What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

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What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Sojourner » Fri May 29, 2009 1:22 pm

Just wondering if anyone knows when the suburb of Clovercrest was changed to Modbury Heights?

There are various businesses and community groups still using the name Clovercrest, so it would be interesting to find out the history of why it was all changed?
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Dogwatcher » Fri May 29, 2009 1:24 pm

This I'm sure will start a rush of recollections of suburban names that have disappeared.
IIRC Peter Goers wrote a column about this subject a couple of years ago. hidey ho!
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby SABRE » Fri May 29, 2009 1:49 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:This I'm sure will start a rush of recollections of suburban names that have disappeared.
IIRC Peter Goers wrote a column about this subject a couple of years ago. hidey ho!

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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby RustyCage » Sat May 30, 2009 12:08 am

I teach at the Heights School, and that was called Modbury Heights High School back in 1977. It isnt that close to Clovercrest.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby gadj1976 » Sat May 30, 2009 12:28 am

I live pretty much across the road from the Clovey pub and shop at the Clovey shops. The PO Box we have in the shopping complex is Modbury North, so I'm assuming Clovercrest was changed to Modbury North at some point?
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Pidge » Sat May 30, 2009 2:57 am

Clovercrest was a suburb? :shock: I live about 5 minutes from there too.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Psyber » Sat May 30, 2009 9:38 am

A lot of suburbs disappeared gradually after the introduction of the postcode system, under pressure from Australia Post which simply refused to recognise some locations.
One successful hang out has been Highgate, which shares a postcode with Fullarton, but has its own PO.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Barto » Sat May 30, 2009 10:54 am

IIRC Clovercrest was classed as a 'locality' rather than a gazetted suburb name and was always part of Modbury. (I worked for Aus Post for a few years).

Feel free to correct.

Is the swimming centre still there?
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Sojourner » Sat May 30, 2009 11:31 am

Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?


Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Ian » Sat May 30, 2009 1:04 pm

Pidge wrote:Clovercrest was a suburb? :shock: I live about 5 minutes from there too.

I lived 2 minutes from the Clovercrest in 1981, it wasn't the name of a suburb then.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Gator-Aid » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:37 pm

Ian wrote:
Pidge wrote:Clovercrest was a suburb? :shock: I live about 5 minutes from there too.

I lived 2 minutes from the Clovercrest in 1981, it wasn't the name of a suburb then.




Have lived around the area for 30 years, Clovercrest as far as I know was merely a small subdivision name in Modbury and taken up by the hotel and shopping centre and a few other business' but all have always been situated in Modbury postcode.
Now that is just plain dumb, don't you think?
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Q. » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:55 pm

Sojourner wrote:
Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?


Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!


Hehe, I used to work there, did you?
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Pidge » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:01 pm

Quichey wrote:
Sojourner wrote:
Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?


Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!


Hehe, I used to work there, did you?


I learnt how to swim at StateSwim :D
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Q. » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:45 am

Pidge wrote:
Quichey wrote:
Sojourner wrote:
Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?


Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!


Hehe, I used to work there, did you?


I learnt how to swim at StateSwim :D


Hmmm, you're probably too old for me to have ever had you in any of my classes.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Sojourner » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:17 am

Quichey wrote:Hehe, I used to work there, did you?


Not yet! :D
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Johno6 » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:33 am

the pub is meant to be real nice now....

the topless waitresses on thurs night might not be over 50 anymore
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby The Ash Man » Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:36 am

Johno6 wrote:the pub is meant to be real nice now....

the topless waitresses on thurs night might not be over 50 anymore


No they are!
But instead of being topless they just lift up their skirts to show us their t*ts!!
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby bayman » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:08 pm

the 'suburb' of 'greymore' (not sure if i've spelt it correctly) was in between novar gardens & glenelg north, presuming it was/is a suburb
i thought secret groups were a thing of the past, well not on websites anyway
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby Psyber » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:46 am

bayman wrote:the 'suburb' of 'greymore' (not sure if i've spelt it correctly) was in between novar gardens & glenelg north, presuming it was/is a suburb
There was a Graymore bus in the 1960s - I think it went up Stonehouse Avenue after leaving the city via Anzac Highway.
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Re: What ever happened to the suburb of Clovercrest?

Postby BL&G_Ump » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:30 pm

Sojourner wrote:
Barto wrote:Is the swimming centre still there?


Yes! The Clovercrest Swimming Club is currently the most successfull Swimming Club in S.A in relation to Shields & Medals won!


No its not, the Norwood Swimming Club is...
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