Reynard St, Coburg. The mysterious Gilmour’s Milk strikes again. Might be time to find out a bit about these dairymen … This one is right near the corner of Melville and Reynard. I only managed to dig up a few pieces of information about Gilmour’s Milk on the web. Gilmour’s Dairy Pty Ltd was formed on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Coburg
R.I.P. 260 Reynard St
Reynard St, Coburg. Well, unfortunately I don’t have any stories about this little place, but it was the one that was demolished to reveal J. Thomson’s place. Actually, I do have one story … The band was having a rehearsal next door at Ania’s place (J, Thomson’s,) when the people were moving out. It was a … Continue reading
Gilmour’s Milk
Munro St, Coburg. Well, well, well … What have we here? Did somebody order another Gilmore’s Milk sign? So, this is the 3rd encounter with Glimour’s Milk now, (also here, and here.) These guys may require little more looking into … Now, some of these old milk bars are looking pretty tired, I’ll admit it, … Continue reading
Tarax
Reynard St, Coburg. Another piece of awesomeness from Reyanrd St. There’s one panel of the glass that has been replaced, so it’s no quite a complete piece, but it’s great to see that it’s survived so well. Dat old-style can. Continue reading
Bushell’s Tea
Reynard St, Coburg. Just up the road from J Thomson is this bad boy. Looks like a couple of different generations of Bushells going on here. You can just make out the Blue Label sign underneath the Bigger, more prominent Bushells logo. Continue reading
J. Thomson Grocer & Tobacconist
Reynard St, Coburg. This was the one that started it all. Solid gold uncovered by some unknowing developers. But, the developers giveth and the developers taketh away. Pretty soon there’s going to be some ugly-arse townhouse thrown right up in front of this piece, to be lost again until the next developer wants to get … Continue reading