Subject: Australia's first 10-pin bowling alley - Hurstville
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posted on November 24th, 2013 at 07:25 PM
Wow, never thought this would raise so much interest. the old arc light projectors were something to behold and the full reel of film took some TLC
every time you handled it. The arch had to be set so precise and the spools wound at specific tensions it was totally amazing.
Phil, am certain it was the Savoy I worked at.
The spools were all rewound by hand - spool to spool - right hand winding and left holding the 35mm film, required a certain speed and pressure
(friction burn when you think of the thickness of 35mm film and oh yeah it smarted)- too much of one or other and you would snap the celluoid so thus
a splice which was simple in theory but much harder to execute splice.
Changing spools was any issue as always a minimum of 3 projectors and you watched the spool and at point marked on the reel you would watch the
screen through the peep holes, and when a dot in the upper right hand corner, think it was like 60 secs and another would appear to warn to arch up
the other projector, and a count down where you had to switch the projectors (shut down one and open the other). Ah even doing that @ 17 yrs of age I
remember 43+ yrs later - so buzzed atm
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posted on November 26th, 2013 at 07:28 AM
Pacific Film used to run a fleet of VW Beetles as delivery vehicles. Adrian Corvisy (Powertune) used to have the contract to maintain them.
The Carlton Theatre opened in 1926, so it was one of the oldest suburban theatres. It was taken over by the Greater Union chain in 1946 and renamed
the Odeon. Like most of the movie theatres, it was hit hard by the arrival of TV, and it closed in 1958. It stood unused until 1961, when it was
briefly reopened, but it closed permanently in 1962. As Dave said, it became a photo lab, and still exists today as a fitness centre.
There are a few more theatres in the Hurstville area we haven't mentioned yet - Nash's Penshurst Theatre (closed 1954, now the IGA supermarket), and
the Oatley Radio Theatre (closed 1961, now the Oatley RSL Youth Club). Oh, and of course the still-going Beverley Hills Cinema, which was originally
the St James Theatre.
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posted on November 26th, 2013 at 07:40 AM
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Geez, you blokes must be old.
Steam Trains!?
Funny, I was just recently thinking how sad Australia's train system is
when compared to other Asian countries.
I think the Japan Bullet was in action in the sixties and Australia was still using steam.
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That's mad Alan.
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posted on November 26th, 2013 at 05:47 PM
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Steam Trains!?
Funny, I was just recently thinking how sad Australia's train system is
when compared to other Asian countries.
I think the Japan Bullet was in action in the sixties and Australia was still using steam.
Yeah, who won the war
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posted on November 26th, 2013 at 05:49 PM
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All lies, Bill........although I managed to get into a few 'slides', in my Beetle.
Neil Cottee, who ran Pacific Film Labs. started Rabbit Photo.
