Gawler SA, 1957 and 2009

[philwreck]

Good to read all the interest in the 1957 photo i posted some time ago and the speculation about the reason for all those FE's being together.
The book "Glimpses of Gawler" includes this photo and includes a little detail:-
It was the "Centenary of Local Government in Gawler 1957."
"State Premier Thomas Playford and Cabinet members were conveyed in a fleet of FE Holdens from Gawler Railway Station to the Town Hall."
As Glen Curnow said Mavis Curnow was a driver and is third from left.  Sixth from left is Bruce Eastick who went on to serve as a SA Member of Parliament and also as Mayor of Gawler.

Since Aero Motors was mentioned thought there might be interest in an old cinema slide i have advertising FCs from Aero Motors.

[customFC]

Thanks for the info, very interesting.
That movie slide is a cool bit of history,
Regards
Alex

[Stewy]

Hey Phil, looks like next meeting should be a slide night.  :D

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

 :-[ Oops, forgot to add this one

[Stewy]

I found a website called faded memories that has old pictures available to purchase, and found the full original picture.
I purchased the A3 size of the picture which was delivered to me this afternoon.
I can count 18 FEs lined up. :)



Cheers Stewy   8)

[DJ]

Some interesting history on that site Stewy.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

The single storey shop building is now gone, bulldozed in the Pub's redevelopment and now has a new building that houses the Westpac bank.
The pub has gone back to an old name "The Golden Fleece".

[fe350chev]

Cool.