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No Woolworths Here sign on side of house

Locality of 69-73 Paramatta Road
(corner Trafalgar Street and Parammatta Road Annandale)

Parramatta Road

"Enforcing bus lanes – don’t get busted
Bus lane cameras help reduce illegal use of bus lanes. If you are caught driving illegally in a bus or T-way lane by the cameras you will receive an infringement notice.....Only authorised vehicles can use the T-way lanes. ...Annandale Parramatta Rd, Trafalgar St and Mathieson St, East" - RTA Bus lane cameras

See Information about Reported Traffic Incidents at snarl.com.au

Grocery and Green Grocers in the Local Area

Annandale currently (19 July 2010) has:

two corner stores
IGA in Booth Street
small supermarket on Johnston Street
small supermarket on parrammatta road
a seven eleven on Booth Street
a coles express on Johnston Street
three bakeries, three newsagents and three pharmacists
two toy shops, two florists and a garden centre
two hardware stores, several cafes, restaurants, four pubs and a bottle shop.

And close by, Woolworths Balmain and six large shopping centres, all designed for vehicular access:

Marrickville Metro (Two Supermarkets)
Broadway Glebe (Supermarket and Greengrocer)
Market Place, Leichhardt(Two Supermarkets and two Greengrocer)
Norton Street Plaza, Leichhardt(Supermarket and Greengrocer)
Ashfield Mall/Shopping Strip (Supermarkets and Greengrocers)
Birkinhead (Supermarket and Greengrocer)

In the Vicinity

Site of pre-1955 Shell Petrol Pump...more
"Saturday 18th July Warts & All: The Films of Danny Plotnick Comedic Missives from The American Underground Danny Plotnick roared into the underground film world in the 1980s. Fueled by his love of punk and alternativ" - Geek Girl Mu-Meson July [2010] Highlights
"wine and supper in Sydney's original underground cinema Mu-Meson Archives from Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 September 2009...."Sydney Underground Film Festival 2009
View What's Happening in Annandale NSW in a larger map
"Interview in RealTime magazine No. 79 Jun-July 2007 ...archivists on the edge..SITUATED IN THE BACK STREETS OF INNER-CITY SYDNEY THE MU-MESON ARCHIVE DEFIANTLY COUNTERS THE TREND OF EVER-DECREASING INDEPENDENT CINEMA AND ART SPACES. IN THIS ALTERNATIVE ‘FAMILY' SPACE JAIMIE AND ASPASIA LEONARDER CURATE AND PRESERVE A RARE CULTURAL ARCHIVE OF FILM AND VIDEO THAT MAINSTREAM SCREEN CULTURE HAS REJECTED....Mu-Meson Archives at Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St Annandale at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone 9517-2010" - Mu Meson Archive Online
...The 400-odd collection of shorts and feature-length films from varied religious groups form a section of the Mu Meson Archives — a film society that provides public entertainment for people who want more from the big screen than big budget blockbusters....Window into the past
"Red Wall Tyres... Beaurepaires (Annandale)?- Unique Cars And Parts Service And Trade Directory (accessed 6 July 2010: 10:14)
Woolworths for Annandale (The Alternative Media Group 24 June 2010)
King Furniture
The road to Parramatta (Heritage NSW)
Sandstone Kerb - Parramatta Road (RTA Heritage Item)
Formalised under the direction of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt in 1797. Parramatta Road became one of the colony's most important early roadways, and remains one of Sydney's premier thoroughfares. The introduction of sandstone kerbing along this route represents an early period of the formalisation of the Parramatta Road. Parramatta, formalised under the direction of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt in 1797. Parramatta Road became one of the colony's most important early roadways, and remains one of Sydney's premier thoroughfares. The introduction of sandstone kerbing along this route represents an early period of the formalisation of the Parramatta Road.PROMOTING LOCAL IDENTITY ALONG PARRAMATTA ROAD (heritage.nsw.gov.au)
Parramatta Road (wikipedia)
Parramatta Road At Bridge Road, Annandale, NSW - Snarl - Sydney Traffic Updates (snarl.com.au)
Jacksons Rare Guitars
"An accident occurred on the Parramatta road, near Trafalgar-street, Annandale, early yesterday morning." - The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 15 September 1924 Page 9

Annandale NSW was historically bounded by Rozelle Bay (Port Jackson/Sydney Harbour), Parramatta Road, Johnston's Creek and White's Creek. However, in 1995, the Annandale boundary was extended across Johnston's Creek to include the part of Camperdown, bounded by Booth Street, Mallet Street and Parramatta Road.

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