Councillor Damian Gleeson talks about his memories of living next to the newly restored railway goods shed when he was a kid.
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00:00 I remember as a young kid, we grew up next to the station,
00:02 so I'm pointing that way.
00:04 And the station was always so busy.
00:07 There's people traveling to Melbourne and back every day,
00:10 but more particularly the goods share,
00:11 where we're standing now,
00:13 all of the stuff that came to Port Free
00:15 for the supermarkets in Port Free and Yambuk and Surrounds,
00:19 a lot of it came through here.
00:21 And I remember people like Eric Haylock
00:23 and Mr. Irving, old Bill Irving, had a trade truck
00:26 and they'd come and collect
00:27 and then they'd take all the things
00:28 wherever they had to go.
00:29 But it was always busy.
00:31 For those that don't know,
00:33 Regent Street was never straight.
00:35 It used to curve around straight up into Sackville Street
00:37 because it was blocked off because of the station.
00:40 The station used to cross Bank Street
00:42 and go up behind the Scout Hall
00:44 and then come back to the goods shed.
00:47 So a very, very busy place.
00:48 We had a beautiful station,
00:50 you know, brick and blue stone.
00:52 But this shed is a fantastic part of Port Ferry
00:55 and I'm so pleased it's been done up
00:57 and I can't wait for it to become a great community asset.
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