Twenty-five years ago, Thornbury didn’t have a hipster beard in sight, now the suburb is abuzz with trendy cafes, live music and bars
Back in 1998, there was not a hipster beard to be seen in Thornbury. Cafes and bars were thin on the ground except for the old-men Greek cafes, where the smell of strong coffee and even stronger cigarette smoke would waft out. Coming from the inner south, which was chi chi-gentrified, my new area felt like a different planet. Things were different in the north, it seemed.
I moved to the north ungraciously. Nothing was good enough, it wasn’t like bayside, the east or south-east. Instead of the beach, there was a muddy creek. If you wanted to go out for dinner, you’d go to Brunswick Street in Fitzroy or But little by little, I felt more at home. I found my tribe of mothers through kinder and school pick-ups. I took long walks around the creek and got to know where the powerful owls hung out. And my husband embraced; the stallholders know him by name, ask after the family and order in special items for him.
My next-door neighbour, Flo, moved to Thornbury in 1942. She remembered when our road was a dirt track and the kids would scream down the steep hill on rickety bikes and then head down to the unofficial tip by Merri Creek to scrounge old car parts.Thornbury had its origins in the 1880s. Originally a farm, the area began to grow and the first tram and train lines were laid in the early 1890s.
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