Re: [melb] Rochmond Tram Depot Location?

["Graeme Cleak" <gcleak@optusnet.com.au>]

Didnt the North Sydney Tram Depot becaome the Big Bear Supermarket around
1961?  The Oaks pub was virtually next door and was the tram crews watering
hole, hence the tramway flavour.

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Graeme Cleak
Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> "David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > I think it's that big building on the north side of Bridge Road, next
to
> > the
> > > river - I think it's a hotel or something now.
> > >
> > Rydges Riverside.  In incorporates Tracks Bar, named because of the
hotel
> > occupying the site of the former depot.
> > Interesting to know whether there's any memorabilia or photos etc on
> display
> > here, if so might drop in on my next visit to Melbourne.  Will probably
> stay
> > somewhere slightly sleazier, but may be able to afford a beer there.
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> Can't say I've ever been in there, but I did go into The Oaks in Neutral
Bay
> in Sydney once, only to find a great deal of tramway memorabilia there.
Does
> the site have any tramway significance?
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>
> Daniel
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