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My mother wanted her hair cut last week, so I accompanied her on the bus to Footscray, to attend the Vietnamese hairdresser in the Footscray Market. Footscray has changed a lot since I was a kid, so I did a bit of reminiscing whilst I waited for her. Describing Footscray to outsiders might help make …
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Not discounting time spent in Canberra or interstate, I worked for almost twenty seven years at the eastern end of Lonsdale Street, about two city blocks away from what we call the Greek Precinct of Melbourne. For those not aware, it is mostly the southern stretch of Lonsdale Street between Swanston and Russell, opposite QV. …
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Have you ever heard of Demestica Red? No? You are probably lucky. Circa 1996, when I used to be a regular Friday night fixture in a corner of Stalactites, the Greek restaurant on the corner of Lonsdale and Russell Streets, I think I drank a lot of it. In May 1997, as groomsman for a …
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In late 2021 I was in the midst of a very long and pleasant staycation. I visited a few pubs and wrote an entry in my blog which listed several of the better beer gardens of Melbourne. Happily, I have been on a permanent staycation since mid 2023, and this means that I have visited quite …
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