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Originally Posted by
Twodogs
Years age I did a lolly making course at William Angliss College. It was great they taught us how to roll boiled sweets and enrobe chocolate. The process of making boiled lollies is really dangerous because you are working with boiling sugar masses and using steam and vapours. All the guys who taught the course were either German or Austrian (probably half a dozen blokes were teaching us at various stages) and they all had most of their fingertips burned away to the first knuckle joint because they stopped concentrating at one stage and ended up dipping their fingers into boiling hot melted sugar!
I've had lots of jobs and taken interests in all sorts of things but they were the wildest guys I've ever worked with.
Its a fascinating process to watch, between the initial sugar/water/butter mixture, to adding whatever colour/oil/flavouring they need, the cooling, the taffy pull, rolling it through the old machine, the kids were captivated.
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Originally Posted by
Twodogs
I went to Kingsville between 1969-1975. It's the 100th birthday celebration of the school opening in 1919 in a couple of weeks.
I went to Kingville too - a few years after you finished though
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Originally Posted by
Mofra
I went to Kingsville too - a few years after you finished though
A Famous school
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Originally Posted by
Mofra
I went to Kingville too - a few years after you finished though
I didn't know that. When were you there? EJ went to Kingsville too. Bubba Smith and Ijlia Grgic lived locally (they both lived in Angliss street ironically) but I'm not sure they went to Kingy. I'm pretty sure that Rohan went to a Catholic school and Ijlia Grgic went to a private school, Ijlia has a massive intellect and would have been wasting his time at a government school.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
westdog54
Its a fascinating process to watch, between the initial sugar/water/butter mixture, to adding whatever colour/oil/flavouring they need, the cooling, the taffy pull, rolling it through the old machine, the kids were captivated.
It's THE highlight of a trip to SH.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
Yeah, we all grew up not far from that school, off Somerville rd. Kingsville st, Wales St, Coronation st, etc. I was brought up in Wales st, but we moved to West Sunshine when I was four. We came back in 1961 and lived in Barkley st and I went to West Footscray Primary for a few years. My dad and his cousins, friends, loved the footy when they arrived in 1951 and lived in those streets and walked to the ground.
I used to knock doors on those streets asking if people wanted any odd jobs done and I used to have a bunch of old ladies who would save their bottles for me. Then when I had enough, I'd take them to the bottlo in Willy road and cash them in.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
Yeah, we all grew up not far from that school, off Somerville rd. Kingsville st, Wales St, Coronation st, etc. I was brought up in Wales st, but we moved to West Sunshine when I was four. We came back in 1961 and lived in Barkley st and I went to West Footscray Primary for a few years. My dad and his cousins, friends, loved the footy when they arrived in 1951 and lived in those streets and walked to the ground.
I believe that there were more trams in the inner west back then as today there is only the 57 and 82 that run through the inner west. Was there a tram that went past WO?
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Originally Posted by
Eastdog
I believe that there were more trams in the inner west back then as today there is only the 57 and 82 that run through the inner west. Was there a tram that went past WO?
Can i just say, we have ZERO trams here in Brisvegas. In the infinite wisdom of Qld Govt, they got rid of the largest tram system in Australia, decades ago. We as a city are the poorer for that, both culturally and economically (given the billions of dollars subsequent Govts have thrown at trying to solve traffic issues)
Having just visited Melvourne, it was a relative joy to experience the ease of getting around the city compared to up here.
If not for your haughty house prices, I'd be moving my family back down to Melbourne in a heartbeat!!
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Originally Posted by
Eastdog
I believe that there were more trams in the inner west back then as today there is only the 57 and 82 that run through the inner west. Was there a tram that went past WO?
Yes there was, straight down Barkley st past our place.
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Here are the boys at Kingsville Primary today
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Only one kid in a bulldog jumper is massively disappointing. I'm goiung to ask some pointed questions when I am at Kinsville on Saturday for the 100 anniversary.
Is this microphone working????
"what the *!*!*!*! do you parents think you're doing? You move to the west and you barrack for Footscray, that's the rule with living in the west. At least your kids should, we couldn't give a rat's arse who the parents barrack for. We want your kids! Buy them a membership"
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Two kids TD, two kids. But your point remains.
More of an In Bruges guy?
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Originally Posted by
azabob
Two kids TD, two kids. But your point remains.
So it is. It's still not close to being good enough though.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Can i just say, we have ZERO trams here in Brisvegas. In the infinite wisdom of Qld Govt, they got rid of the largest tram system in Australia, decades ago. We as a city are the poorer for that, both culturally and economically (given the billions of dollars subsequent Govts have thrown at trying to solve traffic issues)
Having just visited Melvourne, it was a relative joy to experience the ease of getting around the city compared to up here.
If not for your haughty house prices, I'd be moving my family back down to Melbourne in a heartbeat!!
Tram not so good if your living in the outer suburbs to commute into the city but for inner city people they are a very good. We still can get things better like train and tram frequencies etc but by and large it is very good. A lot of projects are going on right now in Victoria like the Metro tunnel.
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