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IT WAS THE AGE OF
Research by Gordon Freegard

 

 

 

 

Cash Registers, Shop Till, Paper Roll Holder, String Holder, Scales, Weights

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

  


 

 

  

 

The Coolgardie Safe, the Miller kerosene lamp, Kelvinator Kerosene Fridges, Metters Wood Stoves, Namco Pressure Cookers.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Exhibition Candles, Hurricane Lamps, Tilley Lights, Taylor’s Refrigeration Paint, whitewash, Kalsomine, Brunswick Black, Zebra Stove Polish, Shelltox Fly Spray.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 
     
     
     

 

Reckitts Bag Blue, Burford’s No 1 Bar Soap, Silver Star Starch, washing soda, Sanoper Sand Soap, Sunlight and Velvet Bar Soap, Peak Soap, Lux Flakes, Persil and Rinso, Phenyle and Carbolic Disinfectant for the loo.

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

  


 

 

 

     

Goddard’s Plate Powder, Wundawax Floor Polish, Relax Polish, Lavendo Furniture Polish, Nugget Shoe Polish, Brasso Polish, Kiwi Boot Polish, Stove Black.

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

    

Magazines, Womans's Weekly, Countyman, Western Mail, Woman's Day

 


 


 

 

 

 
     
     

Astor Radios, The Player Piano, Edison Gramophones, AWA Radios, Wundaheaters.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Plume Motor Spirit, Vaccum OIl, axle grease, Neptune Petrol, Golden Fleece Petrol.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

  
     

Dancing pumps and button-up boots, whale bone collars and corsets, stiffened nylon petticoats, enormous bloomers (no woman would dare to wear the scandalously brief pants that adorn the trim bottoms of today’s girls), Stamina Wool Suits, Spats.

 


 


 


 

 


 

  

 

 

  
     
     

Goanna Salve, Ammoniated Quinine, Beecham Pills “worth a guinea a box,” camphorated oil, Clements Tonic, Hypol Cod Liver Oil, Malt Extract, Carters Liver Pills, Seidlitz Powders, Kruschen Salts, Ford Pills, Bex Powders, Hudsons Jubes, Throaties, Bonnington’s Irish Moss, Castor Oil, Molasses, De Witt’s Antacid Powder
 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robur Tea, Amgoorie Tea, Woodson’s Tea, Lipton Tea, Bushells Coffee Essence, Sunshine Powdered Milk, Yorkshire Pudding, Dumplings, Baking Powder, Sarsaparilla Cordial, HP Sauce, Holbrook’s Sauce, Horlicks Malted Milk, Coca Cola.

 


 
 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
     

Watsonia Smallgoods, Butter churns, Dripping, Lard, Butter Pats, Milk Separators, Scolded Cream, Lister Engines.

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Plug Tobacco, Cigarette Papers, Rizla, Tally-Ho, Cigars.
Cigarettes; Turf, Capstan, Craven A, Rothmans, Peter Styvesant, Chesterfield, Bensen & Hedges, Winfield,
Tobacco Ready Rubbed: Champion, Havelock, Capstan,
Tobacco Fine Cut:  Log Cabin,

 


 


 


 

Bushells Tea, Amgoorie Tea, Liptons Tea, Robur Tea, Nestles Condensed Milk, Sunshine Powdered Milk, Coffee & Chicory Essence

 


 


 


 

 

  

 

 

  

 
     

Willy Weeties, Samoline, Snap-Crackle-Pop Rice Bubbles, John Bull Porridge.

 


 


 


 
     

Blanco, fountains-on-hob, Little Clever Mary (a shilling a tin), Tanglefoot Fly Papers (two-pence each).

 


 


 


 

 

 

    

Mills & Wares Bulk Biscuits: Ginger Nuts, Picnic Mixture, Cocoanut Rings, Nutties , Current Shorties, Strathmore , Friuit Mince Rollls, Chocolate Pieces,
Mills & Wares Packet Biscuits: Milk Arrowroot, Sao Crackers, Saloon Crackers, Granita, Ginger Nuts
Cerebos Salt, Kraft Cheddar Cheese, Kraft Velveta Cheese

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Fowlers Bottling Outfits, Merry Widow Junket Tablets, Blancmange Powder, Sago, Tapioca, Rawliegh Products,

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

    
     
     

Cut Throat Razors, Gem Razors, Shaving Brushes, Fauldings Shaving Soap, Lifebuoy Soap, Protex Soap, Lux Soap, Cuticura Soap, Palmolive Soap, Cashmere Bouquet Soap

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

    

Brownie Box Camera, Negative Film, Ilford Film, Kodak 620 Flim, Photo Album Corners, Photo Albums

 


 


 


 
     

Home Comforts:  Wonderheater, Feltex, Lino

 


 


 


 
     

Meccano Sets, Ping Pong and Bobs Sets, Hornby Wind-up Trains, Pick-up Sticks, Tiddley-winks, Knucklebones, Plasticine,

 


 


 


 

 

 

  

 

    
     
     

Bonfire Nights, Guy Fawkes Night
Fire Crackers: Skyrockets, Penny bombs, Tom Thumbs, Jumping Jacks, Cartherine wheels, Roman Candles, Sparklers.

 


 

 

 

 

Heckle & Jeckle, Felix, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Bluey & Curley, Phantom Comics, Speed Gordon, Tom Mix, Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Coles Funny Picture Books, Enid Blyton Noddy Books, Secret Seven Books,

 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
     

Singer Sewing Machines, Jones Sewing Machines, Wertheim Sewing Machines,
Darning Needles, Iron-on patches

 


 


 


 
     

Schools, Duster, Canes, Slate-boards, Ink, Desks, Ink Pens, Lead Pencils, Coloured Paints, Coloured P encils , Times Tables, Blackboards, Canework, Fretwork, Jigsaws

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

    
     

Brylcreem Hair Cream, Californian Poppy Hair Oil,

 


 


 


 
     

Aniseed Cough Discs, Choo Choo Bars, Jaffas, Fantales, Freddo One Penny Frogs, Shurbert Bags with Licorice Straw, Penny Sticks, Clinkers, Bananas, Penny Sticks, Columbine Toffees, Plaistowes Sweets, Liquorice straps, Peters Bucket Ice-cream, All-day Suckers

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
     
     

Household Utensils: Waffle Iron, Egg Beater, Soap Shaker, Sets of Canisters, Fire Lighters,

 


 


 


 

     

 


 

 
 


 

 
 


 

 
 

Ice Cream, Icy Poles, Banana Splits,Milkshakes, Sundaes

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlie Carters, Freecorns, Tom the Cheap, John Allan’s Mail Order Stores, Rowleys Electrical, Thompsons Furniture Stores, Foys Departmental Stores, Vox Adeon Howards, Irene Whytes, Tip Top Meats, Sandovers, Bairds, Boans, Musgrove’s Music Stores, Cox Bros Economic Stores, Cecil Bros Shoes, Corot Fashion Stores, David Jones, Moore’s Department Stores, Zimpels Furniture, Walsh’s Menswear, Foy & Gibsons, Alberts Bookshop, Brown's Milkbar, Mazzucellies, Archie Martins, Zimpels Furniture,

 


 


 


 

 

 

  

     
     
     

Embassy Ballroom, Canterbury Court Ballroom, Ambassadors Cinema, Metro Cinema, Hoyts Plaza Cinema, Savoy Cinema, Glide-away Roller Skating Rink,


 


 


 

Office Equipment,  Typewriters, Fax Machines, Duplicaters, Photo Copiers, Shorthand Manuels, Rubber Stamps, Date Stamp, Ink Pads

 


 


 


 
     

Drive-In Cinema,

 


 

 

 
 

Mortlocks Bros, Winterbottoms Motor Co., Skipper Bailey Motor Co, Sydney Atkinson Motors Ltd., Naughty Don Rogers,

 


 


 


 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

Malloch Bros, Allis Chambers Tractor Division, Chamderlian Tractors,Lanz Bulldog Tractors,

 


 


 


 

Banks, Savings Accounts

 


 


 


 
     

Bicycles, Trikes, Bike Number Plaves, Trouser Clips, Tyre Pump, Wheel Generated Light, Handle Bar Streamers, Clamp-on Spoke Noise Makers, Handle-Bar Basket, Rear Wheel Mesh Skirt Protectors,

 


 


 


 
     

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