tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post5010466738604632908..comments2009-12-05T05:50:30.674+10:00Comments on Your Brisbane: Past and Present: Reddacliff Place (Brisbane Square)the foto fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914thefotofanatic.thefotofanatic@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-49700749066493616452009-12-05T01:14:35.872+10:002009-12-05T01:14:35.872+10:00gosh, of course, the boomerang, what a crap memory...gosh, of course, the boomerang, what a crap memory i have since i turned a certain age. i went to see A Clockwork Orange and Natural Born Killers there in '94 or '95; shame to see those old cinemas go <br /><br />re: the boomerang as your local cinema - do you remember the mini-car racing place on the corner of juliette st and ipswich rd?observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18319053138092125761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-77125896879468241772009-12-04T11:12:08.474+10:002009-12-04T11:12:08.474+10:00I'll certainly be looking at some of the old cinem...I'll certainly be looking at some of the old cinemas, although info on them is scarce. The Ipswich Rd theatre was the Boomerang - it was my local when I was a kid.<br />The other requests depend on what info is available on them in the public domain.<br />Thanks for your interest.the foto fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-68749534872685808212009-12-04T10:32:46.496+10:002009-12-04T10:32:46.496+10:00looking forward to it
a few other requests, if i ...looking forward to it<br /><br />a few other requests, if i may ... <br /><br />* Dawn Cinema Chermisde<br />* cinema on Ipswich Rd, Annerley, near intersection with Juliette St<br />* what is now Coles at Greenslopes used to be a manufacturing palace, but the name escapes me<br />* old Annerley or Woolloongabba before the housing resumptions in the 70s for the freeway<br /><br />that's enough requests for now. thanks very muchobserverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18319053138092125761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-58149434367533141382009-12-02T10:53:01.135+10:002009-12-02T10:53:01.135+10:00Maybe next year...Maybe next year...the foto fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-80311328148775646292009-12-01T01:02:37.324+10:002009-12-01T01:02:37.324+10:00anything on trittons coming up?anything on trittons coming up?observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18319053138092125761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-63518403811433904552009-11-27T13:07:51.521+10:002009-11-27T13:07:51.521+10:00Yes, that's where Trittons was - the main entrance...Yes, that's where Trittons was - the main entrance was in George St, but the store did go right through to North Quay.the foto fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-51404744853651842472009-11-27T10:19:47.990+10:002009-11-27T10:19:47.990+10:00i ageree with you
i haven't been to brisbane sinc...i ageree with you<br /><br />i haven't been to brisbane since that site was a park of green grass. i got accustomed to seeing grass through the 90s - i was shocked once a few years ago when i saw a photo of brisbane square taken from the victoria bridge - the high rise building looks like a bulwark, what an ugly and grotesque vista. i shake my head<br /><br />i vaguely remember the building adjoining reddacliff place to west being Trittons - as i right?observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18319053138092125761noreply@blogger.com