Thread: Oh, please...

Originally Posted by 4bee

Today that Teacher would be up before a Board of Inquiry for not having the milk tested for bacteria & possibly making Little Johnny crook in the guts & **** his pants.

Ahh, remember the days of school milk being dropped off early by the milko and it sitting in the sun for hours then being forced to drink it.

Yep I remember growing up, stuffed in Mums car no aircon heading for a 2/12 hour drive to the beach, to get hot full of sand drive home to house with no air con, I’m now 54 have a house with air con, cars with aircon and love aircon, I appreciate what we have and I’m glad we have it.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Tell me about it! Here the bright sparks of PBD back then installed Ducted Swampies in the rooms & then sealed the windows with rubber strips never thinking that one days the box would break down & parts could take a month to arrive. Yes I know, a Pump & a Vee Belt & a motor
Oh yes PBD staff were not the greatest when it came to possible "planning" for such emergencies back then & probably still aren't.

PBD = Public Buildings Department. Responsible for School Building Maint.

They are less smarter here.
They put out tenders for the cool school project just before summer promising to would all be completed by the time the Christmas school holidays had finished.
What AC company is not absolutely flat out at that time of the year,and has staff on holidays,yet alone the availability of thousands of new AC units.

Eventually the units went in over the next year or so but someone forgot most schools didn’t have enough power.
So the power authority had to put in numerous new substations and many schools had huge electrical upgrades.
That didn’t happen overnight,and many schools were left with classrooms that had the fans removed and AC units not operational due to not enough power for them.
So when summer arrived,that situation became a political football,as the schools were in a worse situation than they were before all this started.

And the contractors that installed the AC units wanted to be paid even though the units could not be run.
So then at huge cost the Govt had to hire generators to test run all the AC units,or pay contractors to modify existing circuits temporarily to run each unit to test and commission them,so the contractor could be paid.

Many of the AC units were out of warranty before they were eventually powered up and could be operated by the school staff.

Then there was a huge argument as the schools complained their budget would not be big nough to cover all the repairs yet alone the maintenance of hundreds of AC units.

All fun and games,and one expensive cock up.

Originally Posted by RobMichelle

Yep I remember growing up, stuffed in Mums car no aircon heading for a 2/12 hour drive to the beach, to get hot full of sand drive home to house with no air con, I’m now 54 have a house with air con, cars with aircon and love aircon, I appreciate what we have and I’m glad we have it.

For two or three years around 1950 we went camping next to the beach at Narrabeen. We were in an ex-army A tent, and travelled therein the Ford T truck (top speed 15mph) - mum and dad in the cab, and the three kids in a sort of nest at the front of the tray. (the cab was only wide enough for two, and had no doors.)

Originally Posted by 4bee

Pentridge eh. Must have had the stonework steam cleaned. I recall as a 11 year olde being driven past there a couple of times a day when my Aunt or Uncle drove from or to West Preston to Essendon Aerodrome to retrieve my Unc who was a Skymaster Pilot for ANA


The doors have changed but I guess it wasn't meant to be a Fun Park establishment . Big heavy ****ers they were then but what a miserable joint to be casterated in. (sic)

I think our mate Ned Kelly was banged up in that joint.


I believe it is /was a Tourist Attraction these days.

Des, are you confusing Pentridge and Old Melbourne gaols?
I believe ol' Ned was hung in (Old) Melbourne goal, before Pentridge was built.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Des, are you confusing Pentridge and Old Melbourne gaols?
I believe ol' Ned was hung in (Old) Melbourne goal, before Pentridge was built.

Since you mention it, it seems I may be but I was sure he had been.


Ok, forget Ned but the rest of my post is accurate.

Ta.

ED. Seems he was & he wasn't.
Did Ned Kelly serve time in Pentridge?
















In 1873, Ned Kelly served part of his three-year sentence at Pentridge for “feloniously receiving a horse”. In 1929, Kelly's remains were transferred from Melbourne Gaol to a mass grave at Pentridge, which was returned to Kelly's relatives in 2011 after a DNA test.18 Jan 2022

Originally Posted by JDNSW

For two or three years around 1950 we went camping next to the beach at Narrabeen. We were in an ex-army A tent, and travelled therein the Ford T truck (top speed 15mph) - mum and dad in the cab, and the three kids in a sort of nest at the front of the tray. (the cab was only wide enough for two, and had no doors.)

Sounds worse than being in the Series 1,we travelled all over the countryside,three kids in the back,the youngest which was not me,always had the front middle seat.Often the wooden trailer in tow.
We sat amongst all the gear ona pillow,yes tha same one we used when we slept at night in our camp beds.
Had a huge canvas tent with center pole,pretty common in the day,with wooden poles.

Anyway,no complaints,or we got a good clip around the ear….

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Des, are you confusing Pentridge and Old Melbourne gaols?
I believe ol' Ned was hung in (Old) Melbourne goal, before Pentridge was built.

Whichever one, I reckon Des' auntie was directionally challenged, because neither would be on that route. Course, the roads could have changed a bit since those days. Horses used to go their own way.


Old Melbourne is over the road from the old Russell Street cop shop, where D24 used to be. And yes, Ned was hanged there.