You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remember...

[heater31]

Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St and seeing the most expensive bat for under $150 (GN GC Master Scoop)

2016-17 GCCC Catalogue has the GN Momentum Pure - $995

Your first pair of pads had buckles on them....

There have been models over the $1000 mark for a couple of years now....

I've seen them and thought who the hell would buy a cricket bat that costs that much?

You would want to be premier First Grade minimum not these park hard wicket players

[The Dark Knight]

Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St and seeing the most expensive bat for under $150 (GN GC Master Scoop)

2016-17 GCCC Catalogue has the GN Momentum Pure - $995

Your first pair of pads had buckles on them....

There have been models over the $1000 mark for a couple of years now....

I've seen them and thought who the hell would buy a cricket bat that costs that much?

You would want to be premier First Grade minimum not these park hard wicket players

Have you seen anyone using one?

[heater31]

[quote="am Bays"]Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St and seeing the most expensive bat for under $150 (GN GC Master Scoop)

2016-17 GCCC Catalogue has the GN Momentum Pure - $995

Your first pair of pads had buckles on them....

There have been models over the $1000 mark for a couple of years now....

I've seen them and thought who the hell would buy a cricket bat that costs that much?

You would want to be premier First Grade minimum not these park hard wicket players

Have you seen anyone using one?[/quote]
Haven't really noticed. Seen plenty of sticks reserved for First Class players though. Those would have to be $1000 each.

[Magellan]

Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St ..

I think I remember this, it was before they moved into Regent Arcade next to Players Bar.

From memory in was in the shop next to Cibo, which last I remember housed a sushi train.

I reckon Ro-Jays was situated further east, FC, on the corner of Grenfell and Hyde Streets on the ground floor (perhaps the basement as well). The sushi train tenancy did have a sport store back in the late 1980s, but I can't recall its name, maybe "Sports Locker" or something?

There's some interesting 90s Adelaide pix in this story (apologies if it's already been posted):

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... d605f1440e

[Computer Crashed]

Football tragics will appreciate this one.
SAFA footy live on TV.

[Mr Beefy]

Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St ..

I think I remember this, it was before they moved into Regent Arcade next to Players Bar.

From memory in was in the shop next to Cibo, which last I remember housed a sushi train.

I reckon Ro-Jays was situated further east, FC, on the corner of Grenfell and Hyde Streets on the ground floor (perhaps the basement as well). The sushi train tenancy did have a sport store back in the late 1980s, but I can't recall its name, maybe "Sports Locker" or something?

There's some interesting 90s Adelaide pix in this story (apologies if it's already been posted):

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... d605f1440e

Was Hughes and Loveday on grenfell st?

[Keefy]

Getting your new Greg Chappell Cricket Centre catalogue or walking down into the old Rowe and Jarman store on the south side of Grenfell St ..

I think I remember this, it was before they moved into Regent Arcade next to Players Bar.

From memory in was in the shop next to Cibo, which last I remember housed a sushi train.

I reckon Ro-Jays was situated further east, FC, on the corner of Grenfell and Hyde Streets on the ground floor (perhaps the basement as well). The sushi train tenancy did have a sport store back in the late 1980s, but I can't recall its name, maybe "Sports Locker" or something?

There's some interesting 90s Adelaide pix in this story (apologies if it's already been posted):

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... d605f1440e

Was Hughes and Loveday on grenfell st?

Think Hughes and Loveday was just off the mall in Regent Arcade and Rowe and Jarman was at the other end next to Players Bar

[Footy Chick]

come to think of it, I reckon it was Smith and Weston? or Phillips and Weston? Is that ringing a bell with anyone?

[Corona Man]

Smith & Wesson is a gun... Hughes & Loveday just off mall in regent arcade as suggested. Rowe & Jarman were at other end of regent, though I recall they were in KW street at one point!?!?

[am Bays]

R&j was in the South side of Grenfell St and when it moved over the Rd, it's old location was taken over by JRs Surf and Ski IIRC.

[am Bays]

R&j was in the South side of Grenfell St and when it moved over the Rd, it's old location was taken over by JRs Surf and Ski IIRC.

[Footy Chick]

There was definitely a sports shop in Grenfell, partly owned by Paul Weston IIRC.., I just can't remember the other surname.

[GWW]

Ebert & Weston wasnt it?

[am Bays]

When you remember Footy Chick as Falcon Chick....

[Wedgie]

Stuffed if I can remember what was on the land prior to 1990 that the Entertainment Centre and Channel 7 now occupies. Anyone remember?

[Booney]

W Brown and Sons, metal merchants went down in the 80's. It was a scrap yard for years.

Big windows all along Port Road at high level. Big double gates on Port Road that went into the yard.

I think, may be wrong, Paramount Browns is the Brown noted above.

[Wedgie]

W Brown and Sons, metal merchants went down in the 80's. It was a scrap yard for years.

Cheers, stuffed if I can remember it which is weird.

[Footy Chick]

Also on that corner where channel 7 is, was which a count? Dis - a- count!

[Booney]

Also on that corner where channel 7 is, was which a count? Dis - a- count!

He was South Road, where the Urban Stone place is opposite the cemetery.

[Magellan]

I think both FC and Booney are right.

1985:


1990: