Happy Mardi Gras!!!

[ism22]

I'm a Paddo boy who love Mardi Gras so have gotta say it... HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!!!

[mightyrooster]

Agree Izzy. But what’s this about you being a Paddo boy? Don’t we already have one of those on here?

[redwhiteblue]

Perfect timing! I went for a walk earlier with my ipod set to the 1995 Sydney Mardi Gras soundtrack. There are a couple of parties going on here in the east and lots of ABBA & Kylie remixes wafting across the neighbourhood on the breeze.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxJm_Sy2aw

[ism22]

Agree Izzy. But what’s this about you being a Paddo boy? Don’t we already have one of those on here?

Hahaha unintended I guess.

My childhood was a little bit transient but involved finally settling down in a Paddo terrace that's a stone's throw away from the SFS (I originally started backing Easts because I trained for running at the same field as the chooks).

As a kid we'd always hoard milk crates (with a good friend) and then build a massive platform near Taylor Square to view the parade.

[ism22]

Perfect timing! I went for a walk earlier with my ipod set to the 1995 Sydney Mardi Gras soundtrack. There are a couple of parties going on here in the east and lots of ABBA & Kylie remixes wafting across the neighbourhood on the breeze.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxJm_Sy2aw

That's awesome, what an era!!! The Mardi Gras crowd definitely know how to turn up the music and have fun...

[mightyrooster]

Hahaha unintended I guess.

My childhood was a little bit transient but involved finally settling down in a Paddo terrace that's a stone's throw away from the SFS (I originally started backing Easts because I trained for running at the same field as the chooks.

As a kid we'd always hoard milk crates (with a good friend) and then build a massive platform near Taylor Square to view the parade.

Aah, sounds like great memories. I’m always interested to hear why someone chose the mighty roosters as their team.

[redwhiteblue]

That's awesome, what an era!!! The Mardi Gras crowd definitely know how to turn up the music and have fun...

We are all waving our hands in the air like we just don't care..albeit from the sofa..great music..that CD is great for walking to. Here is the one I have:

https://www.discogs.com/release/1970...-Party-Anthems

[horrie hastings]

One of the great Mardi Gras moments and there have been plenty.

Xanadu - Olivia Newton John, Sydney Mardi Gras Party 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ycr5I6IyPI

[horrie hastings]

Aah, sounds like great memories. I’m always interested to hear why someone chose the mighty roosters as their team.

An old Paddo boy here also MR, lived about a 100 metres away from the old Sports Ground, used to sit there on the Paddo hill and watch Easts from about 1967.

[Red.]

Paddo was an awesome place to grow up.

Watched the 1978 Parade from the balcony of the Paddington Ambulance station.

[horrie hastings]

Paddo was an awesome place to grow up.

Watched the 1978 Parade from the balcony of the Paddington Ambulance station.

Unfortunately a lot of the 78ers would have needed assistance from the ambulances due to the police brutality then.

On another foot note when i was at school at St Francis Paddington one of my class mates father was an ambulance driver based at Pasddington Ambulance station, from memory the family lived there at the ambulance station then, that would have been 1968-1970 .

[Red.]

The family that lived there in 78 all went to Paddington Public as did I.

[horrie hastings]

The family that lived there in 78 all went to Paddington Public as did I.

Not sure how long the family was there, i was at St Francis from 1968-1970 till my father had a huge brain snap and sold our home in late 1970 just before Paddo really took off.
I remember going to one birthday party at the ambulance station for the guy i was at school with but i think they may have moved also just we moved away.

[eddie]

I hate the mardi gras.
The way they carry on is disgusting.

[ism22]

One of the great Mardi Gras moments and there have been plenty.

Xanadu - Olivia Newton John, Sydney Mardi Gras Party 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ycr5I6IyPI

Golden!!!