High Street Memories

60 years of looking sharp: How my dad’s menswear shop became a local institution
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60 years of looking sharp: How my dad’s menswear shop became a local institution
A ‘junior-wanted’ sign hanging in the window of Terry’s Menswear on Station Street, Fairfield caught the eye of 14-year-old Frank Rocca in the 1960s, leading him to quit St. Joseph’s Technical School in Abbotsford and …
How this Tassie town inspired Marta Dusseldorp’s Bay of Fires
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How this Tassie town inspired Marta Dusseldorp’s Bay of Fires
When award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp had the idea for a new TV series Bay of Fires during lockdown in 2020, she had the west coast of Tasmania in mind as the ideal location for the …
How a Melbourne cafe inspired journalist and broadcaster Virginia Trioli
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How a Melbourne cafe inspired journalist and broadcaster Virginia Trioli
A second season of ABC TV’s Creative Types sees host Virginia Trioli sit down with virtuoso violinist Richard Tognetti, Australian fashion designer Jenny Kee and Melbourne legend Kate Ceberano – all who share their personal …
How Sarah Blasko’s sound was shaped by Sydney’s Newtown in the ’90s
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How Sarah Blasko’s sound was shaped by Sydney’s Newtown in the ’90s
ARIA Award-winning singer and songwriter Sarah Blasko moved to Newtown in Sydney’s inner west aged in her 20s; it’s the suburb that went on to inspire the songs that made up her third studio album …
The high street where Melbourne’s gumboot queen found her feet
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The high street where Melbourne’s gumboot queen found her feet
After growing up on a farm in Leongatha South Gippsland, fashionable gumboot guru and chief executive of Melbourne-based footwear brand Merry People Danielle Pearce got her first taste of the city on Swan Street, Richmond. …
The bustling high street that inspired comedian Merrick Watts
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The bustling high street that inspired comedian Merrick Watts
Back in the early ’90s, Australian comedian Merrick Watts would go to Sydney Road, Brunswick to experience culinary culture he wouldn’t find in Eltham where his family lived. “Back then, the food was really seen …
The Sydney neighbourhood that inspired Aussie music royalty
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The Sydney neighbourhood that inspired Aussie music royalty
When musician Mark Lizotte – AKA Diesel – left Perth in the ’80s bound for Sydney, he moved into an apartment in Elizabeth Bay ready to chase his rock’n’roll dream on the east coast of …
‘Buzzy, artsy place’: How this inner-Sydney street inspired a generation of theatre kids
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‘Buzzy, artsy place’: How this inner-Sydney street inspired a generation of theatre kids
Australian theatre star and actor Matt Lee, who returns to the stage for Titanique Musical, studied at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in the ’90s, and landed his first major musical in the …
Why Alex Fevola’s make-up store attracts star clientele
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Why Alex Fevola’s make-up store attracts star clientele
When Alex Fevola decided to open a new flagship store for her make-up brand Runway Room, she had her eye firmly cast on High Street, Armadale. The iconic fashion and beauty shopping strip is where …
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