algorithm is both mysterious and pernicious :-)

@@GerardHammond Yes we might agree, but what this greater challenge is knowing that someone who has just watched “Touring Cornwall in a Minibus,” has chosen to watch one of ours next. When we thought of creating this Channel, our thinking was that someone might be inspired by the information in them, to write a short story, play, poem, or film script. That as far as we know hasn’t happened. We also attempted without success to get local history societies involved. Their opinion then and may still be that books are far more important. Local Council’s efforts in this area, have a curious way of presenting on screen academics attempting to speak off the cuff to a poorly grouped set of pictures. I shan’t mention any other elements of their production except to say that the turn off point is consistently at the beginning. We long to see the time, when another channel, might tackle another facet of history but have the same production values as ourselves. Thus the person who watches one will also watch the other. One can but dream. I apologise if the answer I’ve given is not the one you wanted to hear.

@@adrianahalmi3337 It sounds from your comment, “Ohh loved it,” that you have many happy memories of Strathfield. The Creator dug deep in order to verify the dates of houses, schools, churches, entertainments, and shopping areas. The Creator by the way is the female voice on the video. No one as yet has opened up and told us which school, church, street, or workplace they happily remember, but of course it’s early days yet.

@@MattJoyce01 We’ve been making these videos for four and a half years, and we still approach use the same style for each and every one of them. The interest shown in each one by our audience, varies greatly. Recently we has a bad run of about eight videos not performing as well as we thought they should. The response therefore to the Strathfield video is at present very encouraging, both from views and comments. The comment, “Very interesting,” leaves us wondering what was interesting for we admit there’s a lot to be interested in. We can by some comments made identify what their interests are. Be it nostalgia for their past, their parents or grandparents. Newcomers to the area or those thinking of living in the area. Those with a specific topic. The history of industrial Australia watchers can be found viewing suburbs that are now gentrified. Such is the change. Thanks for your comment. Do read our other comments on the comments page.

I was almost in sentimental tears on reading your letter. I, that is the male voice on the video, am a Pom, coming out to Australia in 1974. I no longer wish to return, for I see how towns that I new which I new as modestly prosperous are now in decline. The town I was born in I can no longer recognise everything from some of the pubs and the large grass field where our collie used to unsuccessfully chase hares is now the envy of the county in that it has become a skate boarding park. Perhaps you could respond as to how things have changed since you first memories of Chippendale as a child. Thanks for your comment.

@@stpeterscooksriver1873 sorry to hear about the old country, with the towns in decline. I could write pages of my experiences in Chippendale as I’ve seen the almost unimaginable things in the 90s/ early 2000s, it’s like night and day these days. One thing has stayed the same and that’s it’s a very young population with many a student residing here as it’s such close proximity with Sydney uni,university of technology Sydney and Notre Dame university. Lots of young professionals have moved in as expected in such an inner city suburb, and still some old timers here that have known me since I was a toddler. It’s stigma of a high crime area has started to go, nostalgia plays a big part in my love for the place, this video I’ve shared with many old locals and we all found it fascinating so well done, please if you’re ever in the area I’d love to show you around and buy you a drink. I have a 100 stories I could tell. Thanks 🙏

@@AB-kx4nc Thanks for the encouraging comment. In truth Cronulla is one of the poorer performers that have been up for two years, so we sometimes wonder what we have done wrong. Of late we have come to the conclusion its something to do with the people of the suburb and what is happening to that suburb that at times leaves people feeling helpless or hopeful. We shall continue to make videos, encouraged by your remarks, and not dwell on things we have no control over. As a matter of interest our truly worst viewed video is North Sydney, and given its population we know not why.

@stpeterscooksriver1873 yes definitely carry on, I think it's just a case of not actually knowing that these videos exist, I just happened to stumble upon it by accident. Great work

The Creator and I were, sometime ago involved in presenting the history of Tempe House and grounds. Often we dressed in period costume.The reason for the Willie the Boatman video is that, he was an assigned convict of A. B. Spark, whose job it was to row guests to the house over Cook’s River, it being the only access to the house from the north bank, prior to a dam being built.The dam was supposed to supply a plentiful supply of water to Sydney, but owing to its brackish quality and latterly polution from a number of trades, wool washing, slaughtering to name but two, it never did. His diary notes that some, when being rowed across the river after a party, sang the "Canadian Boat Song.” We created and played the song on the banks of Cook’s River. Spark along with Willie are buried in the graveyard of St. Peters Anglican Church Cooks River, St. Peters. Our video of "Tempe House,” has been a poor performer until quite recently, when we have seen quite an improvement in views.Is something happening? We do not know. The challenge in our opinion is that the rooms are unfurnished, such that it is a challenge to present the reality of the past. The St. George Hisorical Society, have recently re-opened Lydham Hall at Rockdale, and it is substantially furnished with items of the past, dating mostly from the latter part of the 19th century. I could say more, but discover it for yourself. It doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.P.S. The Creator told the owner of the brewery about Willie. Thanks for your encouraging comment!