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I wrote this on Friday but I am now unsure I sent it. I am absolutely thrilled at your videos on You Tube. I am 70 years old in October and I have always loved history. I lived over 65 year in Macquarie Fields and I was always interested in the History. I hope you continue as I am really keen on learning more on Central, Town Hall, Wynyard,St James and Circular Quay, Redfern, Lidcombe, Strathfield , Stanmore, Surrey Hills, Camden. So much has changed over the years. I remember catching the steam train to Camden before it closed, in 1963. I moved to Lake Conjola in 2019, but I just love the history of Australia, I have MS and my biggest regret is not joining a historical society. I wish you luck with all your endeavours and you really are so interesting!
Thank you for your very encouraging comment. Let me explain why we cannot provide videos on all the suburbs and places on your wish list. The title, “Highlighting History of Sydney Suburbs,” means just that. Our inspiration for launching the TH-cam site was that a whole raft of ‘cultural things,’ don’t go beyond the City of Sydney. A copy of ‘The Oxford Book of Australian Short Stories,’ published circa 1950, with short stories from all states, countries and towns, by people who for the most part had other jobs than that which required writing. Sadly Sydney suburbia, has but one story in the collection and it is set in Newtown, identifiable from references to a jam factory and a glass works. We do hope that some of the information we present in our videos will be used as the basis of a short story film, play, poem or verse. I hope that explains why there is little hope that we shall do Central, Town Hall, Wynyard, St. James and Circular Quay. As for the other six: Redfern has been under consideration. Lidcombe, Strathfield, Stanmore, Surrey Hills, and Camden, have been brought to our attention, and whilst I cannot promise anything, do keep watching our videos. Carss Park has just gone up, and that will be followed by North Sydney, which will include Milson’s Point and Kirribilli. The Creator, not me has the final say as to what comes up next. That’s the female voice on the recording. Thanks once again.
Hi I have lived in Campbelltown my whole life and didn't know some of the history you mentioned I will be definitely becoming on one of your tours thank you I look forward to next episode regards James
Looking forward to seeing and hearing from you. Our next open day is on Saturday, the 3rd of December from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m., at St. Peters Anglican Church 187 Princes Highway, St. Peters. It’s all free, including coffee. The church was built in 1839. The tour includes the church, graveyard and a small museum. We would like to hear more on your opinion of our video on Campbelltown, and perhaps share some ideas with you. Thanks for your comment, we are at present happy with the number of views so far.
Thank you for the comment. You might like to read the other comments on Campbelltown put up by other viewers, and our recent response. Pre Covid, we visited Campbelltown with a Seniors group, and thoroughly enjoyed our day out. Many of our suburban histories are of areas that are connected to one another. Campbelltown is one of the few that is isolated, but we still thought worthwhile doing. We are pleased to report that there has been a nice little spike in the numbers of viewers over the last few days. Could we ask that you share the video with friends, and on any social media sites you are a member of. Thanks once again for your encouraging comment.
1979 80 I was lucky enough to work on the new woolworths just out of town... I drove through there 4 years ago was surprised how much the place had changed Woolworths wasn't out of town anymore... Great video, thanks.
Thanks for your interesting comment. Nostalgia, we suspect is a big thing with our viewers. I think many of us are inclined to be sentimental about events that are perhaps thirty years or so in our past. The childhood, a first job, the local cinema, church, beach, river or school. You have pointed out that society’s rate of change is now so rapid that four years is enough to regret the difference. We thank you for that.
I was brought up at Campbelltown along Waminda Avenue near Campbelltown-East-Primary-School and resided there from the 1960s and throughout the early 1980s It was a beautiful semi-rural country town way, way back then tis a shame that Its changed so dramatically and has lost Its definate quaint charm, I used to work at Downes-Department-Store situated In Queen-Street adjacent to Mawson-Park for Innumerable years within the Menswear-Department I commenced work there when I was nineteen years young In 1975 It was a phenomenal place In which to work It possessed a Community feel about It and you felt like you were a part of the renowned Downes-Family. Shame that so many historical buildings were torn down and demolished at Campbelltown I miss the old Macquarie-Cinema It was an awesome place to go and see the movies In the 1960s along with my Mother, Father and younger brother and sister sometimes I would meet up there with my cousin Jay Willis for a pleasant day out, If the Macquarie-Cinema had been retained It would undoubtedly have become a historic landmark and could have been restored back to Its original useage. LARAMIE. LEVAR. 23/04/2023.
Thank you for a magnificent contribution, we can only hope that others might take their cue from you and provide such detailed information. We think that persons like yourself are viewing our videos and remembering times past. Just how many no longer live in the area we have no idea. Knowing your age from your description is further confirmation that our viewers, as we have been informed by TH-cam Analytics, are all over forty five. To us it means that they write well.You wouldn’t like to tell us how you discovered out channel?
We are pleased with the response we have had regarding the numbers watching and commenting on the Campbelltown video. We, that is the Creator and I, took a group of our local senior citizens to Campbelltown, where we visited Glenalvon then had a picnic in the park followed by a visit to an art gallery. We were always made most welcome and nothing was overpriced. There’s a lot to commend suburbs like Penrith and Campbelltown. One of the reasons behind our TH-cam Channel is that every road culturally seems to lead into Sydney. We would like to prompt people to take a delight in what is on their doorstep. When We note that other Historical Societies in Sydney suburbs, it is good to note that Campbelltown and Airds Society still seems to be active. Thanks for your comment.
www.youtube.com/@stpeterscooksriver1873/playlists Check out our play list.The videos are grouped such that, whenever possible those that are geographically close are together.
I wrote this on Friday but I am now unsure I sent it.
I am absolutely thrilled at your videos on You Tube. I am 70 years old in October and I have always loved history. I lived over 65 year in Macquarie Fields and I was always interested in the History. I hope you continue as I am really keen on learning more on Central, Town Hall, Wynyard,St James and Circular Quay, Redfern, Lidcombe, Strathfield , Stanmore, Surrey Hills, Camden. So much has changed over the years. I remember catching the steam train to Camden before it closed, in 1963. I moved to Lake Conjola in 2019, but I just love the history of Australia, I have MS and my biggest regret is not joining a historical society. I wish you luck with all your endeavours and you really are so interesting!
Thank you for your very encouraging comment. Let me explain why we cannot provide videos on all the suburbs and places on your wish list. The title, “Highlighting History of Sydney Suburbs,” means just that. Our inspiration for launching the TH-cam site was that a whole raft of ‘cultural things,’ don’t go beyond the City of Sydney. A copy of ‘The Oxford Book of Australian Short Stories,’ published circa 1950, with short stories from all states, countries and towns, by people who for the most part had other jobs than that which required writing. Sadly Sydney suburbia, has but one story in the collection and it is set in Newtown, identifiable from references to a jam factory and a glass works. We do hope that some of the information we present in our videos will be used as the basis of a short story film, play, poem or verse. I hope that explains why there is little hope that we shall do Central, Town Hall, Wynyard, St. James and Circular Quay. As for the other six: Redfern has been under consideration. Lidcombe, Strathfield, Stanmore, Surrey Hills, and Camden, have been brought to our attention, and whilst I cannot promise anything, do keep watching our videos. Carss Park has just gone up, and that will be followed by North Sydney, which will include Milson’s Point and Kirribilli. The Creator, not me has the final say as to what comes up next. That’s the female voice on the recording. Thanks once again.
I am still thrilled with your efforts. Carry on the good work, I’ll be watching!
Hi I have lived in Campbelltown my whole life and didn't know some of the history you mentioned I will be definitely becoming on one of your tours thank you I look forward to next episode regards James
Looking forward to seeing and hearing from you. Our next open day is on Saturday, the 3rd of December from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m., at St. Peters Anglican Church 187 Princes Highway, St. Peters. It’s all free, including coffee. The church was built in 1839. The tour includes the church, graveyard and a small museum. We would like to hear more on your opinion of our video on Campbelltown, and perhaps share some ideas with you. Thanks for your comment, we are at present happy with the number of views so far.
Thank you, what a great history video, grow up in the area until the last 15 years 🙂
Thank you for the comment. You might like to read the other comments on Campbelltown put up by other viewers, and our recent response. Pre Covid, we visited Campbelltown with a Seniors group, and thoroughly enjoyed our day out. Many of our suburban histories are of areas that are connected to one another. Campbelltown is one of the few that is isolated, but we still thought worthwhile doing. We are pleased to report that there has been a nice little spike in the numbers of viewers over the last few days. Could we ask that you share the video with friends, and on any social media sites you are a member of. Thanks once again for your encouraging comment.
1979 80 I was lucky enough to work on the new woolworths just out of town...
I drove through there 4 years ago was surprised how much the place had changed
Woolworths wasn't out of town anymore...
Great video, thanks.
Thanks for your interesting comment. Nostalgia, we suspect is a big thing with our viewers. I think many of us are inclined to be sentimental about events that are perhaps thirty years or so in our past. The childhood, a first job, the local cinema, church, beach, river or school. You have pointed out that society’s rate of change is now so rapid that four years is enough to regret the difference. We thank you for that.
I was brought up at Campbelltown along Waminda Avenue near Campbelltown-East-Primary-School and resided there from the 1960s and throughout the early 1980s It was a beautiful semi-rural country town way, way back then tis a shame that Its changed so dramatically and has lost Its definate quaint charm, I used to work at Downes-Department-Store situated In Queen-Street adjacent to Mawson-Park for Innumerable years within the Menswear-Department I commenced work there when I was nineteen years young In 1975 It was a phenomenal place In which to work It possessed a Community feel about It and you felt like you were a part of the renowned Downes-Family. Shame that so many historical buildings were torn down and demolished at Campbelltown I miss the old Macquarie-Cinema It was an awesome place to go and see the movies In the 1960s along with my Mother, Father and younger brother and sister sometimes I would meet up there with my cousin Jay Willis for a pleasant day out, If the Macquarie-Cinema had been retained It would undoubtedly have become a historic landmark and could have been restored back to Its original useage. LARAMIE. LEVAR. 23/04/2023.
Thank you for a magnificent contribution, we can only hope that others might take their cue from you and provide such detailed information. We think that persons like yourself are viewing our videos and remembering times past. Just how many no longer live in the area we have no idea. Knowing your age from your description is further confirmation that our viewers, as we have been informed by TH-cam Analytics, are all over forty five. To us it means that they write well.You wouldn’t like to tell us how you discovered out channel?
Nice well done….thank you
We are pleased with the response we have had regarding the numbers watching and commenting on the Campbelltown video. We, that is the Creator and I, took a group of our local senior citizens to Campbelltown, where we visited Glenalvon then had a picnic in the park followed by a visit to an art gallery. We were always made most welcome and nothing was overpriced. There’s a lot to commend suburbs like Penrith and Campbelltown. One of the reasons behind our TH-cam Channel is that every road culturally seems to lead into Sydney. We would like to prompt people to take a delight in what is on their doorstep. When We note that other Historical Societies in Sydney suburbs, it is good to note that Campbelltown and Airds Society still seems to be active. Thanks for your comment.