Trinder’s Produce Store/Frontier Signs/Mixed Business/Nothing – Hurstville, NSW
Along the long and lonely Kimberley Road, Hurstville sit numerous husks of shops. A quick search on the amazing Trove reveals that today’s entry on Past Lives was once ‘Trinder’s Produce Store’, and was used as a voting location from 1930 to 1948.
Image from Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Oct 1930/Trove.
Built in 1926, no evidence remains of Trinder’s Produce Store. The shopfronts appear to have been out of business for years.
The awning reads ‘Frontier Signs’, but the sign itself has been fractured.
Oddly, there’s a very faint but still visible company name beneath Frontier Signs. It’s hard to read, but it certainly doesn’t say ‘Frontier Signs’. You’d think a sign company letting something like that happen would be like Dulux selling paint in Berger cans.
Advance Bank/Interflora/For Lease – Kingsgrove, NSW
The Advance Bank brand lasted only ten years, from 1985-1995, at which point it was rebranded the Bank of South Australia. This fascinating tidbit aside, we can see that after the Advance Bank went south (haw haw), the shop became an Interflora florist, but above all this post exists to prove that not every shop in Kingsgrove has ‘King’ in their name.
Louie’s Fruit Market/King’s Fruit Market – Kingsgrove, NSW
Pretty simple explanation here: looks as if Louie established his fruit market before his coronation.
Kingsgrove Medical Centre/King of the Pack Tobacconist – Kingsgrove, NSW
What was clearly once the Kingsgrove Medical Centre now stands as a joint tobacconist/massage parlour. Seems like a step backwards, doesn’t it?
CLINICAL UPDATE: Back when the KMC was flush with cash, they splurged on some unconventional advertising at Beverly Hills train station, which is still in place today:
It makes sense actually; I usually feel pretty sick when I’m disembarking from a Sydney train.
Past/Lives of the Near Future 