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The Peapes ghost sign

The Peapes sign recently uncovered at Wynyard, September 2017 Photo courtesy City of Sydney You may have heard about or seen the colourful advertising sign for Peapes Menswear store that was revealed recently down at Wynyard (285-287 George Street) after the…

Grace Bros and the Roselands Shopping Centre

A new Grace Bros regional store at Parramatta October 1939. By Sam Hood. From the Mitchell Library collection of the State Library of New South Wales [hood_09953 / Home and Away 9953] You might have heard that Roselands shopping centre turned…