Thread: Canneries and Preserving Works

Another one in Ipswich was the Jacaranda Milk & Butter Factory in Jacaranda St Booval. It close around 2011 & moved to Crestmead , Logan City.9-1845113-ips140513milk14e_ct1880x930.jpg

Was it ETA margarine on Hanford Road?

ETA in Brisbane was on Wellington Rd approximately opposite Pineapple Park.( and the "Morgue" picture theatre which became an Ice skating rink in about 1960 or so.) And the Shaftston Hotel on the corner.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

ETA in Brisbane was on Wellington Rd approximately opposite Pineapple Park.( and the "Morgue" picture theatre which became an Ice skating rink in about 1960 or so.) And the Shaftston Hotel on the corner.
Regards PhilipA

Eta was right there but correctly it is Raymond Park. The cinema that became a skating rink was on Shafston Ave at Wellington Rd. Ern. Gehrmann of Latrobe St. was the manager for a while. The other corners were East Brisbane P.O., Shafston Hotel, and Pat Coffey's pharmacy. On a slow day Pat would stand in the bar at the Shafston and if anyone went in the shop he would cross over Wellington Rd to serve them. Very little traffic on Wello Rd. then.

I don't remember Anderson Meats boning room. Cramond Radio were in Vulture St. just around the corner from the school. They did two way radios. Just about every small craft on the river and bay had a Cramond Radio.

I suppose the Mynor factory at Herston would qualify as a preserving works. They made fruit juice, fruit cordials and syrups. There were a couple of bacon & ham factories. This probably qualifies as food preserving. Hans Smallgoods was sold to Daikyo but I think it has changed hands again. Not sure of this.

The sad thing is that these factories provided much employment for locals and nearly all these jobs have disappeared.

I didn't know about the juice mob, but on the rare occasions when Breakfast Creek would flood, Smiths (?) Chips would float through Racey Park.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I didn't know about the juice mob, but on the rare occasions when Breakfast Creek would flood, Smiths (?) Chips would float through Racey Park.

Probably Gerry Freer's Red Seal chips.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Another one in Ipswich was the Jacaranda Milk & Butter Factory in Jacaranda St Booval. It close around 2011 & moved to Crestmead , Logan City.9-1845113-ips140513milk14e_ct1880x930.jpg

Looking at that image, seems 'elf & safety didn't exist back then as we know it today.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Probably Laurie Freer's Red Seal chips.

That was it, Red Seal, they were at the end of Gould Road, near the footbridge to Downy Park.