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Screamingreel
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 5:46pm |
I hope everybody is suitably attired when purchasing fishing gear.
Outdoor April 1948 Some collectables there. Interesting reels in glass cabinet Not sure where the business was located. Any clues Regards John |
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CaptainCranky
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That's me behind the counter serving.
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The Journey is the Reward
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Screamingreel
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Nice tie Captain
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Darby
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I always wear my Sunday shorts when tackle browsing......thems the ones that are more holey than a gillnet
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"If you are going to have fun with your rod.. get some wood
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stinger
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YEP THATS THE CAPTAIN LOOK HIS POCKETS ARE FULL
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REMEMBER FOOLS RUSH IN WERE ANGELES FEAR TO TREAD
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goldtrev68
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if you turned up in 2012 dressed like that to buy fishing gear....well I can hear them now GET OUT OF HERE YOU POMPUS TOOL
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Screamingreel
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Anybody able to work out the type of reels in the front cabinet . Looks like an ABU on the right or a Gildex on the box.
regards John
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CaptainCranky
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Bottom centre Game reel may be a Fortuna or an Alvey Game reel.Bit hard to tell .
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Darby
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Anthony Horderns was the largest department store in Sydney, Australia.
It was originally established by a free immigrant from England, Anthony
Hordern, in 1823, as a drapery shop. A further large mensware store was
in upper George Street, and Hordern's also operated one of the largest
mail order businesses in Australia.
everal Anthony Hordern's succeeded their founding ancestor, and a huge six storey building was opened by them in 1905, called The Palace Emporium, the main entrance being completely fitted out in imported Italian marble. The massive store was located on the corner of George, Pitt, & Goulburn Streets in the southern end of the CBD. One of their advertising slogans was that they sold "anything from a needle to an anchor". The crest on their coat of arms was a budding tree, the motto: "while I live I grow". It appeared above all the store's window fittings and on all their stationery.[1] By the early 1960s Anthony Hordern and Sons began to accumulate yearly losses instead of profits. By 1965-66, this had become noticeable and restructuring was underway. Most notable were the losses from the Brickfield Hill Flagship store and the Anthony Hordern store in Wollongong. A number of the upper levels of the Brickfield Hill store were closed, as the management of Anthony Hordern's tried to restructure the business. By mid 1969, the situation had not improved and the situation was dire. Things had come to a head and drastic action was needed. Waltons launched a bid for the retail operations of Anthony Hordern, whilst Stocks and Holdings Ltd, launched a bid for the massive Anthony Hordern city Brickfield Hill site. Despite some counterbidding from Buckinghams Holdings Ltd, Waltons succeeded in gaining control of Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd during late 1969. It's worth mentioning by this time Anthony Horderns had stopped retailing from their Brickfield Hill site. After the takeover of Anthony Horderns by Waltons, the Brickfield Hill site was then sold to Stocks and Holdings Ltd, for $8.5 million dollars. It turned out Stocks and Holdings Ltd were acting for their client, The State Superannuation Trust. It was then leased back by The Superanuation Trust, to Stocks and Holdings Ltd, for retail space. This was completed by Christmas Eve 1969, ending 64 years of retail pioneering and ownership of the building by Anthony Horderns Ltd. One remaining Horden's shop remained open in Windsor NSW until at least 1986 and included the old glass top display cabinets and a HCF (health Fund) agency in the back corner. The Anthony Hordern Brickfield Hill site, Palace Emporium was subsequently used by the NSW Institute of Technology (now UTS) for some years. It (and surrounding buildings) was controversially demolished in 1986 for the infamous 'World Square' development, which remained a hole in the ground for nearly twenty years, before finally being completed in 2004. |
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Screamingreel
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Thanks Brad for the additional info. I wonder where there display cabinets ended up, and what wood was used.
regards John
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Showing my age, remember clearly the Sydney store in my youth. Actually, the chap serving customers on the left, in the fawn jacket, does have that Cross profile about him .
Tony.
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