I wish I could have seen the bands playing at the Trocadero venues around Australia. I love 30' and 40's music. My aunties were torch singers and sang at places such as the Trocadero (Sydney)..sang with the big bands. Exciting.

Me born in 1951 but I cut the mustard for this thread I am sure. I get so tired some days..(suffer from chronic fatigue at times) but I love to list and sell things...and do get spurts of energy to carry on. Getting rid of my collection of "stuff"...I'd like to move house in the next year...but it's such a pain moving.

Not sure if I can do it again..good to cull and ditch things. Spend all your life collecting things, then the last bit getting rid of it all...ha.....and hello all...jilly 😄

Hi ya Jilly and welcome indeed... of course you are welcome here... a baby but nevertheless we love to have you with us 🙂

Beanie so good to see you here... another baby, but again most welcome 🙂  but you know that already 😉

Gil and all... had a loooooong day so will catch up later for now

Ni ni all xxxx

Oh, Saturday nights at the Trocadero.  It was wonderful and a great way to meet lovely guys and gals.......and everyone was  so well mannered.

I also went to the Royal Ball for Elizabeth at the Trocadero. The cream of Sydney society really let their hair down.  The highlight was when Nola Dekevere, the Doyen of Society,  accidentally sat on Elizabeth's bouquet. 

Did any of the Sydneysiders go to the El Roco jazz cellar at the Cross?    They were tearing down a building for redevelopment some time ago and found the cellar.  When it was realised what it was it was restored.  I went there about 3 yrs ago to have a squizz and hear a friend playing in the jazz band.  It is just the same and so full of memories. 

what was that other jazz place down at the Quay?

The Basement.....anyone been there?

Gilly, I don't know the one at the Quay.  There was a Dixieland Jazz band who used to play at a pub in Wooloomooloo (?)..  A boxer used to own it.  I think it was called the Three Bells....but not sure.  Bit rough, but I loved Dixieland.

I just remembered....down towards the Quay there were below street level venues, including coffee shops.  I went to see Lennie Bruce at one of the underground venues........'basement' makes sense.

Did any of the Sydneysiders go to the El Roco jazz cellar at the Cross?    They were tearing down a building for redevelopment some time ago and found the cellar.  When it was realised what it was it was restored.  I went there about 3 yrs ago to have a squizz and hear a friend playing in the jazz band.  It is just the same and so full of memories.

How great that they save El Roco, never went there but do remember hearing of it.

I have been trying to remember the name of the boxer who owned that Wooloomooloo pub, he was a champing light weighter I think, and I know his name so well, but I can't grab it at present 😞

Do you remember the wool store at the Quay?

I haven't been to Sydney for years and years and I expect it has all changed now, but it used to be where I worked when I was 15 and would deliver watches and jewels to jewellers in tiny rooms in the back streets of Sydney where you would go up in tiny wrought iron lifts by winding them up or down.

Bet none of those old buildings are there nown.

Don Burrows?

Havent been in here since the thread started

How you old fuddy duddies going? :-x 😛

Darkside

The boxers name was Jimmy Carruthers and the hotel he owned in Woolloomooloo was the Three Bells I think.

I used to love the old arcades in Sydney - The Royal was one - and the Imperial before it was 'modernised'.  The Strand has retained some of it's charm but in it's modernisation it has lost something I think.

Used to love going into the old Coombs Shoe Store to have satin shoes dyed to match my latest evening gown (usually bought from Two-Twenty in Edgecliff) - the smell of leather in Coombs was wonderful too and the craftsmen very talented..

Did you ever have coffee in Rowe Street?  It used to be very bohemian - unfortunately the building of the MLC Building reduced it to almost nothing 😞

I remember the Two Twenty at Edgecliff from my Double Bay days..  Beautiful haute couturier. Did you know Terry who designed the clothes, and owned it?  He was married to Edda Benka the model.

And Oh....Rowe Street. The best street (lane) in Sydney.  What a loss when it went.