Very well done. I’m a child of the 60s and 70s so the Expressway was very new when I was a child. My father was carried across the bridge on his fathers shoulders the day it opened. Not entirely sure these days are any better than those.
A nice bit of history chronicled....I used to fish at Jefferey St Wharf in the early 70's and I always wondered what all the old timber pilings were about
The illustration at the start is a section of a lithograph done by Robert Emerson Curtis and published, along with 13 others, in the book "Building The Bridge" in 1933. Rare to find a first edition today but there was a reprint done in 1982. Beautiful drawings. Curtis also did a similar portfolio on the construction of the Opera House.
I lived two doors down from kirribilli house in 77, $60 a week 1 bed/ harbour views! Bliss, times were so much easier, no greed like now …. Lived in the 60’s in East Balmain, neighbours looked out for each other
Great history. I was reading about the tram line before Cahill express way. I walked from the Milson's Point side, checked out where the toll both located was the mirrored tram stop of Milson's Point station. Walked across the bridge and tracing where the tram would enter to tunnel and end up to Wynyard station platform 1&2. Also walked after Luna Park to see the Lavender Bay train site where the trains used to stop before there was a bridge.
Fascinating piece of history, most interesting. I was amazed but not surprised by the hardship faced by many when they lost their homes and business's - nothing has changed. Progress cannot be stopped to the detriment of many.
Very interesting. I lived the first six years of my life (1942-1948) at 1 Waruda st Kirribilli at flats called Braeburn later renamed to the Miami flats, about 10 minutes walk from the north pylon of the bridge.
The video was produced by North Sydney council. Now it makes sense why they went on about how the council tried to have the local residents compensated, lol, total BS. More like the council permanently filed the compensation request letters away and later found them and used them to make this video.
@@bazcar22 just having a look at Google adopted in 1974 as the anthem, 76 god save the Queen was reinstated, some other dates and then in 1984 it was officially used .
@@axle2327 Thank you for telling me. I feel a bit ashamed, after all this is our anthem. but all the emphasis was put on that shape shifting reptile known as Elizabeth
@@tobys_transport_videos 1878 you drop kick www.pmc.gov.au/honours-and-symbols/australian-national-symbols/australian-national-anthem#:~:text=History,and%20was%20four%20verses%20long.
@tobys_transport_videos got to admire your confidence in being so wrong with such vehemence.. when quick and simple research shows that it was indeed first performed in 1878 as patriotic song. You tube comment section where facts dont matter huh?
I don't get it. I see comments similar to this on other docs, but I don't have any problem. Of course I have difficulty understanding people with thick accents. But if they enunciate their words well enough, I never have a sense that the music is too loud.
Very well done. I’m a child of the 60s and 70s so the Expressway was very new when I was a child. My father was carried across the bridge on his fathers shoulders the day it opened. Not entirely sure these days are any better than those.
What a great documentary, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant documentary. ❤️❤️❤️ .
A nice bit of history chronicled....I used to fish at Jefferey St Wharf in the early 70's and I always wondered what all the old timber pilings were about
The illustration at the start is a section of a lithograph done by Robert Emerson Curtis and published, along with 13 others, in the book "Building The Bridge" in 1933.
Rare to find a first edition today but there was a reprint done in 1982. Beautiful drawings. Curtis also did a similar portfolio on the construction of the Opera House.
I lived two doors down from kirribilli house in 77, $60 a week 1 bed/ harbour views! Bliss, times were so much easier, no greed like now …. Lived in the 60’s in East Balmain, neighbours looked out for each other
Great history. I was reading about the tram line before Cahill express way. I walked from the Milson's Point side, checked out where the toll both located was the mirrored tram stop of Milson's Point station. Walked across the bridge and tracing where the tram would enter to tunnel and end up to Wynyard station platform 1&2. Also walked after Luna Park to see the Lavender Bay train site where the trains used to stop before there was a bridge.
Fascinating piece of history, most interesting. I was amazed but not surprised by the hardship faced by many when they lost their homes and business's - nothing has changed.
Progress cannot be stopped to the detriment of many.
The same happened to People that lived near the rocks when the Southern Approach was built. Nice ? bit of History.
Nice doco! Lived around mcmahons point
Very interesting. I lived the first six years of my life (1942-1948) at 1 Waruda st Kirribilli at flats called Braeburn later renamed to the Miami flats, about 10 minutes walk from the north pylon of the bridge.
Advance Australia Fair sung?
The video was produced by North Sydney council. Now it makes sense why they went on about how the council tried to have the local residents compensated, lol, total BS. More like the council permanently filed the compensation request letters away and later found them and used them to make this video.
Some beautiful old pictures in this, shame they didn't look after the people they stole those house's from
Nothing changes. when government want your property, good bye , bad luck hope you survive.
Yes 3055 your so right and now they want to kill us off via big pharma if your subservient enough to follow their toxic rhetoric 😮
Some nice houses that were taken from the families and elderly people. Sad. Progess is necessary, but those people should've better compensated.
My mum was born in North Sydney 1916
Oh my giddy aunt... Flash backs 🥴🥲
Was "Advance Australia Fair" a thing then? I thought back then we were bashing out "God save the Queen".
I don't think he said the anthem Advance Australia Fair, He said they burst into it. Advance Australia fair was written in 1878
@@axle2327 How interesting i thought "Advance Australia Fair "was 1978
@@bazcar22 just having a look at Google adopted in 1974 as the anthem, 76 god save the Queen was reinstated, some other dates and then in 1984 it was officially used .
@@axle2327 Thank you for telling me. I feel a bit ashamed, after all this is our anthem. but all the emphasis was put on that shape shifting reptile known as Elizabeth
@@axle2327 He clearly says "burst into Advance Australia Fair" yet that mournful crap wasn't written yet.
The video was made in 2007.
'Burst into Advance Australia Fair' ? Please, be careful re ALL of your historic detail/info...would have still been 'God save the King' in 1923 !!?
I don't think he said the anthem Advance Australia Fair, He said they burst into it. Advance Australia fair was written in 1878
@@axle2327 1878? Try 1978!!! It's dreadful!!! Think about the lyrics... No one talks like that!
@@tobys_transport_videos 1878 you drop kick
www.pmc.gov.au/honours-and-symbols/australian-national-symbols/australian-national-anthem#:~:text=History,and%20was%20four%20verses%20long.
@tobys_transport_videos got to admire your confidence in being so wrong with such vehemence.. when quick and simple research shows that it was indeed first performed in 1878 as patriotic song. You tube comment section where facts dont matter huh?
@@chrisbarnes6312 Go away troll!!! 🤬🧌🤬
Please please please, no music over soft talking.
You wanna make an omelette
Unfortunately there's toxic heterosexual
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Music sucked, was to loud. Why? Tell me why? I didn't click for the music!
Agree.
I don't get it. I see comments similar to this on other docs, but I don't have any problem. Of course I have difficulty understanding people with thick accents. But if they enunciate their words well enough, I never have a sense that the music is too loud.