North, ICBM and Meche closes its doors

mstuckingsnla said :

John Moulis said :

Great pic and good to see the National Library has it in the national archives. Like many others at the time I thought the Private Bin would be there forever and never felt the need to take a pic of it. Fairly prescient for the unnamed snapper to realise it could possibly close one day and to preserve this piece of Canberra history for posterity.

The picture forms part of a series called ‘Canberra life, entertainment and recreation’ taken by one of our staff photographers in the mid-1990s – you can find the whole series here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an12942909

Cheers,

Matthew (NLA)

Some great stuff there. Well done!

John Moulis said :

Great pic and good to see the National Library has it in the national archives. Like many others at the time I thought the Private Bin would be there forever and never felt the need to take a pic of it. Fairly prescient for the unnamed snapper to realise it could possibly close one day and to preserve this piece of Canberra history for posterity.

The picture forms part of a series called ‘Canberra life, entertainment and recreation’ taken by one of our staff photographers in the mid-1990s – you can find the whole series here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an12942909

Cheers,

Matthew (NLA)

Masquara said :

When will the ACT Government get it? Canberrans will stay home with their cars once the parking cost gets ridiculous. Canberrans like to drive. Geddit?

Perhaps leading up to the election that they will be in opposition. (Not this one but the one after)

When will the ACT Government get it? Canberrans will stay home with their cars once the parking cost gets ridiculous. Canberrans like to drive. Geddit?

Great pic and good to see the National Library has it in the national archives. Like many others at the time I thought the Private Bin would be there forever and never felt the need to take a pic of it. Fairly prescient for the unnamed snapper to realise it could possibly close one day and to preserve this piece of Canberra history for posterity.

Plenty of parking in the good old days it seems…

Must say i had not been to any of these places for years! they never really reinvented themselves.We need one of those king Pin bowling places to open here? Or bring back the waffle house!

I reckon it’s great that the National Library of Australia, with all its huge collection of Orstraliana , has a indexed photo of the Bin.
Did the odd trip to it in the early 80’s. When did it close ?

Maybe we’ll see some better clubs or restaurants take their space. Wont really be missed from here.

Ah, the good old days when ID was never checked at the door. I have three significant memories of the Bin from a total of four less than enthusiastic visits. One even involved vomiting (surely the best way to mark the occasion of your sister’s hens night).