do you remember.....? - Page 12

garinda · 19-02-2008, 20:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by West Ender

I remember "skating" on the Swanee in the days when we used to get snow and ice in Winter. Also picking cotton grass seeds which we were convinced was the same as the American stuff the mills made into cloth. I think that's why it was called the Swanee.

I always wondered how it ended up being called the Swannee, thank you.

I used to thing it looked like a picture in my children's bible, that had a painting of Moses in a basket amongst the bullrushes.

It was much more exciting before they landscaped it, and made a boring field.

cashman · 19-02-2008, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by panther

it was built in the 90's i think not the 70's....lol, ya div

well if i'm talking about the wrong shop- i cant argue wi that.

panther · 19-02-2008, 20:09

do ya mean the old co-op was, where pet warehouse is nr or that building nr the golden cross?

cashman · 19-02-2008, 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by panther

do ya mean the old co-op was, where pet warehouse is nr or that building nr the golden cross?

i was meaning across from golden cross, if i'm wrong it wont be the first time.

jaysay · 20-02-2008, 11:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by panther

it was built in the 90's i think not the 70's....lol, ya div

It was there when I moved back to Ossy 22 years ago panter, but how long before I don't know

cashman · 20-02-2008, 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaysay

It was there when I moved back to Ossy 22 years ago panter, but how long before I don't know

which shop does she mean? not name, position.

panther · 20-02-2008, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman

which shop does she mean? not name, position.

she has a name

...lol
I mean the co-op now across from golden cross

that hasnt been there more than 22 years has it???...

cashman · 20-02-2008, 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by panther

she has a name

...lol
I mean the co-op now across from golden cross

that hasnt been there more than 22 years has it???...

yep NOW whos the div?

exaccylad55 · 20-02-2008, 15:16

the sunken gardens before they built the Arndale centre?

exaccylad55 · 20-02-2008, 15:47

yes it is accy grammar I should know I used to live on hartman street just opposite the side gate to the playground

roundossy · 20-02-2008, 16:17

can anybody tell me where the old snow city shop on union street was please my parents used to go there to do shopping and they was talking about it today

roundossy · 20-02-2008, 17:01

the co-op in ossy was called gateway when it first opened yes but it was built in the 80s only remember cause i used to walk past it on my way to primary school

cashman · 20-02-2008, 17:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by roundossy

the co-op in ossy was called gateway when it first opened yes but it was built in the 80s only remember cause i used to walk past it on my way to primary school

i was thinking more late 70s?

jaysay · 20-02-2008, 17:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by exaccylad55

the sunken gardens before they built the Arndale centre?

Remember the gardens well, they used to have chains with spikes on between small stone pillars, and a car park at the back, I think the Arndale was built in the late fifties, but if I'm wrong I'm sure some one will piont it out

MargaretR · 20-02-2008, 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaysay

Remember the gardens well, they used to have chains with spikes on between small stone pillars, and a car park at the back, I think the Arndale was built in the late fifties, but if I'm wrong I'm sure some one will piont it out

When I started work at Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, we were in an office in the building, over the shops, in the block next to the corner bank, looking straight down Broadway. I started there in 1959 - I think that the gardens were built on sometime between 1962 and when the office moved to Melbourne House in 1965.