Did you feel that at the time though or is that pink glasses? I hated how things had changed in 1991 but now would be much more appreciative of it, though 74 Sydney was the real deal!
I was 15 years of age then . Working at my father's printing and stationery business , Parker st' Haymarket , directly opposite the Capitol Theatre . Pub lunch of delicious rissoles , mashed spuds , carrots , peas , gravy and a buttered white bread , $ 1.00 . Or the Italo Australian club , George St' Haymarket , 90 cents for the most authentic spaghetti Bolognese in Sydney , not including ' No Names ' , East Sydney . Nice glimpse of the Wax Works . What foresight , to capture Sydney back then . " round and round , up and down , through the streets of my town " .
7 years before I was born , this looks fantastic,, more laid back, peaceful , not very fast , no one was in much of a rush , no heavy traffic , no one treated the city like it was sophisticated or fancy then , no one acted like they were high maintenance or obsessed with money , or stuck up back then like we have now in the 2000s 2020s , back then looked alot better and relaxed and calm
I was six when this was filmed ,I remember dad taking us into Sydney on Sundays and it was empty not a soul around ,we'd just walk through window shop run around play and just be in awe of the massive buildings,it was like a ghost town
Darren Cottam until quite recently, the CBD was a cold barren wasteland on weekends. I used to come to come in to my office on Sundays to catch up on work. I could drive in and park in Pitt St or Castlereagh. More than once I met tourists walking aimlessly around looking for a restaurant or something, anything, that was open. This was in the 90s. It’s much improved now.
@@albertbatfinder5240 Auckland was the same, Queen St was a ghost town on the weekends we changed the time the ship docked at the city as the tourists wandered around with nothing to do.
I would have been the same age. So many memories. I haven't lived in Sydney for many years, but when I see pictures of it as it is today, it looks so different.This is more like the Sydney of the 70s-90s that I mostly remember.
This is how I remember Sydney where I grew up. I last saw this city in December 1975 when I left to live in California. I’ve only been able to revisit once since then. I really miss Sydney. This video is so much more evocative without music. Thanks for posting.
What happened? Much mischief! Remember Juanita Neilsen? -- the young woman who led the campaign against demolition of grand old boarding houses in Victoria Street and around the Harbour -- and who went missing in 1970s. The answer is that 'when the cat's away -- the mice will play'.
I am from Canada and first visited Sydney in 2001. Have been back to visit every year since then. I love Sydney and love walking everywhere. It's my favourite city.
@@sharongoodsell9341 Cool! Do you remember which street it was on? Plus my mother, who was nursing at St V's, used to visit DJs for lunch sometimes; she said she loved their flower arrangements.
I grew-up in Sydney but moved away in the 90s. I realised how much the beautiful city has been ruined when I went to the cricket recently. Moore Park used to be a beautiful parkland with lovely avenues like Anzac Parade and South Dowling Street. Now it has all been dug-up and destroyed with tunnels and light rail.
The claim that recent constructions are "modern" is a sham : Modern design is cheap -- no matter how 'clever' / elaborate / 'quaint' / 'gimmicky' : Such constructions UN-NECESSARY -- and ought to be limited to the far West -- out beyond Paramatta! 'The Gold Coast' / 'Surfer's Paradise' -- (No disrespect to the people of the 'Gold Coast' / 'Surfers Paradise')
Just to point out that the light rail in Moore Park is using the old tram route that was taken over by busses in the early 60s when they destroyed the whole Sydney tram network. So putting back what was once there. Admittedly, it now has to handle light rail and busses. And the tunnel isn't necessarily a bad thing, they put the park back on top. Moore Park is still a car park whenever events are on in the area though.
What a Interesting life you must have had. Thank you for sharing your Memories. I was born in 1973, full memories but through the eyes of a child. I remember we went to Luna Park the Day before the Ghost Train Fire but I was shielded from knowing that. So Shocking.. I remember the City was to me full of Colourful Individuals. The Man on a Microphone in front of a Store in Pitt St. The Hari Krishna's, LOL . I remember the Arcade & where the Regent Theatre was before it was destroyed .Near the Tropadero ????? Can't think off the name , but I'm sure you & others do. She went to dances there. Mum is 73 now. She & her Girlfriends saw the Bro's Gibb aka The Bee Gees, Peter Allen & yes Johnny there.. So very interesting . Cheers . .
I was working on the Shaw Saville liner the Ocean Monarch we were based in Sydney I spent 6 happy months in 1974 visiting the bars around circular Quay and Kings cross every time we docked, being an 18 year old it was a very exiting time for me and living in England now I have never been back this film brings back good memories I will go back one day but I bet it will feel a lot different to these innocent times.
My dad had a posting to Sydney in 1977, three years after this film. I was 15. We lived in Cremorne, our local shops were along Military Road and school in North Sydney, a 20 minute walk. Among many other memories including the beaches and the Blue Mountains, I saw Star Wars at the new Hoyts complex on George Street.
Yep Ak is right if you were born here or family was here it was good if you migrated here you were subjected to small minded racism,Menzies had a white Australia policy which didn't help much,there was a lot of low IQ Working class Aussies who didn't deserve a say as it was very racist and small minded,but it changed for the better and the migrants often have more assets and money as they worked so hard.Poetic Justice I say heee
imperial cult of rome aka united nations. that's why there is a pyramid on the roof of parliament house. we are not much more than a eugenics project and a prisoner of war camp. And a private company registered on US SEC. anyone that emmigrated was part of the plan, most did so unwittingly. gave up their land rights from tjeir honelands in europe. tricked. duped. strategically relocated... it's a shocker. operation paperclip and operation matchbox allowed the nazis and brown shirts to be snuck in under cover of the normal families pursuing happiness after ww2. ww3 started in 1946. anzac diggers returning home to carlton to find the supposed enemy has been given a government grant to move in next door. disturbed people run the world. i didn't do it
Get over it you old farts lol. Sydney was never going to remain the same as you remember it. Things change and life changes everyday, its common sense so stop sooking
I left school in 1973, this Sydney is very much the one in which I had my world views formed. Every street shown here I could name. It was fantastic to be reminded of so much that I had forgotten, not the least of which was being able to park a car at the Opera House and walk to work..... Those were the days!!!
I'm so biased regarding Sydney when it comes to claiming that it is truly an incredible place to live. I think your films reinforce that belief. There's a certain magic between the natural beauty and development that these shots capture and to me make Sydney so fascinating.
Amazing to see HMAS Sydney off Bradley's Head and HMAS Melbourne docked at Garden Island in this footage. It is like another world and another era, how lucky we were to be young people then. Thank you for the great film.
In 1975 trained it to the city from Cronulla to the chevron hotel pots point,open windows open doors ,I was 15 and loved it every day , I walked everywhere up until 87 ,great time
How wonderful this is, I was born in 1978 and I wish I could've seen or lived in a Sydney such as this?! And I always thought the 1980's Sydney was king but the 70's variant is a true marvel and a blessing....What we need now post 2020 if we ever get out of it?!..Sigh...
Loved that first pan across Rushcutters Bay to lower Paddington, White City ,Custom Credit, Darling Point. Lived in Paddo Off Glenmore Rd. Drank at Five Ways and the Lord Nelson. Future wife worked for Custom Credit in1974..
I Remember these days well. My mother worked for a bakery cobbitty farm part of her bread delivery was in Sydney. I remember going from Bankstown to the city with her in an old Commer Van.
Thanks for sharing. I was born in 1965 and these images are what I remember when going in to the city of Sydney. It was a real big deal for me back then. I was there for the Sydney Opera House opening in 1973 and your images make the Sydney Opera House just 1 year old. Your clip has brought back some nice memories for me. Well done!
I was a young 23yr old girl and lived at Bondi worked at Potts Point. Married a naval officer, so Garden Island naval dockyard very famiiiar. Recognised many of the buildings. Great to see the Queen Vic building. It was earmarked to be demolished!!! Even remember the Elizabethan Inn at Edgecliff. I am now 72....thanks for the nostalgia.
I am 72 also. I was living at the top of the Elizabethan Inn at that time. Now Apartments. I w I rked in Macleay Street for 3 years, early 1980s. Thanks for Your comments.
Thankyou David for having the nouse to film every day scenes.I had just moved into a flat in Bayswater Rd,and worked @ garden island[GID].All too many didn't realise how well off we were then.Too many demos!& stikes
Was born in 70, lived in Nth Bondi and seeing the film refreshed memories of travelling into the city for shopping trips with mum or driving across the bridge with dad going past Garden Island cranes, up William Street past The Boulevard Hotel, seeing a movie at the Wintergarden with my nan etc... Enjoyed it! Thank you
2:06 the old Kings Cross Wax Works, I went there as a kid in the mid 80s. Every school holidays they had discount vouchers in the Daily Mirror newspaper.
Was very interesting to see some of the opening shots and pan around from Rushcutters bay across Paddington and then to Edgecliff. My Late Grandmother and son still lived in Paddington in those days and there's a shot of my old School in the pan and Trumper Park where I used to play sport. I turned 12 that year and spent a lot of time around that area. Thanks for sharing.
Thank's for this, a trip down memory lane I was 15 that year. the Opera House was new. I got my first job in Australia Square as a Mail Boy. I got the Key to the Lifts in Australia's Tallest building. Wow What good times we had in Sydney in the 70's. Great Stuff !
great memories of the city I grew up in, the following year 1975 I was 12 started high school in the rocks, remember those buses very well, catching one every morning and afternoon going through the busy streets, loved centrepoint in those days, it's all changed now
Excellent. Thankyou for preserving that wonderful old film. Back when sydney was a beautiful, liveable city. These days sydney isnt worth saving, you'd be better off burning the whole place instead.
Dark custom i agree too commercial..too many people...just cant enjoy it...like we used to...traffic chaos .too much going on..govshould of capped population...forbig cities...full stop🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🤓🤓🤓✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍
Blame all the Governments since then filling the place up like a Human Market,too many people in all of our Capitol cities now,no room and way too much traffic.The 70 s were great times to be around.But even then Sydney could get pretty busy on a bad day.The cars stank too if you were in Traffic back then you'd get a headache from the exhaust fumes.
Not even 200 years old yet ! I was born in the bicentenary “88 - it honestly looks more livable and enjoyable in the 70’s - not one awful bit of traffic- everything looks amazing and you can still see the sky- Bonsi beach looks like heaven
Thanks for sharing this awesome footage of such a beautiful city!!! Had a laugh at the cop writing a ticket; and the car in the bay. What the??!! Amazing footage!!!
I had an aunty that lived two doors down from JOK's brother Barry in David st Mosman in the 60's. Met JOK a couple of times including a rather frightening drive around Mosman in his open top car in '69.
Our family stayed at the Elizabethan Inn around the same time you shot the film. I was 9 years old at the time so my memory may not be accurate, but I recall a little deli around the corner on the main drag which served the most amazing cheese cake. Thanks for sharing your film, cheers Mike.
Thank You So Much for Your Comments! The "Inn" is still there as an Apartment building, and the 'shops' are Still on the Corner, but being used for other purpurses. I Do remember the Deli.The Bar in the "Inn" was always a meeting place for Musicians, as many stayed at that Hotel. I remember having a beer there with Songwriters Harry Vanda and George Young.
I remember that deli too. In the early '80s when I went to pick my sister up from hockey practice in Rushcutters Bay Park we used to stop off at the deli and have the best prawn roll (prawns & sauce in a bread bun) in the world.
@@DavidLillicot Personalities 1964 (no dialogue) : Cameo of chaps at work in "Sydney top Newcastle Expressway, Technical Version Part 1" -- Dedicated to the task -- 'Body Language'! (Note up-beat musical background.)
It is very rare to see shots of the opera house from behind so it was really interesting to see it in your film. It's a shame that the film is so degraded, it's a lovely look back in time.
There were a lot of American cars in the eastern suburbs back then and rich folk driving them. My first job 1969 was in the Custom Credit building (New South Head Road) and my uncle owned a tailoring business (Smith & Bruno) across the road.
Yes, it's Rose Bay in the early 1970's! I've had some Meals in the "Captain Cook Floating Restaurant" then it was Re-Named a few times. In the Late Eighties it was the "Imperial Peking" Chinese Restaurant ,and I enjoyed some meals there too. Then an Eyesore for more Years than it should have been, then Thankfully towed away as Scrap.I drove past There Yesterday and the New Ferry Wharf and Boat Ramp is a Huge Improvement to the Vista! I'm glad you enjoyed my film.
Also the Wintergarden Theatre , which was designed by Henry White , who also designed Sydney's famous State Theatre which was also under threat , in the late 1970s . My childhood memory of The Captain Cook Floating Restaurant is of cutting into a roast potato and finding it to be rotten ! The inside was black !
Grin.. I remember those taxis lol.. and that's exactly how I remember the Cross too. Was working at Pussy Galore and the Panther at the time. Thanks for posting this!
Lived in Sydney from 74 to 84. Worked at Channel 9 Artarmon, it was black and white then ..also worked at Channel 10, Epping, on Number 96 and the Mike Walsh Show.
Channel 10 studios were in North Ryde corner of Delhi Rd and Epping Rd, opposite Pittwater Rd. Channel Seven was in Mobbs Ln, Epping near corner of Edenlee St.
The year i met my wife. First date at Doyles Watsons Bay. Had lobster mornay $6.25 and plate of fish was $4. Now Lobster around $150 and a plate of fish about $50. When bookmakers bet to losing figures on nearly every race. Bought my first home on Narrabeen lake for $52K in 1978. Now you pay 40K for a car park around the city LOL. The seventies in Sydney was like living a dream. Never been as good since
The Watson's Bay beer garden was good back then, as 'Doyles' was too expensive, on my wage. Sydney was a Lot less crowded, very few 'tourists', less traffic, lots more Sky overhead.
@@DavidLillicot Remember it well David. You could park right outside the pub and get a beer. Great times. Had to laugh looked at Doyles menu the other day. Lobster now $180 for a small one. Wont' be going back there for a while LOL.
Captain Phillip founded Sydney. Others that passed Australia without Arriving in Sydney included Frenchman La Perouse, Abel Tasman, Dirk Hartog, William Dampier, but Not even Capt Cook sailed into Sydney Harbour. Now, there are lots of people here from The Netherlands.
No sound ?? Although i was a young man in Western Australia in 1974, i came back to the east coast from the Kimberley's just before "Tracy" and i can remember there being lots of noisy life !!!
All things considered, the city really hasn't changed all that much when you get down to it. Technology and scale may grow, but the geography remains the same through the ages.
LEPrecon I find that a strange comment,the roads won't change much and don't in every Capitol city,the Buildings have changed dramatically and the available land has all but disappeared.Geography doesn't change just the buildings mainly.
LEPrecon I agree. I was surprised at how much infrastructure was already in place in 1974. There will always be nostalgia buffs to say how good and how different this Sydney looks, but the big changes happened in the 1960s.
Hey Albert it continues to surprise me too how much was done in the early days and the foresight people had as it works today,just needs a few tweaks but Australia's Road DNA was done ages ago so it's pretty impressive.We are Definatley lucky and a Lucky Country,our isolation as a continent is a great thing too, it really helps control who comes here and how.
@@angusseletto1511 Mr Leprecorn is a misfit -- a pariah -- a social outcast : He is having you on -- He is attempting to be provocative! Take no notice of him! He's a phoney.
Very nice! It's interesting to see how much is the same (the heritage buildings) and how much is different (the skyline). What was that large white palace-looking building off the Cahill Expressway?
The white building you are referring to is the Conservatorium of Music. It was originally the governor's coach house and stables. You are correct about the Art gallery.
Nicholas Easton the Hydrofoil was like a space ship back then so cool,we went on as many trips on it as we could convince our parents to take us on,so sad they're no more.Loved those days...magical
David, at 5:18 there is a video shot looking up at Australia Square tower (I assume that was the tallest building in Sydney at the time); as a 7yo, I was visiting with my family from NZ & I'm sure I was taken to the observation deck on top of the tower? Am I correct? Long before Centrepoint Tower was built. Really great video..thanks for posting.
There was a Revolving Restaurant at the top of Sydney's Tallest Building, Australia Square. There were observation decks on top of the south-eastern Bridge Pylon, and on top of the old AMP Building at Circular Quay.
@@DavidLillicot there was also an observation floor. I went up there many times. It was closed soon after a young boy jumped to his death during a busy lunch hour.
Since then in 2019 , Clover Moore has destroyed Sydney city. As for the rest of the developments in transport with trams and metro rail going nowhere and buildings being demolished. It is a disaster zone . And who is responsible ?
Remember Juanita Neilsen -- young woman who led the campaign against the demolitions in Victoria Street, Potts Point -- and who went missing in 1974? No Commission of inquiry! Phoney Labour Party -- Party of scabs.
Hi David, I am working on a music video for a Sydney based band at the moment, and I was wondering if we could talk about having permission to use some of this footage? Thanks very much :)
I turned 21 in 1974. What a great time to be alive.
Did you feel that at the time though or is that pink glasses?
I hated how things had changed in 1991 but now would be much more appreciative of it, though 74 Sydney was the real deal!
@@jamesfrench7299I loved it
I was 15 years of age then . Working at my father's printing and stationery business , Parker st' Haymarket , directly opposite the Capitol Theatre . Pub lunch of delicious rissoles , mashed spuds , carrots , peas , gravy and a buttered white bread , $ 1.00 . Or the Italo Australian club , George St' Haymarket , 90 cents for the most authentic spaghetti Bolognese in Sydney , not including ' No Names ' , East Sydney . Nice glimpse of the Wax Works . What foresight , to capture Sydney back then . " round and round , up and down , through the streets of my town " .
Go! 'The Go Betweens'! Yay!
@@victorsauvage1890 Hear hear ! I second that!
7 years before I was born , this looks fantastic,, more laid back, peaceful , not very fast , no one was in much of a rush , no heavy traffic , no one treated the city like it was sophisticated or fancy then , no one acted like they were high maintenance or obsessed with money , or stuck up back then like we have now in the 2000s 2020s , back then looked alot better and relaxed and calm
it's always like that in Botantical gardens on Harbour. The same madness was right next to it in 74
The Sydney of my childhood, I remember it well. Great times, I would love to go back for a day and have a walk around, as an adult.
I remember it well, I was born in 1960 and Sydney was a great city to grow up in.
I was born in 1976 but this reminds me of the real Sydney that I remember. Thank you.
rinazzle yep me too,loved my childhood in the 70 s
I was six when this was filmed ,I remember dad taking us into Sydney on Sundays and it was empty not a soul around ,we'd just walk through window shop run around play and just be in awe of the massive buildings,it was like a ghost town
Darren Cottam until quite recently, the CBD was a cold barren wasteland on weekends. I used to come to come in to my office on Sundays to catch up on work. I could drive in and park in Pitt St or Castlereagh. More than once I met tourists walking aimlessly around looking for a restaurant or something, anything, that was open. This was in the 90s. It’s much improved now.
@@albertbatfinder5240 Auckland was the same, Queen St was a ghost town on the weekends we changed the time the ship docked at the city as the tourists wandered around with nothing to do.
Loved Sydney on Sunday. Going into Town to the Domain was great.
I would have been the same age. So many memories. I haven't lived in Sydney for many years, but when I see pictures of it as it is today, it looks so different.This is more like the Sydney of the 70s-90s that I mostly remember.
This is how I remember Sydney where I grew up.
I last saw this city in December 1975 when I left to live in California. I’ve only been able to revisit once since then.
I really miss Sydney.
This video is so much more evocative without music. Thanks for posting.
I was born in 1974....what happened to our beautiful city......🇦🇺
What happened? Much mischief! Remember Juanita Neilsen? -- the young woman who led the campaign against demolition of grand old boarding houses in Victoria Street and around the Harbour -- and who went missing in 1970s. The answer is that 'when the cat's away -- the mice will play'.
I am from Canada and first visited Sydney in 2001. Have been back to visit every year since then. I love Sydney and love walking everywhere. It's my favourite city.
Who else remembers Grace Bros Christmas windows? The Old Spaghetti Factory in The Rocks? The Chevron in Macleay St?
Me
I remember the spaghetti factory 🙃 I worked at David Jones in 74
@@sharongoodsell9341 Cool! Do you remember which street it was on? Plus my mother, who was nursing at St V's, used to visit DJs for lunch sometimes; she said she loved their flower arrangements.
@@andrewthornhill7042 seriously no I don't to out of it
Sydney has always been beautiful, And It Still Is Today!!!
I gotta say, what a better time to be alive!
Watching this may help to remind us that progress and development in the last 10 years has destroyed more of Sydney that the previous 50.
I grew-up in Sydney but moved away in the 90s. I realised how much the beautiful city has been ruined when I went to the cricket recently. Moore Park used to be a beautiful parkland with lovely avenues like Anzac Parade and South Dowling Street. Now it has all been dug-up and destroyed with tunnels and light rail.
The claim that recent constructions are "modern" is a sham : Modern design is cheap -- no matter how 'clever' / elaborate / 'quaint' / 'gimmicky' : Such constructions UN-NECESSARY -- and ought to be limited to the far West -- out beyond Paramatta! 'The Gold Coast' / 'Surfer's Paradise' -- (No disrespect to the people of the 'Gold Coast' / 'Surfers Paradise')
Just to point out that the light rail in Moore Park is using the old tram route that was taken over by busses in the early 60s when they destroyed the whole
Sydney tram network. So putting back what was once there. Admittedly, it now has to handle light rail and busses. And the tunnel isn't necessarily a bad thing, they put the park back on top. Moore Park is still a car park whenever events are on in the area though.
What a Interesting life you must have had. Thank you for sharing your Memories. I was born in 1973, full memories but through the eyes of a child. I remember we went to Luna Park the Day before the Ghost Train Fire but I was shielded from knowing that. So Shocking.. I remember the City was to me full of Colourful Individuals. The Man on a Microphone in front of a Store in Pitt St. The Hari Krishna's, LOL . I remember the Arcade & where the Regent Theatre was before it was destroyed .Near the Tropadero ????? Can't think off the name , but I'm sure you & others do. She went to dances there. Mum is 73 now. She & her Girlfriends saw the Bro's Gibb aka The Bee Gees, Peter Allen & yes Johnny there..
So very interesting . Cheers . .
So many familiar landmarks still visible today and largely untouched.This is truly an amazing city in the lucky country! Thanks for sharing David!
I was working on the Shaw Saville liner the Ocean Monarch we were based in Sydney I spent 6 happy months in 1974 visiting the bars around circular Quay and Kings cross every time we docked, being an 18 year old it was a very exiting time for me and living in England now I have never been back this film brings back good memories I will go back one day but I bet it will feel a lot different to these innocent times.
My dad had a posting to Sydney in 1977, three years after this film. I was 15. We lived in Cremorne, our local shops were along Military Road and school in North Sydney, a 20 minute walk. Among many other memories including the beaches and the Blue Mountains, I saw Star Wars at the new Hoyts complex on George Street.
Nice days back then. I was in Cremorne a few wee k s ago. Look at these places now on google earth.
Man, I wish I could have lived in those times...
Cris TR me too
Me too 😢
Me too
I did my life is a classic story , I did it all ,it was easy back then
wow 4 years before I was born. Damn I wish I was born in the late 40s. Australia was the best country through out all those decades.
As long as you were white.
Yep Ak is right if you were born here or family was here it was good if you migrated here you were subjected to small minded racism,Menzies had a white Australia policy which didn't help much,there was a lot of low IQ Working class Aussies who didn't deserve a say as it was very racist and small minded,but it changed for the better and the migrants often have more assets and money as they worked so hard.Poetic Justice I say heee
imperial cult of rome aka united nations. that's why there is a pyramid on the roof of parliament house. we are not much more than a eugenics project and a prisoner of war camp. And a private company registered on US SEC. anyone that emmigrated was part of the plan, most did so unwittingly. gave up their land rights from tjeir honelands in europe. tricked. duped. strategically relocated... it's a shocker. operation paperclip and operation matchbox allowed the nazis and brown shirts to be snuck in under cover of the normal families pursuing happiness after ww2. ww3 started in 1946. anzac diggers returning home to carlton to find the supposed enemy has been given a government grant to move in next door. disturbed people run the world. i didn't do it
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 , which country would you prefer to live ? There are plenty to chose from.
Australia as a country beautiful the way it's run pathetic.
I worked in Sydney at this time in my life, seeing this video has brought back so memories of the city I love!
thank you for this video that's the Sydney my poppy remembers fantastic place to live back then he said different world to the Sydney we have today.
He's right, it was.
Get over it you old farts lol. Sydney was never going to remain the same as you remember it. Things change and life changes everyday, its common sense so stop sooking
I was 7yrs old in 74' & it was GREAT to be an Aussie kid..
I left school in 1973, this Sydney is very much the one in which I had my world views formed. Every street shown here I could name. It was fantastic to be reminded of so much that I had forgotten, not the least of which was being able to park a car at the Opera House and walk to work..... Those were the days!!!
I'm so biased regarding Sydney when it comes to claiming that it is truly an incredible place to live. I think your films reinforce that belief. There's a certain magic between the natural beauty and development that these shots capture and to me make Sydney so fascinating.
Amazing to see HMAS Sydney off Bradley's Head and HMAS Melbourne docked at Garden Island in this footage. It is like another world and another era, how lucky we were to be young people then. Thank you for the great film.
Amazing ozzies just going about life without a mobile phone in site. 74 to 94 Sydney was chilled🙂
Almost 50 years later, but so much remains the same. @11:25 the skyline is much more built up.
In 1975 trained it to the city from Cronulla to the chevron hotel pots point,open windows open doors ,I was 15 and loved it every day , I walked everywhere up until 87 ,great time
A Great Time to be Young. I Managed the Duty Frre Store opposite the Chevron Hotel from 1979-1982.
Great memories of David Jones, old busses and hydrofoil ferry and the Botanical gardens duck pond.
IMAGE of RUSHCUTTERS BAY 1974 (20 sec. mark) -- SWEET! -- Beautiful! -- Romantic!
I lived in Mona Road, 7th floor, overlooking the park etc.
Like taking a walk in my teens, spellbound! Thanks.
How wonderful this is, I was born in 1978 and I wish I could've seen or lived in a Sydney such as this?! And I always thought the 1980's Sydney was king but the 70's variant is a true marvel and a blessing....What we need now post 2020 if we ever get out of it?!..Sigh...
Thanks for sharing, great memories, 1974 the year I left school 😀
Loved that first pan across Rushcutters Bay to lower Paddington, White City ,Custom Credit, Darling Point. Lived in Paddo Off Glenmore Rd. Drank at Five Ways and the Lord Nelson. Future wife worked for Custom Credit in1974..
I Remember these days well.
My mother worked for a bakery cobbitty farm part of her bread delivery was in Sydney. I remember going from Bankstown to the city with her in an old Commer Van.
Wow My hometown!
I was in year 9 at the time
Thanks for sharing. I was born in 1965 and these images are what I remember when going in to the city of Sydney. It was a real big deal for me back then. I was there for the Sydney Opera House opening in 1973 and your images make the Sydney Opera House just 1 year old. Your clip has brought back some nice memories for me. Well done!
We loved seeing this video - thanks for sharing. We watched until the end!
Loving those brightly coloured Taxis.
I was there that year great memories
What has happened to our beautiful city.
thanks for uploading this video, amazing stuff to see what things looked like round here back then
I was a young 23yr old girl and lived at Bondi worked at Potts Point. Married a naval officer, so Garden Island naval dockyard very famiiiar. Recognised many of the buildings. Great to see the Queen Vic building. It was earmarked to be demolished!!! Even remember the Elizabethan Inn at Edgecliff. I am now 72....thanks for the nostalgia.
I am 72 also. I was living at the top of the Elizabethan Inn at that time. Now Apartments. I w I rked in Macleay Street for 3 years, early 1980s. Thanks for Your comments.
Thankyou David for having the nouse to film every day scenes.I had just moved into a flat in Bayswater Rd,and worked @ garden island[GID].All too many didn't realise how well off we were then.Too many demos!& stikes
Was born in 70, lived in Nth Bondi and seeing the film refreshed memories of travelling into the city for shopping trips with mum or driving across the bridge with dad going past Garden Island cranes, up William Street past The Boulevard Hotel, seeing a movie at the Wintergarden with my nan etc... Enjoyed it! Thank you
2:06 the old Kings Cross Wax Works, I went there as a kid in the mid 80s. Every school holidays they had discount vouchers in the Daily Mirror newspaper.
Was very interesting to see some of the opening shots and pan around from Rushcutters bay across Paddington and then to Edgecliff. My Late Grandmother and son still lived in Paddington in those days and there's a shot of my old School in the pan and Trumper Park where I used to play sport. I turned 12 that year and spent a lot of time around that area. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks David for all your work. Loved it. It didn't get any better than Sydney in the seventies
Yes, Great days in Sydney in the 70s. Things Changed from the 1980s.
@@DavidLillicotMind you the music was better in the eighties but nothing else.
Thank's for this, a trip down memory lane I was 15 that year. the Opera House was new. I got my first job in Australia Square as a Mail Boy. I got the Key to the Lifts in Australia's Tallest building. Wow What good times we had in Sydney in the 70's. Great Stuff !
I worked at Rushcutters Bay in the mid 70s. This is a nice trip down memory lane.
great memories of the city I grew up in, the following year 1975 I was 12 started high school in the rocks, remember those buses very well, catching one every morning and afternoon going through the busy streets, loved centrepoint in those days, it's all changed now
Excellent. Thankyou for preserving that wonderful old film. Back when sydney was a beautiful, liveable city. These days sydney isnt worth saving, you'd be better off burning the whole place instead.
Don't suggest that, Darkcustom xxx because it might give Gladys an idea. She doesn't have many.
Dark custom i agree too commercial..too many people...just cant enjoy it...like we used to...traffic chaos .too much going on..govshould of capped population...forbig cities...full stop🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🤓🤓🤓✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍
Blame all the Governments since then filling the place up like a Human Market,too many people in all of our Capitol cities now,no room and way too much traffic.The 70 s were great times to be around.But even then Sydney could get pretty busy on a bad day.The cars stank too if you were in Traffic back then you'd get a headache from the exhaust fumes.
Thanks for this excellent video. I love it ❤️.😊
Not even 200 years old yet ! I was born in the bicentenary “88 - it honestly looks more livable and enjoyable in the 70’s - not one awful bit of traffic- everything looks amazing and you can still see the sky- Bonsi beach looks like heaven
I spent the 1970s in my 30s. Life was good.
Bondi beach had a reputation for yobs and broken glass at the time
Nice to see The Golden Sheaf in Double Bay at 14:40. My local.
Great history. Thanks for letting us see.
Thanks for sharing this awesome footage of such a beautiful city!!! Had a laugh at the cop writing a ticket; and the car in the bay. What the??!! Amazing footage!!!
Thank You! Sydney is even more Beautiful Now.
I was 14 at the time. Bought back many memories Cool and
thanks.
thanks for this wow I was 12 in 74 Such a Spinout
Remember being in Sydney in 1974 as a 8 yr old! still love visiting there fro melbourne
Sydney loves you!
I hope this film is stored in the Australian Archives
Great video thanks for posting!
I had an aunty that lived two doors down from JOK's brother Barry in David st Mosman in the 60's. Met JOK a couple of times including a rather frightening drive around Mosman in his open top car in '69.
Our family stayed at the Elizabethan Inn around the same time you shot the film. I was 9 years old at the time so my memory may not be accurate, but I recall a little deli around the corner on the main drag which served the most amazing cheese cake.
Thanks for sharing your film, cheers Mike.
Thank You So Much for Your Comments! The "Inn" is still there as an Apartment building, and the 'shops' are Still on the Corner, but being used for other purpurses. I Do remember the Deli.The Bar in the "Inn" was always a meeting place for Musicians, as many stayed at that Hotel. I remember having a beer there with Songwriters Harry Vanda and George Young.
I remember that deli too. In the early '80s when I went to pick my sister up from hockey practice in Rushcutters Bay Park we used to stop off at the deli and have the best prawn roll (prawns & sauce in a bread bun) in the world.
@@DavidLillicot Personalities 1964 (no dialogue) : Cameo of chaps at work in "Sydney top Newcastle Expressway, Technical Version Part 1" -- Dedicated to the task -- 'Body Language'! (Note up-beat musical background.)
At 2 mins 39 secs, the Statue is of Captain James Cook. I went passed it yesterday to check.
I'd much rather live in real Sydney then than fake Sydney now.
thanks, worth preserving
Good to see not one mobile phone being used.
It is very rare to see shots of the opera house from behind so it was really interesting to see it in your film. It's a shame that the film is so degraded, it's a lovely look back in time.
The Original film is Spotless, but people Copy people's work off here.
Nice bit of Double Bay from 14:30 onwards. Pan across New South Head Rd and a close up of the Golden Sheaf and the old Woolies.
There were a lot of American cars in the eastern suburbs back then and rich folk driving them. My first job 1969 was in the Custom Credit building (New South Head Road) and my uncle owned a tailoring business (Smith & Bruno) across the road.
I was 18 for most of it (turned 19 near the end of the year).
Yes, it's Rose Bay in the early 1970's! I've had some Meals in the "Captain Cook Floating Restaurant" then it was Re-Named a few times. In the Late Eighties it was the "Imperial Peking" Chinese Restaurant ,and I enjoyed some meals there too. Then an Eyesore for more Years than it should have been, then Thankfully towed away as Scrap.I drove past There Yesterday and the New Ferry Wharf and Boat Ramp is a Huge Improvement to the Vista! I'm glad you enjoyed my film.
When I was a kid it was called Flanagan's Afloat. Always a big event going there!
@victoria I was born in '71, so late 70s. Flanagan's Afloat. Google it.
How cool,the 70s were full of cool stories like that,I loved those times
Also the Wintergarden Theatre , which was designed by Henry White , who also designed Sydney's famous State Theatre which was also under threat , in the late 1970s . My childhood memory of The Captain Cook Floating Restaurant is of cutting into a roast potato and finding it to be rotten ! The inside was black !
I went to the Rose Bay Wintergarden a Lot in the 1970s.
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Born in 74 so this is what sydney looked like.
Thanks for reminding me of my childhood. I was 10, my dad served on the Melbourne and the Sydney.
Those Navy blokes comprised a honourable class!
Grin.. I remember those taxis lol.. and that's exactly how I remember the Cross too. Was working at Pussy Galore and the Panther at the time. Thanks for posting this!
Do you remember the Kashmir?
What inspiring shows they were!
How i miss those yrs i was 7yrs old and my sister was born that yr.
Lived in Sydney from 74 to 84. Worked at Channel 9 Artarmon, it was black and white then ..also worked at Channel 10, Epping, on Number 96 and the Mike Walsh Show.
chris heron The Mike Walsh Show...how iconic!
Channel 10 studios were in North Ryde corner of Delhi Rd and Epping Rd, opposite Pittwater Rd.
Channel Seven was in Mobbs Ln, Epping near corner of Edenlee St.
Did you work in telly?@@jamesfrench7299
Eastern Suburbs Railway later leads to Bondi Junction, leading to the most popular beach in Australia, Bondi Beach.
Owned a surf shop on Bondi Beach 1977.at 88 Campbell Parade . Rent $90 a week LOL. When retailers could make a dollar .
The year i met my wife. First date at Doyles Watsons Bay. Had lobster mornay $6.25 and plate of fish was $4. Now Lobster around $150 and a plate of fish about $50. When bookmakers bet to losing figures on nearly every race. Bought my first home on Narrabeen lake for $52K in 1978. Now you pay 40K for a car park around the city LOL. The seventies in Sydney was like living a dream. Never been as good since
The Watson's Bay beer garden was good back then, as 'Doyles' was too expensive, on my wage. Sydney was a Lot less crowded, very few 'tourists', less traffic, lots more Sky overhead.
@@DavidLillicot Remember it well David. You could park right outside the pub and get a beer. Great times. Had to laugh looked at Doyles menu the other day. Lobster now $180 for a small one. Wont' be going back there for a while LOL.
Nice shot of what might be the Captain Cook Floating Restaurant at Rose Bay at 13:56
Flanagan's Afloat
Captain Phillip founded Sydney. Others that passed Australia without Arriving in Sydney included Frenchman La Perouse, Abel Tasman, Dirk Hartog, William Dampier, but Not even Capt Cook sailed into Sydney Harbour. Now, there are lots of people here from The Netherlands.
I thought La Perouse was only a few days late in changing the fate of Australia to be a French colony?
No sound ??
Although i was a young man in Western Australia in 1974,
i came back to the east coast from the Kimberley's
just before "Tracy"
and i can remember there being lots of noisy life !!!
When Sydney was great to live in
All things considered, the city really hasn't changed all that much when you get down to it. Technology and scale may grow, but the geography remains the same through the ages.
LEPrecon I find that a strange comment,the roads won't change much and don't in every Capitol city,the Buildings have changed dramatically and the available land has all but disappeared.Geography doesn't change just the buildings mainly.
LEPrecon I agree. I was surprised at how much infrastructure was already in place in 1974. There will always be nostalgia buffs to say how good and how different this Sydney looks, but the big changes happened in the 1960s.
Hey Albert it continues to surprise me too how much was done in the early days and the foresight people had as it works today,just needs a few tweaks but Australia's Road DNA was done ages ago so it's pretty impressive.We are Definatley lucky and a Lucky Country,our isolation as a continent is a great thing too, it really helps control who comes here and how.
@@angusseletto1511 Mr Leprecorn is a misfit -- a pariah -- a social outcast : He is having you on -- He is attempting to be provocative! Take no notice of him! He's a phoney.
Back when Australia was Australia. I miss it terribly😢!
Very nice! It's interesting to see how much is the same (the heritage buildings) and how much is different (the skyline).
What was that large white palace-looking building off the Cahill Expressway?
The 'Art Gallery of New South Wales'.
@@DavidLillicot Isn't the Art Gallery the sandstone one with columns?
The white building you are referring to is the Conservatorium of Music. It was originally the governor's coach house and stables. You are correct about the Art gallery.
I keep expecting to see Sydney Tower in the skyline, but it doesn't get built for another 7 years! :O
Started sprouting in 78.
The Hydrofoil at 8.21.
I remember those!! Also, going down to the Quay to see the big ships: Canberra, Oriana, Acadia, Oronsay, Orcades...
Nicholas Easton the Hydrofoil was like a space ship back then so cool,we went on as many trips on it as we could convince our parents to take us on,so sad they're no more.Loved those days...magical
Every second car was a Holden
Went to the Hilton a lot Nice
David, at 5:18 there is a video shot looking up at Australia Square tower (I assume that was the tallest building in Sydney at the time); as a 7yo, I was visiting with my family from NZ & I'm sure I was taken to the observation deck on top of the tower? Am I correct? Long before Centrepoint Tower was built. Really great video..thanks for posting.
There was a Revolving Restaurant at the top of Sydney's Tallest Building, Australia Square. There were observation decks on top of the south-eastern Bridge Pylon, and on top of the old AMP Building at Circular Quay.
@@DavidLillicot there was also an observation floor. I went up there many times. It was closed soon after a young boy jumped to his death during a busy lunch hour.
I remember the Custom Credit building probably because I worked near there
It was full of asbestos when they demolished it. Iconic outside.
Now this is Sydney in a nutshell , anyway you can upload some appropriate music to match this great clip David ?
I put a contempory 1970s Soundtrack to it in 1973, but 'Music Copyright ' Claims intrude all the time if it's Heard on here.
At 13:55 most of those boats are still moored there in 2019 !!!
Since then in 2019 , Clover Moore has destroyed Sydney city. As for the rest of the developments in transport with trams and metro rail going nowhere and buildings being demolished. It is a disaster zone . And who is responsible ?
Big Government
@Muckin 4on like i said in the above comment...Big Government.
@Muckin 4on , yeah , you are right.
Remember Juanita Neilsen -- young woman who led the campaign against the demolitions in Victoria Street, Potts Point -- and who went missing in 1974? No Commission of inquiry! Phoney Labour Party -- Party of scabs.
Lots of cars from the European Continent in Sydney.
Hi David,
I am working on a music video for a Sydney based band at the moment, and I was wondering if we could talk about having permission to use some of this footage? Thanks very much :)
Have you seen the 'Go Betweens' video for 'Through the streets of My Town'