246 - going upstairs for lunch at the coffee shop (or whatever they used to call cafes), The Strand Arcade and can anyone remember the sweet shop that sold hand made chocolates and boiled lollies? Directly opposite that shop was the ice cream parlour (can't remember the name) but they sold the best ice cream in the world. Angus Steakhouse restaurant that sold the biggest and best steaks and bbqed them for you. And I also remember the old man that operated the lifts at George Courts.

Trillos, Downtown. Orient Restaurant in the Strand - just closed after 40 years. Wah Jang Fruit shop, opposite the Central Post Office. The old man in Woolworths, stocking shelves. The old lady at the bus depot selling news papers, ciggies. Hare Krishnas in K Rd Thursday nights.