queenstreet

Well at least the lamp-posts have lasted, or have they been reproducing?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons That's the third Austin Cambridge you have posted recently! What's going on? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Cambridge#A55_Cambridge Anyone know what the car on the right is? FIAT?

beachcomber australia The lampp-posts are the originals so made of good stuff! The car just out of shot was a Ford Anglia with the sharp angle on the rear screen. The third car down (OIK-31) I am not too sure of, possibly a Simca? What I do remember is that back door which demonstrates that this was before the era of the hatchback!

I spent a lot of time working in this area and know it well! By the time I came there in 1968 this had changed somewhat, most of the old buildings on the right were gone and the place was more or less derelict! There's a lot of history attached to the area which was once part of Oxmanstown Green. Down towards the bottom of the street just after the junction with Blackhall Street is one of the last pawnbrokers in Dublin complete with three gold balls overhead as the sign of their trade!

St Catherine's Church, Thomas Street in the distance.

Deja vu - Deja DOG

Edit looking again it could be Deja CAT!!

All the nearby stuff is redeveloped in streetview but you can still see St. Catherine's Church up on Thomas St in the distance.

Did he move his car 100 Mts to take this photo?

We did discuss this photo earlier in relation to this one also featuring ZIK 382:

ah a Ford Anglia and a Cambridge; unhappy memories of chugging around Donegal in the former

Custom houses were built in all major Australian ports in the nineteenth century. Customs and excise duties were an important source of revenue, levied on goods from overseas and in some cases from other colonies. The port of Brisbane grew quickly so in 1884 the Queensland government agreed to replace its existing Customs House at Petrie Bight, a modest single-story brick structure, with a much grander edifice. Designed by Charles McLay of the Colonial Architect’s office, it is two stories high on the Queen Street frontage, while three storeys are visible from the riverside. Its grand public space, The Long Room, is surmounted by a copper sheathed dome. With work commencing in 1886, this imposing and rare surviving masterpiece of the Colonial Architects Office took three years and £38,346 to build. The Brisbane Customs House is a fine example of Victorian Free Classical style, with its grand colonnades and portico, and a dome which still manages to be a major feature on the landscape, despite being overlooked by adjacent high rise office and apartment blocks. After the Federation in 1901, the Customs House became part of the commonwealth government’s customs service and some of its elegant rooms were carved up as offices. Surrounded by busy wharves and trams, it became one of Brisbane’s best-known buildings. With the move to containerization, all the major wharves in central Brisbane were demolished, with new wharves being built much nearer the river mouth. In 1988 the Customs House, which at its peak had 300 staff, closed and custom activities left their symbolic home on the river for an office block up the road. The Customs House is one of the few reminders that central Brisbane was once a great river port. Conscious of the heritage value of the House, the Commonwealth government negotiated a lease with the University of Queensland which agreed to restore the property, generously supported by donations. Customs House re-opened in October 1994 and the building now serves as a downtown presence for many university activities. Its magnificent Long Room and other public rooms are available for a variety of cultural, community, and business functions. Its role as a Customs House can still be seen in a number of historical displays and in the layout and fabric of the building itself. Source: customshouse.com.au/history/