Posts Tagged ‘1980s’

Another sighting of Museum station and the Shot Tower

Last month I shared a film showing Queen Elizabeth II paying a visit to Museum station and the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop, but today I’ve got someone quite different – the 1980s Australian new wave band ‘Kids in the Kitchen‘, in the music video for their 1983 debut single ‘Change in Mood‘. Graeme Butler photo […]

Mr Wong! I’ve lost my travellers cheques!

It was the early 1980s and my mother and father had just moved in together, when a television commercial for American Express travellers cheques captured the public imagination, giving my parents a new annoyance to deal with.

Strange sign at Spencer Street Station

I was at Spencer Street Station today and saw this rather strange sign hidden away. It was well made, and designed to be used many times. It said the following:"Due to industrial action the country and interstate train service has been […]