@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB that old abandoned house across the road from the library I went inside it like 2 weeks ago at about 3am its all trashed up inside except for one room upstairs it was made home with a double bed made and pictures on the walls. Spun me out
I'm 53. Been in St Albans for 48 years and despite the problems like any place I still love the place. My daughter bought a house only months ago in the 3021 area because like me she can see the convenience of St Albans being close to main infrastructure. 3 Stations. Freeway access in minutes. Melbourne Airport 15min run. Sunshine Hospital at your door step. Modern schools. A few people I know are kicking themselves for leaving the area decades ago.
Absolutely! St Albans has so much to offer and it's definitely getting better! I would rather be in St Albans than Springvale. It's so much closer to the city and freeway only a few minutes away & not to mention the airport! There's nothing better than getting off a 24HR flight from LA to Melb and home is only 20mins drive away. Junkies are everywhere and they are useless to our society. They need help out of plain sight.
I agree St Albans is not as bad as people think it is, i lived in kealba not far from St albans and most of the time you barely hear the usual carjacking or home invasion around the area.
Thanks for this video TJ. I grew up in Kings Park after moving to Melbourne from Canberra. I go to that IGA every few months to stock up on Maltese Pastizzi. Some of those Vietnamese restaurants have some of the best cuisine in Melbourne, in my opinion. Great video.
My creation friend from kewand I li ing ing inelastic stkilda at the time walked from the station to Honey court St AlBans 40 minute's. For creation.greek style fish and potatoes buba spicijaric.
Looks a lot safer than it was 10-15 years ago. I grew up in St Albans, went to school in St Albans, even went to uni in St Albans. Now I work down the road in the emergency department at Sunshine Hospital and we definitely see some of the characters from St Albans who are living rough. We used to walk to the station at 10pm with no troubles 30 years ago, wouldn't do it now LOL. Unlocked some memories there for me! Great video :)
Wow, that took me back to memory lane. I left St Albans in 2001. I used to buy my Commodore 64 games from Home Entertainment Centre. Also there used to be Toy World. That Chicken Shop had the best fried fish.
My grandparents opened the first pizza shop in Alfrieda St in the late 70s, was known as la maiella after the mountain in Abruzzo, Italy. They briefly relocated to McIntrye Rd in the mid 80s, and the shop has been tenanted since. Currently, it's a chemist smack bang in the middle opposite the IGA carpark. Apparently, there was a Croatian butcher shop acouple shops down that was always super busy with people queing out the door.
I’ve been living in St Albans for 4 years after moving down from Brisbane. A lot of old houses have been torn down to make modern townhouses. I like its location, close to the city and train line and plenty of schools, some crazy drug affected people but the majority are just peaceful working class
Grew up in StAlbans, Braybrook, Sunshine,Footscray, very different now but it is good seeing a lot of the old places still standing and reminiscing on old times.
@Mr_tj007 oddly enough I lived in avondale. The 407 was all through there. Definitely the 408 from HP. Man love this stuff, will be watching everything 🙌
20:56 there is a Thai massage brothel there lmao. not to overshare let's just say i had my first experience there. My Dad Named Michael who passed away in 2023, was a well known butcher in st albans, and was often the local expert, had great relationships with the Vietnamese people and was loved by everyone in the area. i've lived in Emily street, Andrea street, and even Glyndon ave. if you go to Westvale which is right next to Andrea street, there's a lovely Greek community there. Personally Alfredia street is the most ghetto i experienced, and the milk bar on main road west. Good video though, sad about the dude with the bong, i've now moved from st albans to AV, from one ghetto to another i guess. I appreciate your empathy for the people doing it rough though. i used to be an Opioid addict for 7 years, ive been clean for a while.
Brothel there?? What lol! Ah man, condolences to you and your family - I’m pretty sure your dad was a well respected figure and a community leader in St Albans .. RIP MICHAEL THE BUTCHER! I have empathy for people doing it tough, outsiders always judge (even I can do that sometimes) everyone has a unique story on why they ended where they are .. and congrats on being clean bro, it takes a warrior to conquer them demons, so be proud and inspire others my man!
Another really great video bro, I lived in George St near the 7 11 and there were so many houses being burned up in my street. Crazy times. Loving the classic aussie content! Keep it up!
@GOSP-ke1nr that doesn't surprise me. The last time I drove through, I left my sunnies on a table in Power St. Brand new 400 dollar pair on the fish n chip shop table. No point in going back to see if they were there or handed in. It is St Albams after all.
Love it man it is your best vid yet. Just moving forward and forward well done. I love it that I can relate to the past of the same era as you. And bringing back memories for me too. That shop where we use to get school uniforms and shoes that brought back a memory for me. Good tracks and beats too 👍👍
Love it can relate to so much I've been away from st Albans\kings park for 20 years and its changed so much but still similar too but definitely worse. Great video keep it up hit up Geelong one day lots to see in corio norlane st Albans park Morrabool st bus stop\ Geelong train areas need a whole day here. Looking forward to your next video.
Grew up on main Rd west in the 90s. Great times! Behind Lebs cafe. Pitstop was scary as hell when I was 10 11 yr old. Still went in to play Xmen vs SF lol
Check out Mt Eliza, 2 yrs ago this Japanese guy moved in with his Family, now we have his young crew, with tattoos and some with fingers missing, hang around the Cafe Strip all day, but there very polite especially to the older ones, they give up their seats and tables. But you know not to piss them off. Break ins have dropped 35% in the last 18 months
Great Video and editing.. I noticed that one of the comments you knew the Paxtons you must mean Craig. When did you Graduate kings Park high? I know you went to kings Park high and Primary school from another video you did. If so I must have meet you before at a Party I'm sure of it .I went to Stevesville Primary and Graduated in 1992 but didn't go to kings Park high I went to Footscray City and graduated in 1998. I caught the 424 bus and got of at Gillespie road you know around near the Paxtons . I was very good friends with a couple of Veit boys that lived were you did some of them I'm sure you might know them.. Hope to hear back.
It's no different to any other surrounding suburb. The worst and most violent times are gone. They were the late 70s to 90s. The wogs Croatian, Maltese , Greeks, Italians ,Serbs , Turks etc . Everyone knew how to fight. No trouble with the Viets they were cool. Unfortunately even back then drug dealing was and still is the problem Good video keep it up.
I lived in St.Albans in the 80's. Couldn't walk home from school without fears of getting bash. Speed was the main drug then herion took over in 90"s. People got bashed at st.albans pub every week. I Lost a lot of friends to heroin before they made 20. Some would be gangsters would always jump people and leave them in a bloody mess. St.Albans is the only place in Australia where cops would drive up and down the same road (Main Rd) all day hoping to deter crime. St.Albans was a shit hole and always will be. Most last station suburbs were shit holes.
Hi TJ , I’ve grown up in St Albans and lived on opie rd which my parents are still there haha. I’ve never had issues living there and still live close by. Yes I think drugs have pick up again around the area but not as bad as the 90s to early 2000 it’s a yes and no safe place to live but like everywhere else drugs and crime is always there as well.
Drugs are everywhere man, even in the good suburbs.. they just hide it better.. man I use to live right next to Opie road, had so many friends that lived on that road
Bro i like your channel keep it up.. it's different to the others, if you build this channel up on talking and giving those people the time of day soon enough brother you'll have enough💲to help them out.. but shiit i definitely would have said islander for sure 🤜🤛
Haha I drive up and down Taylors Rd every day to and from work! Fantastic video man, well done! Appreciate you! It’s actually crazy as a lot of things that you say, I did the same as you. For example, that Commonwealth bank was my first bank too 😂😂
Been in St Albans for a couple of years now. It's been good. But the vibes still sketch me out compared to quieter places I've lived. Way less inclined to be wandering the streets here which is a shame because it's probably fine.
Lived in St ALbans from 2005 - 2007 . fuck its sketchy i was an aussie but i had a lot of Albanian mates but just visited like last month and still feels weird walking down the street there. Akira netcafe was good to show off your wow progress the locals there were addicted!
I remember watching the news about a family all unemployed living in St Albans in the 90's. The Paxtons? There's a good Vietnamese/Korean bbq restaurant in Alfrieda St, good feed.
Thank god that level crossing is no more!!! The hectic traffic and detours during the construction period were worth it. So many accidents and even deaths over the years. It was decades late, but late is better than never and now that intersection is so smooth...
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELBI remember that event in 1996. Mike Munro and Ray were disgraceful, but that's A Current Affair for you. A year later, John Safran made a series called Media Tycoon. He invited Shane Paxton along and sat outside Ray Martin's house, and when Martin appeared from his front gate, Safran asked why he wasn't at work at 9am. It became a heated argument. Shane Paxton was John's timekeeper. The clip is on UA-cam.
Early 2000s I went to Werribee then point cook and now I’m near Essendon way. I rarely ever travel to St Albans, so that day when I traveled by foot, I felt like I was 15 years old with my Caribbean bag, with my baggy blue cross colours, hyper colour T shirt and my Sony Walkman.
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB i feel you. As soon as you step in that footpath. Its memories of growing up. From st albans to werribee then towards essendon? Big move change.
Not that good alot of older people live airport West if you wanna hit up somewhere go Melton the new age St Albans haha or go werribee its called Birdsville every street name is a bird and the people that live there have brains like a bird that place will never change alot of homeless in werribee and surround and alot of crime and just general wankers i live on a pretty big lake and have chased numerous people off my property with baseball bats even caught one of them in my car trying to steal my shit only been here 3 years with in the first 2 weeks at of being here there was someone in my car have a ve clubsport and a AMG a45 and a vl turbo so I'm super alert having those cars if you wanna tour around werribee let me know bro I'll take ya around the area if your not familiar ❤❤ never thought I would like someone's videos similar to spanian vit bro yoh killed do glad I found this video yesterday LETS GOT
10:14 hahah the good old fountain i would say no lie i filled that thing with boxes of saop and ditergent and food die at least 100 times i would do it in the middle of the night then come back at and bubbles would be over the road all blue red purple fuck i was a shit kid..😂😂😂
Hey not just me a few times went to go do it and it was already done so not always i but dont get me wrong i still put all the stuff i had in there as such a Lil shit started getting into drugs at like 12 years old there was nothing else but drugs there at that time I'm turning 40 in January fuck time flys
@ my parents bought their Hifi system at brashes, it came with record player, twin tape decks and 6 CD stacker .. they also through in a free YMCA CD.. good memories
I lived across from the station next to the mechanic in the same street used to wake up to overdose junkies at my door and bashed and fucked up people one guy was nearly dead at my door when I was like 10 will never forget it woke up go outside to kick the footy and there's a bloke covered in blood right qt the door he must have tried to knock but didn't make blood was everywhere then it turned out to be my dads mate he was bashed around the corner and made it to our door what a fucked up childhood that place created still dealing with the anxiety and depression from everything I seen and done in that place was a horrible childhood but was so lucky to never go jail go me 😂😂❤❤
Damn that’s traumatic, yeah there was a lot of violence back in them days, unfortunately I know a lot of people that went towards drugs and ended up in jail.
Yeah mate did the same except no jail done it all at such a young age hanging out with 25 30 yeah olds who introduced me to some really fucked up drugs and shit so much trauma from that place but thanks to people like @spanian for putting out his vids and tj now I'm so much more open about talking about it i had a mate commit suicide and his fucked up parent rang me and said hey cone over I was like 12 he was around 25 he was hanging in his garage and his parents made me look at him and then they said this is what happenes when you are in the game that he was in (HERION) which was brought over by the Asians and it destroyed the area including everyone in it but we are here today to look back and fix our trauma by talking to like minded people instead of judgemental people that say that stuff never happens they just never had to live it just to afford food in st Albans was hard enough alot of Aussie family's in that area around those times were very poor and people would be lined up for days at the salvation army and the church just to get some basics was so shit and there were alot of gambling places around that area pokies bingo tab then centreline all on the one stree bassiclly destined for failure which my parents had this same issue but good part is I don't have never gambled in my life I only gamble with my life LOL😂😂😂
@Mr_tj007 another high Viet population is Richmond. Victoria St and Victoria St. Or is it Ritman? Viet was the first language I learnt apart from English, so easy to speak
Nice video. If you ask me. St albans changed? Yes. Did it become better? Structure and safety? In a way yes. Would you walk there at night? I would not recommend it. There was a point where “western businesses” Saw potential in st albans at few points. In the 80s or even earlier had alot of western businesses. It slowly and slowly faded away. Late 80s very early 90s still had quite a few western businesses . Believe it or not St albans in alfreida street had western computer shop owned by caucasians toy kingdom, shoe shop - where the sell school shoes and doc martens etc.. owned by caucasians They also had fosseys - it was coles but was similar to a mini kmart. They had a variety store which was owned by maltese/ italian/ greek owners. They even opened a block buster video because st albans had potential. Since the - maltese, italians, greeks etc all moved out the area. It was due to all asian migrations. The maltese , greeks , italians etc all left st albans and went to the new estate at the time - keilor downs, taylors lakes and sydneham. St albans then was all asians once the euros left the area. All the shops began being all vietnamese and chinese stores. 70-80s st albans was run by euros, maltese, italians and greeks etc. it was a wog area. 90s it was a vietnamese area. 2000s islanders started coming in Late 2000s africans started coming in Around 2010 indians started coming in. I moved to australia in 1988-89. I was the first batch of immigrants in st albans. At the time there was no asian stores. Maybe 2 years later the first vietnamese store opened. I saw st albans as a wog area or caucasian area believe it or not. Then i saw it become asian suburb. In the early 90s i never saw an islander or indian or even african walking in st albans. I remember saying to friends or family what is an islander person lol. I even said whats indian. If i told you toy kingdom was there would you have believed me lol?? If i told you fosseys was there ? Now its kfl supermarket, before it was kfl that was fosseys, a mini kmart- sold clothes like Jeans, hot wheels etc cars, chips, drinks, shirts, etc. me and my brother used to walk there when i was about 8-9yo. Back then they had the water fountain which was nice at the time. It had lighting at night changing color. Then lighting stopped. I think they also took it out because it was dangerous. Such as a random drowning someones head. Due to increased crime. Different demographics now. I also got to include. Early early 90s. Someone died at the fountain. I saw crime scene tape or police tape next morning when me and family walked to the train station to go city. I am not sure how he died. I think from word of mouth someone drowned him or he drowned after being high or something. That is one reason they took off the fountain. Later on alot of drug use and people who were high could drown themselves in that fountain. It was a great fountain, i remember playing in that fountain as kids me and my brother (rip) and sister at the time. Then it got dirty, people would throw rubbish or maybe even pee in it. That fountain had to go. For safety.
Mate what a great read, I do remember the doc marten shoe store cause I use to dream and ask my parents to buy them. I can also remember Fosseys and you kingdom aswell, this is the same time when they use to have the Duty Free store. You are right though, early 90s had big western shops, and now it’s changed into a mini Footscray. I can even remember someone dying in that fountain, your memory is on point! Great right up brother!
Bro love your write up mate dead on the money was slowly getting better the Caroline Springs was built and the filled it with housing commission within the norms so shit went straight back downhill home of the rich bogan and the there is the fully poor family's and people that area has no potential to be fixed because the ly decided that footscray was more appropriate for development well that worked well *NOT*
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB yes. I remember that too. Someone died in that fountain area. Early early 90s. I was a little kid then. I was walking to the train station with my family to go city. In the morning. We walked past that fountain and it had police tape. Crime scene tape. Then later on the news we found out someone died near the fountain.
@@peterbroome-r2d i remember at one point me and my dad used to all the way to footscray to go to the electronic shops. Footscray was a haven place for that, at the time. Tvs, cd players, stereos, dvd players. Then little by little the stores became less and less. Now its majority restaurants.
Well it’s not really a scam, cause i work in that industry.. so haven’t you noticed that since the scheme has come out, slab of water has gone up almost 30-40 percent? .. also i will try Oliver brown!
I lived in the heart of st albans on Erica ave where block buster was mid 99s to early 2000s. There’s a saying if you no you no and if you don’t you really don’t.st albans was hectic the drug seen was out the gate. There was little street gangs” but if you were in the no there was real ones out there. I seen some sht yous couldn’t imagine practically new every muppet out there or they new me and my brothers it was st albans sunshine and Footscray these towns were practically connected. Who remembers the good old BP Boys there smoke was good all the time though you could only get sticks Lol.
The police do drop off homeless people in St Albans, and they just let them sleep on the footpaths in front of shop doorways, all day long. They don't care and don't move them on at all, St Albans seems to be a dumping ground for the homeless, because everything is there, good cheep food, shelter, and friendly people. Like any suburb, St Albans has its issues, but it is a great place.
St Albans has always been a shithole. I lived there for a brief period in the late '90's and I remember there was a pool hall business that openly sold drugs over the counter. Haven't been to StAlbans in years but I doubt it's improved there. Love your channel man 👍 EDIT: Pitstop! That's it! I used to live around the corner from it 😂
hhhhmmmm wonder why......I grew up in the west, its was the most safe family area to live. We left windows and door open, we stayed out late never worrying about getting mugged or bashed. its not the place i grew up in.....🤨😐🤨😡
Hope you guys enjoy this video..🥺🥺
How long ago was this actually filmed tj??
@@RAULGUTIERREZ-eu5jv last Wednesday bro
Stage front music. used to go after school and just look cause I had no money 😂 miss the pet shop across the road
@@andreassposito7816 oh man I remember the pet shop!!! Damn
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB that old abandoned house across the road from the library I went inside it like 2 weeks ago at about 3am its all trashed up inside except for one room upstairs it was made home with a double bed made and pictures on the walls. Spun me out
I'm 53. Been in St Albans for 48 years and despite the problems like any place I still love the place. My daughter bought a house only months ago in the 3021 area because like me she can see the convenience of St Albans being close to main infrastructure. 3 Stations. Freeway access in minutes. Melbourne Airport 15min run. Sunshine Hospital at your door step. Modern schools. A few people I know are kicking themselves for leaving the area decades ago.
Your right though, it’s a really good location
Absolutely! St Albans has so much to offer and it's definitely getting better! I would rather be in St Albans than Springvale. It's so much closer to the city and freeway only a few minutes away & not to mention the airport! There's nothing better than getting off a 24HR flight from LA to Melb and home is only 20mins drive away. Junkies are everywhere and they are useless to our society. They need help out of plain sight.
I agree St Albans is not as bad as people think it is, i lived in kealba not far from St albans and most of the time you barely hear the usual carjacking or home invasion around the area.
Agreed, We recently brought a house here and the location is fantastic, close to everything
Thanks for this video TJ. I grew up in Kings Park after moving to Melbourne from Canberra. I go to that IGA every few months to stock up on Maltese Pastizzi. Some of those Vietnamese restaurants have some of the best cuisine in Melbourne, in my opinion. Great video.
Thanks heaps for watching .. the food is pretty good in St Albans
My creation friend from kewand I li ing ing inelastic stkilda at the time walked from the station to Honey court St AlBans 40 minute's. For creation.greek style fish and potatoes buba spicijaric.
Sick editing for the new intro brother. Congrats on the 1K subs too thats hectic! Keep cooking
Thanks man!! Much appreciated
Looks a lot safer than it was 10-15 years ago. I grew up in St Albans, went to school in St Albans, even went to uni in St Albans. Now I work down the road in the emergency department at Sunshine Hospital and we definitely see some of the characters from St Albans who are living rough. We used to walk to the station at 10pm with no troubles 30 years ago, wouldn't do it now LOL. Unlocked some memories there for me! Great video :)
Thanks, yeah it’s abit sketchy at night but overall not too bad
Wow, that took me back to memory lane. I left St Albans in 2001. I used to buy my Commodore 64 games from Home Entertainment Centre. Also there used to be Toy World. That Chicken Shop had the best fried fish.
Wow Commodore 64!
Don't be fooled, guys. TJ is not an Islander. He's just a Vietnamese guy who really loves his food! 😂
Bhahaha so true!!
Lived in st Albans went to school there. Glad l moved to Adelaide 40 years ago
@garymajewski8150 Where in Adelaide do you live, and what was St Albans like 40 years ago? Were there many Vietnamese living there at that time?
@@garymajewski8150 Yeah? Good for you. I've lived in St Albans for 40 years. Never had an issue, loved it. West does it best.
@@fosjam6421 Good for you Figjam. No one asked or cares where you live.
Epic StAlbans video I've ever seen ever bro!!!! Well done !!
Thanks man, my home town!
I am so glad that l don't live in St. Albans anymore. St Albans was a better place to live back in the 60's
60s?? Geez that would’ve been paddocks
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB Yes, after George Street, brown snakes and frogs, etc
My grandparents opened the first pizza shop in Alfrieda St in the late 70s, was known as la maiella after the mountain in Abruzzo, Italy.
They briefly relocated to McIntrye Rd in the mid 80s, and the shop has been tenanted since. Currently, it's a chemist smack bang in the middle opposite the IGA carpark.
Apparently, there was a Croatian butcher shop acouple shops down that was always super busy with people queing out the door.
Wow that’s amazing man
I’ve been living in St Albans for 4 years after moving down from Brisbane. A lot of old houses have been torn down to make modern townhouses. I like its location, close to the city and train line and plenty of schools, some crazy drug affected people but the majority are just peaceful working class
There is a lot of good in St Albans
Moved from Brisbane to stalbans. Hope you're getting paid alot of money for that move hahahhaa
YOO cuz!!! amazing edit skill you've got there!! St Albans days!
Ahh cousin Tam!!
Love the content mate, glad I stumbled across your channel!
Thanks man
Grew up in StAlbans, Braybrook, Sunshine,Footscray, very different now but it is good seeing a lot of the old places still standing and reminiscing on old times.
Best video you’ve made
Thanks brother, don’t know how I’m gonna beat it lol
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB very true but you’ll find a way to
What a throwback. Spent heaps of time there through to highpoint. The bus ticket's are a forgotten memory 😂
Was it the 407 of 408 that went from Alfrieda street to high point? I can’t remember
@Mr_tj007 oddly enough I lived in avondale. The 407 was all through there. Definitely the 408 from HP. Man love this stuff, will be watching everything 🙌
@@bunstunner haha thanks brother
20:56 there is a Thai massage brothel there lmao. not to overshare let's just say i had my first experience there. My Dad Named Michael who passed away in 2023, was a well known butcher in st albans, and was often the local expert, had great relationships with the Vietnamese people and was loved by everyone in the area. i've lived in Emily street, Andrea street, and even Glyndon ave. if you go to Westvale which is right next to Andrea street, there's a lovely Greek community there. Personally Alfredia street is the most ghetto i experienced, and the milk bar on main road west. Good video though, sad about the dude with the bong, i've now moved from st albans to AV, from one ghetto to another i guess. I appreciate your empathy for the people doing it rough though. i used to be an Opioid addict for 7 years, ive been clean for a while.
Brothel there?? What lol! Ah man, condolences to you and your family - I’m pretty sure your dad was a well respected figure and a community leader in St Albans .. RIP MICHAEL THE BUTCHER!
I have empathy for people doing it tough, outsiders always judge (even I can do that sometimes) everyone has a unique story on why they ended where they are ..
and congrats on being clean bro, it takes a warrior to conquer them demons, so be proud and inspire others my man!
are the chicks hot there? is it worth the money? asking for a friend
Where is av?
@@airforceone6523 I think maybe Ascot Vale !? Maybe
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB oh you could be right. Av is before broadmeadowns or near broadmeadows. Correct me if im wrong
Another really great video bro, I lived in George St near the 7 11 and there were so many houses being burned up in my street. Crazy times. Loving the classic aussie content! Keep it up!
Thanks bro, I’m glad you enjoyed it
I was on power Street brother. St albans was wild in the day.
@GOSP-ke1nr that doesn't surprise me. The last time I drove through, I left my sunnies on a table in Power St. Brand new 400 dollar pair on the fish n chip shop table. No point in going back to see if they were there or handed in. It is St Albams after all.
RIP 🪦
I love St Albans.
Me too
You love shitholes.
Love it man it is your best vid yet. Just moving forward and forward well done. I love it that I can relate to the past of the same era as you. And bringing back memories for me too. That shop where we use to get school uniforms and shoes that brought back a memory for me. Good tracks and beats too 👍👍
Thanks man, much appreciated. I think we can all relate as majority if us all had similar walks in life
Just came across your channel a few weeks ago and love your work
Thanks man, means a lot
Love the videos bro
Thanks man
T hope your well brother, living in Scotland now...watching this brought back some good memories, missing the com bo luc lac.
Ahhh Gunsan.. hope all is well man!
Keep up the good work tj
Thanks man
You should do Lygon Street,used to always go there in my youth.love the video.
Great idea, thanks
Another great video bro Keep it up
Thanks man, really appreciate it
Love this series. Time to go to Frankston, Altona, Heidelberg West and Toorak lol
Frankston done, Altona (semi done) Heidelberg and Toorak soon
Spin off series - “Melbourne’s richest area”
Love it can relate to so much I've been away from st Albans\kings park for 20 years and its changed so much but still similar too but definitely worse. Great video keep it up hit up Geelong one day lots to see in corio norlane
st Albans park Morrabool st bus stop\ Geelong train areas need a whole day here. Looking forward to your next video.
Will do man, thanks heaps
@Mr_tj007 bro love this video bro has brought back so much hood and bad memories keep up the good work brother ❤❤
Good*
@@peterbroome-r2d thanks heaps man
I grew up in Kealba for 26 years, and I always found the western suburbs rough
Man, I miss kealba
@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB I don't it was a very rough area and the High School was even worse so glad it closed down
Whatsup thao! Hope your well bro. The chicken shop was called top rooster….
Ahhhh David!!!!!
Hi TJ i grew up in St.Albans was born in the 60's it was a good place back in the 70's-80's till it all changed moved out 7 years ago
Miss saint side bruv 💪🙏🖤 always love to go back for feeds here and there...
Food is definitely worth the trip
great video mate, I've never been to st. albans
Thanks brother
Good stuff tj love the videos far remember pittstop play street fighter 😂😂
Good memories
3b 😂
Grew up on main Rd west in the 90s. Great times! Behind Lebs cafe. Pitstop was scary as hell when I was 10 11 yr old. Still went in to play Xmen vs SF lol
lol good memories
Check out Mt Eliza, 2 yrs ago this Japanese guy moved in with his Family, now we have his young crew, with tattoos and some with fingers missing, hang around the Cafe Strip all day, but there very polite especially to the older ones, they give up their seats and tables. But you know not to piss them off.
Break ins have dropped 35% in the last 18 months
Legit bro? This is full Yakuza stuff, love to meet him!
you miss the akira comp cafe bro use to play cs with my friend there from 11pm till 6am lol
I remember Akira!!!
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB they always have punch on there when someone get caught ghosting lol
Great Video and editing.. I noticed that one of the comments you knew the Paxtons you must mean Craig. When did you Graduate kings Park high? I know you went to kings Park high and Primary school from another video you did. If so I must have meet you before at a Party I'm sure of it .I went to Stevesville Primary and Graduated in 1992 but didn't go to kings Park high I went to Footscray City and graduated in 1998. I caught the 424 bus and got of at Gillespie road you know around near the Paxtons . I was very good friends with a couple of Veit boys that lived were you did some of them I'm sure you might know them.. Hope to hear back.
Yes to all lol, for sure we must’ve of met
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELBThe Paxton Parties were legendary and wild .. Did you ever go to one ?That Family was ahead of its time..
@@craigfairman6092 yeah I did go to one as a kid, I remember a lot of a alcohol as a kid lol
i love it
Thanks brother
Lol ive been in every flat you pointed out bro. Top video. Stagefront moved to a warehouse in tullamarine before covid
Ah no way!!
It's no different to any other surrounding suburb.
The worst and most violent times are gone.
They were the late 70s to 90s.
The wogs Croatian, Maltese , Greeks, Italians ,Serbs , Turks etc .
Everyone knew how to fight.
No trouble with the Viets they were cool.
Unfortunately even back then drug dealing was and still is the problem
Good video keep it up.
Thanks brother , great points
I lived in St.Albans in the 80's. Couldn't walk home from school without fears of getting bash. Speed was the main drug then herion took over in 90"s. People got bashed at st.albans pub every week. I Lost a lot of friends to heroin before they made 20. Some would be gangsters would always jump people and leave them in a bloody mess. St.Albans is the only place in Australia where cops would drive up and down the same road (Main Rd) all day hoping to deter crime. St.Albans was a shit hole and always will be. Most last station suburbs were shit holes.
Man that’s horrible, sorry to hear that
Hi TJ , I’ve grown up in St Albans and lived on opie rd which my parents are still there haha. I’ve never had issues living there and still live close by. Yes I think drugs have pick up again around the area but not as bad as the 90s to early 2000 it’s a yes and no safe place to live but like everywhere else drugs and crime is always there as well.
Drugs are everywhere man, even in the good suburbs.. they just hide it better.. man I use to live right next to Opie road, had so many friends that lived on that road
@ I had a Aunty that owned that milk bar on every green dr a couple of years ago. I think someone bought it and tune it into a home.
@ ah man .. Shame
Cruise in the EA 12inch subbie in the back kickin it stalbans maccas those were the days
Lmao pumping “the roof the roof is on” Ng Daz
My sister worked at St Albans Mecca's that place was hectic in used to eat so much maccas she was a manager for like 5 6 years great times
Bro i like your channel keep it up.. it's different to the others, if you build this channel up on talking and giving those people the time of day soon enough brother you'll have enough💲to help them out.. but shiit i definitely would have said islander for sure 🤜🤛
Thanks my brother, appreciate the nice words
Haha I drive up and down Taylors Rd every day to and from work!
Fantastic video man, well done! Appreciate you!
It’s actually crazy as a lot of things that you say, I did the same as you. For example, that Commonwealth bank was my first bank too 😂😂
Man Taylor’s road is so busy now, I remember a long time ago it was dirt road, we use to take old cars up there and .. 🔥🔥🔥
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB yeah now Taylors Rd haunts me every morning and afternoon. The single lane is ridiculous.
@@THEAC83 it’s so badddd, cause that road is used from Rockbank, CS, Sydenham, Delahey, and Keilor residents to get on sunshine ave.
Been in St Albans for a couple of years now. It's been good. But the vibes still sketch me out compared to quieter places I've lived. Way less inclined to be wandering the streets here which is a shame because it's probably fine.
It’s not too bad, but always pays to be carful
Bro I lived in Kingspark and hang around St albans lol it's home for me mate, no stabbing for me.
lol no stabbing for me to
Lived in St ALbans from 2005 - 2007 . fuck its sketchy i was an aussie but i had a lot of Albanian mates but just visited like last month and still feels weird walking down the street there. Akira netcafe was good to show off your wow progress the locals there were addicted!
WOW, damn that was a long time ago
St Albans is St Albans bro grew up here and still here bro since the 90s
That’s awesome man
I remember watching the news about a family all unemployed living in St Albans in the 90's. The Paxtons?
There's a good Vietnamese/Korean bbq restaurant in Alfrieda St, good feed.
Yes! I was close friend with them, the news over exaggerated everything, they’re actually a really good family.
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB I still enjoy going down there. The train line on Main Rd back in the day during peak hour was a pain in the ass.
@@Paul-z4q oh it’s horrible
Thank god that level crossing is no more!!! The hectic traffic and detours during the construction period were worth it. So many accidents and even deaths over the years. It was decades late, but late is better than never and now that intersection is so smooth...
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELBI remember that event in 1996. Mike Munro and Ray were disgraceful, but that's A Current Affair for you.
A year later, John Safran made a series called Media Tycoon. He invited Shane Paxton along and sat outside Ray Martin's house, and when Martin appeared from his front gate, Safran asked why he wasn't at work at 9am. It became a heated argument. Shane Paxton was John's timekeeper. The clip is on UA-cam.
Got at of the west a long long time ago and haven’t been back
Same, I no longer live in the west, but will forever have a soft spot for it
Stalbans is alright not as bad as it used to be
Very true
Where do you live now? In the vid you said you havent been in st albans for a long time? Where did you end up living or moving to?
Early 2000s I went to Werribee then point cook and now I’m near Essendon way. I rarely ever travel to St Albans, so that day when I traveled by foot, I felt like I was 15 years old with my Caribbean bag, with my baggy blue cross colours, hyper colour T shirt and my Sony Walkman.
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB i feel you. As soon as you step in that footpath. Its memories of growing up.
From st albans to werribee then towards essendon? Big move change.
@@airforceone6523wouldn’t call it a big step, but St Albans will always be my home ..
How’s you see airport west ?
Don’t know much about airport west, I have been to the westfields though
Not that good alot of older people live airport West if you wanna hit up somewhere go Melton the new age St Albans haha or go werribee its called Birdsville every street name is a bird and the people that live there have brains like a bird that place will never change alot of homeless in werribee and surround and alot of crime and just general wankers i live on a pretty big lake and have chased numerous people off my property with baseball bats even caught one of them in my car trying to steal my shit only been here 3 years with in the first 2 weeks at of being here there was someone in my car have a ve clubsport and a AMG a45 and a vl turbo so I'm super alert having those cars if you wanna tour around werribee let me know bro I'll take ya around the area if your not familiar ❤❤ never thought I would like someone's videos similar to spanian vit bro yoh killed do glad I found this video yesterday
LETS GOT
Go Tarneit places to go is
-Tarneit gardens shopping centre
-Tarneit station
-Tarneit central
-riverdale shopping centre
Will do man
I worked at that safeway. One day there was a shooting. We had bullets fly through the window.
whoaa man
Who else thought Dil Dosti Restaurant about @7:11 said something else at 1st ? 😳
Did I?? 😱
St Albans looks nicer now.
yeah it does.
10:14 hahah the good old fountain i would say no lie i filled that thing with boxes of saop and ditergent and food die at least 100 times i would do it in the middle of the night then come back at and bubbles would be over the road all blue red purple fuck i was a shit kid..😂😂😂
Haha so it was you!!!!!
Hey not just me a few times went to go do it and it was already done so not always i but dont get me wrong i still put all the stuff i had in there as such a Lil shit started getting into drugs at like 12 years old there was nothing else but drugs there at that time I'm turning 40 in January fuck time flys
Anyone remember the music store on Alfrieda st i think it was called C & C Music i used to buy my cassettes there
That was before I discovered Brashes in Highpoint
Omg I remember!!! That was during the same time they had the show store there.
@ my parents bought their Hifi system at brashes, it came with record player, twin tape decks and 6 CD stacker .. they also through in a free YMCA CD.. good memories
I remember my mum brought me drum sticks from there.
I lived across from the station next to the mechanic in the same street used to wake up to overdose junkies at my door and bashed and fucked up people one guy was nearly dead at my door when I was like 10 will never forget it woke up go outside to kick the footy and there's a bloke covered in blood right qt the door he must have tried to knock but didn't make blood was everywhere then it turned out to be my dads mate he was bashed around the corner and made it to our door what a fucked up childhood that place created still dealing with the anxiety and depression from everything I seen and done in that place was a horrible childhood but was so lucky to never go jail go me 😂😂❤❤
Damn that’s traumatic, yeah there was a lot of violence back in them days, unfortunately I know a lot of people that went towards drugs and ended up in jail.
Yeah mate did the same except no jail done it all at such a young age hanging out with 25 30 yeah olds who introduced me to some really fucked up drugs and shit so much trauma from that place but thanks to people like @spanian for putting out his vids and tj now I'm so much more open about talking about it i had a mate commit suicide and his fucked up parent rang me and said hey cone over I was like 12 he was around 25 he was hanging in his garage and his parents made me look at him and then they said this is what happenes when you are in the game that he was in (HERION) which was brought over by the Asians and it destroyed the area including everyone in it but we are here today to look back and fix our trauma by talking to like minded people instead of judgemental people that say that stuff never happens they just never had to live it just to afford food in st Albans was hard enough alot of Aussie family's in that area around those times were very poor and people would be lined up for days at the salvation army and the church just to get some basics was so shit and there were alot of gambling places around that area pokies bingo tab then centreline all on the one stree bassiclly destined for failure which my parents had this same issue but good part is I don't have never gambled in my life I only gamble with my life LOL😂😂😂
@@peterbroome-r2d Do you know Milan lived on kate street.
It was better back 20 year's ago now it a night mere it's changed the shops and the people it can be dangerous you just got to watch your back 😮😧🥺😄
I like how the Viets say St Albans and Footscray, especially when they have the Viet accent, it sounds like they can't pronounce the S in them
Haha so true.. Footcrway and Taint Albern
@Mr_tj007 another high Viet population is Richmond. Victoria St and Victoria St. Or is it Ritman? Viet was the first language I learnt apart from English, so easy to speak
Nice video.
If you ask me. St albans changed? Yes.
Did it become better? Structure and safety? In a way yes.
Would you walk there at night? I would not recommend it.
There was a point where “western businesses”
Saw potential in st albans at few points.
In the 80s or even earlier had alot of western businesses. It slowly and slowly faded away.
Late 80s very early 90s still had quite a few western businesses .
Believe it or not
St albans in alfreida street had
western computer shop owned by caucasians
toy kingdom,
shoe shop - where the sell school shoes and doc martens etc.. owned by caucasians
They also had fosseys - it was coles but was similar to a mini kmart.
They had a variety store which was owned by maltese/ italian/ greek owners.
They even opened a block buster video because st albans had potential.
Since the - maltese, italians, greeks etc all moved out the area.
It was due to all asian migrations.
The maltese , greeks , italians etc all left st albans and went to the new estate at the time - keilor downs, taylors lakes and sydneham.
St albans then was all asians once the euros left the area.
All the shops began being all vietnamese and chinese stores.
70-80s st albans was run by euros, maltese, italians and greeks etc. it was a wog area.
90s it was a vietnamese area.
2000s islanders started coming in
Late 2000s africans started coming in
Around 2010 indians started coming in.
I moved to australia in 1988-89.
I was the first batch of immigrants in st albans. At the time there was no asian stores.
Maybe 2 years later the first vietnamese store opened.
I saw st albans as a wog area or caucasian area believe it or not. Then i saw it become asian suburb.
In the early 90s i never saw an islander or indian or even african walking in st albans.
I remember saying to friends or family what is an islander person lol.
I even said whats indian.
If i told you toy kingdom was there would you have believed me lol??
If i told you fosseys was there ? Now its kfl supermarket, before it was kfl that was fosseys, a mini kmart- sold clothes like
Jeans, hot wheels etc cars, chips, drinks, shirts, etc.
me and my brother used to walk there when i was about 8-9yo.
Back then they had the water fountain which was nice at the time. It had lighting at night changing color.
Then lighting stopped. I think they also took it out because it was dangerous. Such as a random drowning someones head. Due to increased crime. Different demographics now.
I also got to include. Early early 90s. Someone died at the fountain. I saw crime scene tape or police tape next morning when me and family walked to the train station to go city.
I am not sure how he died. I think from word of mouth someone drowned him or he drowned after being high or something.
That is one reason they took off the fountain. Later on alot of drug use and people who were high could drown themselves in that fountain.
It was a great fountain, i remember playing in that fountain as kids me and my brother (rip) and sister at the time.
Then it got dirty, people would throw rubbish or maybe even pee in it.
That fountain had to go. For safety.
Mate what a great read, I do remember the doc marten shoe store cause I use to dream and ask my parents to buy them. I can also remember Fosseys and you kingdom aswell, this is the same time when they use to have the Duty Free store. You are right though, early 90s had big western shops, and now it’s changed into a mini Footscray. I can even remember someone dying in that fountain, your memory is on point! Great right up brother!
Bro love your write up mate dead on the money was slowly getting better the Caroline Springs was built and the filled it with housing commission within the norms so shit went straight back downhill home of the rich bogan and the there is the fully poor family's and people that area has no potential to be fixed because the ly decided that footscray was more appropriate for development well that worked well *NOT*
@@peterbroome-r2d sad but true
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB yes. I remember that too. Someone died in that fountain area. Early early 90s. I was a little kid then. I was walking to the train station with my family to go city. In the morning. We walked past that fountain and it had police tape. Crime scene tape.
Then later on the news we found out someone died near the fountain.
@@peterbroome-r2d i remember at one point me and my dad used to all the way to footscray to go to the electronic shops. Footscray was a haven place for that, at the time. Tvs, cd players, stereos, dvd players. Then little by little the stores became less and less. Now its majority restaurants.
go sunshine
I went a few weeks ago bro,
Should do lavo
Around the station ?
Used to get my weed at pitstop grew up StAlbans Deer Park Sunshine Footscray neverer worried for my safety 42 still in the area
Same stomping grounds
I remember iga use to be movieland pretty much like blockbusters long before iga.
Damn.. Wow that was ages ago
Remember the wog shop,s guys.
It’s called S guys?
7:35 who remembers the 20 cent dummies next to the arcades
As in the lollipop?
Taylors road Mcdonalds, the road behind you leads to Water Gardens
Yes lol
U forgot about the bike shop on alfrida Street
Damn.. that was early 90s, I use to go in there and dream of purchasing a racer
Its changed so much!!. They got rid of the bus stop!!.
It has
Did rhat homeless guy in the beanie have a bong in his hand?
Haha yes
Welcome to St Albans 😂
@@TerranceMurphy-i5nhaha
Just like 90% of all Melbourne suburbs
Sad but true
St Albans bra!😅 y'all come to pines n we show ya who's boss
Lmao
Vovinam bro
Ah Vietnamese martial arts
never a church always been the tin shed i lived there for 54 years
That’s awesome man, what do you think of the changes over the years?
never a funiture store the IGA was always a shopping centre its original name was SSW
Wow, I was just a kid .. so I vaguely remember
South east better 4eva us neva dem
Yeah SE is great
Haha bro those canisters are filled with laughing gas😂 people inhale them and they get fd up I’ve seen it, think a giant nang tank basically
No way!!! Is this all new trend??
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB yeah man its been around for a year or so now but it’s only blown up the past few months, you see em everywhere now
@@Burz1e38 I seen boxes dumped
@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB yeah bro people are getting into it bad now I see em everywhere in my area
@@Burz1e38damn that’s bad, there gonna ban them for sure
Delahey Maccas!
Lmao god damn, that was quick lol
Why is the Bottle Machine a duck Scam?
The coffee tasted horrible. Not good to hear try Oliver Brown
Thankyou Boss Sir .
Well it’s not really a scam, cause i work in that industry.. so haven’t you noticed that since the scheme has come out, slab of water has gone up almost 30-40 percent? .. also i will try Oliver brown!
I lived in the heart of st albans on Erica ave where block buster was mid 99s to early 2000s. There’s a saying if you no you no and if you don’t you really don’t.st albans was hectic the drug seen was out the gate. There was little street gangs” but if you were in the no there was real ones out there. I seen some sht yous couldn’t imagine practically new every muppet out there or they new me and my brothers it was st albans sunshine and Footscray these towns were practically connected. Who remembers the good old BP Boys there smoke was good all the time though you could only get sticks Lol.
Yeah I remember the bp boys lol, on main road east
Errington reserve. Few punch ons there.
ALOT OF PUNCH ONS THERE ☺️
Anyone remember the 5 dollar gobby job shop at that reserve was some dirty things that used go in that reserve 😂😂😂
@@sojlus ahh man what!?
The police do drop off homeless people in St Albans, and they just let them sleep on the footpaths in front of shop doorways, all day long. They don't care and don't move them on at all, St Albans seems to be a dumping ground for the homeless, because everything is there, good cheep food, shelter, and friendly people.
Like any suburb, St Albans has its issues, but it is a great place.
I love st Albans
Lmao mad conspiracy theory bro
ST ALBANS ISNT A DANGEROUSE PLACE I GRW UP THERE FOR 30 YEARS MISS THE JOINT
St. Albans? I only know a place called Snorbans
🤣
St Albans has always been a shithole. I lived there for a brief period in the late '90's and I remember there was a pool hall business that openly sold drugs over the counter. Haven't been to StAlbans in years but I doubt it's improved there. Love your channel man 👍
EDIT: Pitstop! That's it! I used to live around the corner from it 😂
I think I know which pool hall you’re talking about .. thanks brother
Shithole? Been here 48 years and it served me well. My house has gone up over 10 times since purchase. Not bad for a shithole hey.
2:40 They were never 20c in nsw but always 30c n now i think there at least 60c, i dont eat them bc there pure pig fat.
Pig fat ??
I also thought you were Samoan 😂
You and this whole world lol
DBLS WIT DA O
What does that stand for ?
@vanessa
Yeppppp
@vanessarisk
pitstop used to sell weed and other drugs
Very true
St albans under the viets had machetes and cleavers flying much more often lol when you hear duma may u run
Is there cheap houses there
Not really
hhhhmmmm wonder why......I grew up in the west, its was the most safe family area to live. We left windows and door open, we stayed out late never worrying about getting mugged or bashed. its not the place i grew up in.....🤨😐🤨😡
It was like that in the 80s and early 90s
Dandenong had department social security and ces in 1985 .retail.office .restaurant
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