Cafes, Shops & Cinemas

Milkbar family sells, and leaves you in good hands Farewell: Peter and Bill Cassimatis have retired after running the Caringbah landmark for 36 years. Peter is pictured front left with Bill and his wife Kathy next to him...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 12 The New York Cafe, Nowra Metty Petrohilos, aged about 15 or 16 sitting out the back

Pictures from the Exhibition. New York Cafe with staff. New York Cafe. 2.2. The man in the white apron was 'Big Nick' Aroney, and the man in the white trousers was his brother-in-law, Les Kepreotis. Big Nick and his cous...

Pictures from the Exhibition. New York Cafe. 1. The New York Cafe was situated slap bang in the middle of Junction St., which was also known as the Main Street, in Nowra. The banks, including the Rural Bank, (now the Sta...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 11. Jack Vlandys at the back of the New York Cafe, Nowra. He was Sam Vlandy's brother. Jack was from the village of Kalokairines, in Kythera. He was the son of Panayiotis and Eleni Vlandys....

Pictures from the Exhibition. 7 Theodore and Metty Mavromattes, behind the counter of the New York Cafe in Nowra, probably in the early 1950's. Metty was the niece of Theo's business partner, Sam Vlandys. They married in...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 9 This photo was taken somewhere in Queensland, and it features from left to right, Ligeri Comino from Armidale, NSW, her daughter Helen, her little niece Maria Mavromattes and her brother,...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 8 We're unsure where this rather fabulous, cinema-noir-quality photo was taken, but we're pretty sure it features Peter Castrisios (who had a touch of the movie stars about him, himself, rea...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 4 Metty Mavromattes standing at the front counter of the New York Cafe, Nowra. She probably knitted the cardigan she's wearing herself, because amongst all the other things she was brilliant...

Pictures from the Exhibition. 3 Theo and Metty Mavromattes with their nephew, Peter Comino, from Armidale, eldest child of Ligeri and Jack Comino. The baby is probably their daughter, Kiriaki (Kathy). This was taken in t...

Pictures from the Exhibiton. 2 A very young Theodore Mavromattes, sans moustache, but with hair, probably taken in Wollongong.If you look closely you'll see that under the uniform he wore a tie. These young men worked ha...

Pictures from the Exhibiton. 1 Information please, name, date if possible and place????

Behind the soda fountain is Anthony Mavroumatis, and at the rear of the cafe, his sister Kyriakoula, and her husband Peter Veneris. Separate dining rooms were provided at the rear of the cafe with a door for ladies on th...

The Hume Weir Cafe in Dean St Albury was owned by brothers George and Peter Travasaros. This photo was taken in the mid 1950's. George Travasaros is shown standing at the back.

The Hume Weir Cafe in Dean St Albury was owned by brothers George and Peter Travasaros. This photo was taken in the early 1950's. The people in the photo from right to left are: George Travasaros, his daughter Katina Tra...

The Spot Cafe in Dean St Albury was run by Dimitrios Veneris shown standing behind the counter on the right with his wife Stamata next to him. This photo was taken in the early 1950's

The Spot Cafe in Albury was run by Dimitrios Veneris (second from the left) and his sons John Veneris (second from the right) and George Veneris (far right). The employee on the far left was Andreas Fatseas. This photo w...

In 1950 my father rented a shop in Miller Street, Gigandra, the main street, from another Kytherian in the town, Jack Pentes, and established the Gilgandra Fruit Mart. When he first opened the fruit mart, about 9-10 outl...

This screen at Beenleigh is not as large as some of its southern cousins, but sits nice and close to the front ramps. In fact every car position in the drive-in is a good one. Asphalt and speakers are all maintained in e...

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