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Originally Posted by alpal
Thanks Renato,
Dandenong looks look a small town in the country. LOL
Allan
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Hi Allan,
Yes, I've checked all four places my parents and I lived at - and they were all empty rural land back then.
It was interesting checking the old church I remember from when I was young, which was ripped down.
Then I looked down at Sweet Water Creek Southern Branch that runs through our backyard in Frankston South, and it's still the same now as it was back then. Of course, where our house is now, was empty rural land back then too.
My wife had fun too - looking up her old place in Bundoora, which back in 1945 seemed like a buffer zone around the Larundel Mental Asylum.
I posted your link in the Frankston Facebook Notice board, and a few people found it amazing too.
Cheers,
Renato
P.S. - I also checked out where I used to work - Ammuntion Factory Footscray (across the river and up a bit from Flemington Race Course) - which was a huge establishment back in 1945. It was still big when I worked there in the 90s, but a fraction of what it had been during the War.