Industrial Concord
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2022
- In the 1980s there were numerous industrial complexes in the Concord area. Today the sites have been redeveloped, many are residential and recreational areas.
Sources -
City of Canada Bay Library
Canada Bay Heritage Society
Trove digitised newspapers
Google maps
Wikipedia
Aust. War Memorial
State Library of N.S.W.
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I dont know about anybody else but I watch each video with fascination. The changes that have occured over the years shows clearly the increase in Sydney's population and the need for housing. It seems all roads will eventually stop at a housing development with industry being pushed out to be accommodated in some far flung outer suburb or ceasing production altogether. When I watch these video's and see what the suburbs once were, and what they are now, it is clear that Sydney is void of manufacturing and is now one huge housing estate. Being an 'Inner Westie' I pore over the videos remembering a time long past.I currently live in Five Dock and eagerly await a video about this area, as it continues to change even in the time I have lived here. Keep up the good work and I'm sure your channel will grow as people seek the history of where they now live.
Thanks for your comment. We have noted for some time a substantial interest in the industrialisation of areas. It is something we have made no great effort to discover. The story somehow uncovers itself, such that we have had to create a second video to accomodate the information. Industrial Marrickville is one such, created almost entirely by the flooding of a housing estate, which left the land only suitable for factories. Recently we spoke to one of our avid viewers a male, and when asked did industrialisation interested him he replied, “no I’m not a rivet counter,” as if there is a sub culture devoted to discovering an industrial past. His interest was in facets of design in the past. Recently, UA-cam Analytics has given us details of which parts of our videos are most watched. I suspect they are counting the number of times people move back and forward on any section. With ours the period seems to be 1900-1975. That would suggest to us from grandfather to grandson, in that our viewers are for the most part over forty five. One of our disappointments is that our video on St. Peters Child Brickmakers, has very few viewers. That it is set in the 1876 may well be the reason. As for your suggestion of a video on Five Dock, I have mentioned this to the Creator, it is she not I who will make that decision. As to change in the suburbs, rest assured we know how you feel.
A recommendation for those who return to a specific video searching for a particular point of interest. Use “precise seeking” use your finger, stylus or cursor to drag the red line at the bottom left of your screen to the right. You should then see small but very clear pictures of what is being played on the UA-cam video. After finding the picture you want, play it, or use “pinch and zoom” on a touch screen to enlarge the image for more detail. This you do by spreading or contracting the distance between your thumb and index finger whilst touching the image on the screen.
Thanks for the attention to detail regarding quite a large section of Sydney's industrial past. There was also a Hoover factory at Meadowbank across the river. The Allied Feeds silos were demolished at the end of 1994 and from what I was told it was quite a sight.
We thank you for your compliment. We did not mention Hoover at Meadowbank, it being part of Ryde for we had a different focus. In contrast, it soon became very obvious that Concord, history required two videos, to cover in particular the area being overwhelmed, very early with heavy industry. Your comment on the demolition of Allied Feeds is interesting, as our only reason for not mentioning it, is our heavy reliance on ‘Trove’ newspaper reports, and this is I believe is later than those now freely available. We are fascinated by the amount of interest in old manufacturing sites. Part nostalgia, but also some undefinable fascination. You might be interested in ‘Industrial Marrickville,’ which owes its development to the heavy flooding that took place in 1889, making the Tramvale housing estate, not suitable for residential housing. We would like to see more people take an interest in the ‘St. Peter’s Child Brick Makers, but that activity centres around the 1870,s, and may have little for those who, quite naturally, like things that remind them of their past.
Excellent stuff. The industrial heritage helps explain the patchwork and somewhat unresolved nature of the current suburb. From Breakfast Point to Rhodes Business Park to most of Mortlake and Cabarita, the place just doesn’t hang together.
And I had to ask myself over and over “if they’re gone, where do we make these things now?”
Firemen’s brass helmets, for goodness sake.
Welcome back Mr. Batfinder it’s some time since we have heard from you, so we are encouraged that you are still with us. I read your comments to the Creator, and mentioned that I hadn’t seen what you alluded to. Her reply was that she entirely agreed with your appraisal of Concord’s development. Metaphorically, investigating Concord has been for her, a voyage of discovery, with a magnificent collection of industries to be checked out, as they re-invented themselves. My only challenge was the Australian pronunciation of ‘Malvern’ and ‘Raleigh.’ We are very happy at present with the interest shown in both Concord Municipality and Industrial Concord. We had high hopes of Manly, but so far we are disappointed with the number of views. There appears to be no formula which gives us information which will point to having a much viewed video. We of course will simply continue to do what fascinates us. If you haven’t visited Canada Bay Museum, may we commend it. It’s a few years since our last visit, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you found your fireman’s helmet there. A positive is that at that time it was staffed by enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. Thanks for your comments. I suspect you might have something to say on Parramatta, when it appears.
A question for our viewers. Why have our most popular UA-cam videos been on, Kingsgrove, Glebe, Parramatta’s an historical time line and discovering history, Manly, Ryde and Concord. We would like to hear your views, particularly if you are a resident, employed in the area, or were either of these in the past. Concord’s former industries may attract many males, whose specific interest is industrial heritage. Four out of five of our viewers according to UA-cam statistics are male, but why we ask are you watching?
I'm watching as I am a resident, and watched a lot of this from the Concord and immediate surrounding areas disappear over the course of 35 years.
@@Thetuber83 We would like to thank you sincerely for your comment. It suggests to us that many of our viewers are for whatever reason, watching to remember a past that is no longer. Perhaps nothing more dramatic than the gentrification of Concord and the demise of industry. We are encouraged, and can but hope that other viewers may be challenged to leave a comment. We know according to UA-cam analytics that the people watching are for the most part, over forty five. That a substantial number view on television, where we have found the idea of leaving a comment challenging, maybe one reason for not as many comments as we hoped for. On the positive side it must be said that the vast majority of the comments are not only encouraging but well written and neither abusive or off topic.
I had this come up as a suggestion to watch. I worked in Meadowbank for a few years in the very early 2000s, and often caught the train across the river. I watched in awe as the old battery plant became Rhodes Waterside. Many of my much older colleagues would regale me with the history of the area, and were amazed that anyone would want to live in a (their words) cesspit of lead, mercury & other toxic waste. 15 years later I watched people fishing off Wentworth point, and was amazed that they were able to catch anything living. Don’t know that I would want to eat it though.
In those few years I watched many of the meadowbank foreshore buildings make way for high density dwellings. The old appliance plant was “abandoned” by then too.
Around 2007 I went back there and was amazed that everything south of Underdale lane was obliterated, replaced by high density residential. More recently, I got another surprise.
There were a gaggle of industrial companies in the block bounded by faraday lane, angas st, underdale lane and constitution road. Taking a drive through there earlier this year, I was amazed. All of that is now gone, with a multi-building development turning the entire block into residential towers.
But you know what, it’s all within 400m of Meadowbank railway station, which is an important aspect in the location of high density dwellings.
I remember visiting the coffee plant at concord in 2006 (different job now) and wondered how long it would have left to live in that location - residential development was rapidly closing in on it.
The old Arnotts signage at Concord lasted for decades after they moved that factory out to Eastern Creek.
I knew about Berger & Dulux, as well as a number of other companies that existed in the region, but had no idea just how many well known brands inhabited the region in the 20th century. I really enjoyed all the additional puzzle pieces this video gave me. A topic in itself would almost be “where are they now” showing companies who moved out of inner locations, to the fringes, and are still operating. James Hardie took over Wunderlich, and are still operating at Rosehill. Crane I believe we’re still operating until the 2000s, out Penrith way. The industry adoption of plastic tubing for plumbing was probably the main reason their copper tube mill didn’t survive.
@@commodorenut Thank you for your magnificent contribution to, I’m sure not only our awareness of the area, but anyone else who watches the video. I would hope others would read your comment before they suggest to us that they would like a video on a particular suburb. Naturally we are somewhat removed from many of the suburbs we do histories of. You dear viewer are the insider! You who have, grown up in the area, with perhaps parents and grandparents having lived there. The same could be said of memories of work or leisure spent there. For many suburbs, we have none of this, so do please add to our communal source of knowledge, such that we can better evaluate whether we do a video on your desired suburb. Recently we have, through UA-cam Analytics, learnt that the most watched part of the time line is the period from 1900-1975. This we suspect relates to, Grandfather and father’s past with grandchild, now aged 45 viewing. The other day we received a comment on the Granville Football (soccer) team of 1900, had we known prior to our publishing the video, I’m sure it would have come under consideration. Sadly once a video is up there is very little we can change, whether we like it or not. Thanks once again your comments are so pertinent to what people are watching about Concord.
@@commodorenut Thanks for your very informative comments. We are on something of a high at present in that we now have 1000 subscribers, but perhaps more importantly on the same day you posted this, others have written in the same style as yourself. This is not only encouraging to us, but I am sure such information fills out for our audience our brief introduction to the suburb. As we begin to create more videos, on perhaps less popular suburbs we are hoping that our comments section might be filled with people telling us of developments in the suburb they would like to have a video of. In particular in the period 1900- 1975. UA-cam Analytics tell us that this is the period which people are watching over and over again. Perhaps representing grandfather and father with grandson now forty five viewing. Here’s hoping others may be inspired by your efforts.