drinking Coca Cola, chewing gum, cigarettes, imitating the 'big kids', up the Cross, hanging round the Clock milk-bar (often frequented by 'bodgies and widgies').
Times spent with girlfriends miming to the latest 'pop' songs ... young teens - in love with love. From the age of ten I began a list of every song that came my way.... I was never allowed to go to the haunts, but there was always "Mum, can I stay at Diane's tonight?", this was my chance to sneak down to the Rushcutters Bay Bowling Alley and the milk bar opposite the Stadium. Dad 'found me' one day. As I was the fastest runner in the school. I thought I had him beat.... nnnoooo. I was caught and grounded for a long, long time.
Nov. 23, 1889 S.F.
Gin Joint Hears the World's First Jukebox
By Tony Long 11.23.07
"For a nickel a piece a thrilled group tunes in on a screechy jukebox of the 1890s. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
1889: The first jukebox is installed at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It becomes an overnight sensation and its popularity spreads around the world."
Gin Joint Hears the World's First Jukebox
By Tony Long 11.23.07
"For a nickel a piece a thrilled group tunes in on a screechy jukebox of the 1890s. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
1889: The first jukebox is installed at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It becomes an overnight sensation and its popularity spreads around the world."
' ... That first jukebox was constructed by the Pacific Phonograph Company. Four stethoscope-like tubes were attached to an Edison Class M electric phonograph fitted inside an oak cabinet. The tubes operated individually, each being activated by the insertion of a coin, meaning that four different listeners could be plugged in to the same song simultaneously ... ' (more)
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