Vintage shots from days gone by!

Jnaki

My brother was a Sgt out of Portland's north precinct for many years.
I heard some less than wholesome story's about the Alberta and Dekum neighborhoods in the 60's/70'.
Definitely has cleaned up its image in the last few years.

 

Stuck between a hard place & a bus, Sydney 1960.

 

Bondi tram, 1958

 

The "Rocks" Sydney 1950

 

Detectives investigating the "Mutilator Murders" Sydney 1962.

 

Sydney North Shore cable tram early 1900's

 

Recovering a dead bus, Sydney 1950's

 

Manly Corso 1960.

 

Yagoona Post Office Sydney 1950.

 

Sydney Harbour, 1941.

 

Hey DDDenny,
I am sure that most neighborhoods back in those days had a bunch of shady characters and "less than wholesome" events going on at all hours. Our Long Beach neighborhood had the bad reputation labeled "The Westside." But, as little kids and pre-teens, we were oblivious to those elements... Most of that element was called "The Hoods." Later in the 60's surfing/cruiser days, they were called the "Greasers."

Jnaki
We were the athletes, wholesome students and hot rod teens, but not "those" greasers and bad elements. Our moms would not let us drift over to that side of the neighborhood influence. She made us wash our dirty Levis, as we were always trying to make them "used" like real hot rodders. The goal was to get them to stand up in the corner by themselves. Ha! What labels that our society creates to spell ...T R O U B L E.

 

Hooligans

 

Only car out of place here is the big Humber on the left. All the others , ( 2 FJ Holdens, 1 Topolino, 1 Austin A40 Pickup ) are all racecar material. Is that a British Ford Pilot or a big Ford Prefect behind the Topo.

 

Alpha Automotive Mr. ED



Bachelder & Cullinan



Bailey & Geraghty Devlin Chevy power



again




Bill's Speed Shop

 

Big Daddy Day

Beard was shaved soon after this photo when he won

 

NYC

 

Hey Dago, thanks for all that good stuff from down under. What a shot! Can you tell her name?
Cheers, Carsten

 

Edsel, Renault and Borgward dealer. The trifecta of bankruptcy...[/QUOTE]

 

Loudbang, the Francis for Ford dealership is in Harrisburg, PA. They sold Shelbys and Cobras as well as regular Fords. They advanced into Bricklins later on, but that's another story.