Development around the Port

[Grave Danger]

Graytown, Carnegie Park and Franklin are new ones to me and it looks like there were two Hyde Parks one near Hendon and the other in the eastern suburbs.

I have an idea that the oval used by Royal Park was called Carnegie Oval but it is a dim memory from my past.

Some of the street names in Alberton are interesting as Kent Street is now Sussex Street from the Alberton Station to the Port Road and Davidson Street is now Queen Street.

Saw a Kelmscott there too - we've still got one of those in Perth.

 

[Festerz]

Another boring, pompous, pontificating rant incoming. Apologies to those offended.

Those of us who grew up in the North Western Suburbs around Alberton, Woodville, Albert Park, Cheltenham etc. in the 60s, 70s and early 80s knew how important the railroad was to get around. Not just to get to the city but to connect with mates and sports interests when your bike gave up or you just couldn't be fecked. It opened up the world beyond your local street and suburb.

For me it was a time I made I bought a return ticket to Alberton whenever I went to training because that Greek guy who ran the deli at the Alberton station was a pool shark when it came to his soccer table game and you always left skint.

Anyways, this video is about when railways to the Port was king. And a reminder that the railway from the Port to the city was the first government funded railway in the British Commonwealth.

Some here might find it as interesting as I did. Many won't. I reckon it's an important part of understanding why our club and its location matters in terms of our state's history.

 

[jac147]

Graytown, Carnegie Park and Franklin are new ones to me and it looks like there were two Hyde Parks one near Hendon and the other in the eastern suburbs.

I have an idea that the oval used by Royal Park was called Carnegie Oval but it is a dim memory from my past.

Some of the street names in Alberton are interesting as Kent Street is now Sussex Street from the Alberton Station to the Port Road and Davidson Street is now Queen Street.

To us 195O’s students at Hendon Primary, Carnegie Oval was a well known field of dirt that was used occasionally for school football games - never against other local school but just internally. Rambler’s & Philips Hendon Work’s grounds were also used.

 

[raptalia]

Back to Kent Street becoming Sussex Street in Alberton. Kent and Sussex are neighboring Counties back in the UK so I wonder if there was some animosity between the Sussex and the Kent descendants on the Port Council ?

 

[NoddyHolder]

It's time to bring back Graytown