tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post7358802872695488778..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: Kings Cross - remembered.meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-21818587560575509352007-09-26T16:46:00.000+10:002007-09-26T16:46:00.000+10:00Nice rememberings.As my name suggests I live in Ki...Nice rememberings.<BR/>As my name suggests I live in Kings Cross and find it both beautiful and sad.I think everyone does. I like .... actually I think I kinda need ... that full spectrum of emotion. It's a vibrant,artistic,colourful,friendlyand intriguing place to live with a dark side. <BR/>I like my people like that too!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your storiesa kings cross musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872022383208289904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-18460384512625825362007-09-24T19:02:00.000+10:002007-09-24T19:02:00.000+10:00Yes, you're right Meggie. People do what they have...Yes, you're right Meggie. People do what they have to do.My floathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002186548335132157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-69644608288329150832007-09-24T15:32:00.000+10:002007-09-24T15:32:00.000+10:00Dear Meggie, I have enjoyed catching up! It never ...Dear Meggie, I have enjoyed catching up! It never ceases to amaze me the stories you have, and your memory for detail, as well as your courage and compassion. You seem to have lived about three lifetimes in one!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-46436775554773067482007-09-24T10:47:00.000+10:002007-09-24T10:47:00.000+10:00Meggie , I can well recall you and GOM taking Ral...Meggie , I can well recall you and GOM taking Ralph and I into the Cross for a squizzy in 1990 -- It was afternoon -- early evening really ,I think , so far quieter than it is at night. Also we never really ventured into any sleazy places did we ? The El Alamein Fountain stood out for me -- beautiful - and I can still smell the rotting stench in , or from , the bowels of the Bourbon & Beefsteak Bar ( I think it was there ? ) -- It was packed out and the drains had blocked ! I have been back to the Cross several times ,with other people over the years and even stayed nearby for awhile on a couple of trips to Sydney .Yes , it can be sleazy and sad, but also exciting and fun , in the right company .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-91656937777396676742007-09-24T10:16:00.000+10:002007-09-24T10:16:00.000+10:00I watch movies with Las Vegas in them, & am always...I watch movies with Las Vegas in them, & am always thinking how similar it looks. A visit yes, but not a place to spend time, or your life! <BR/>I did notice the permanant residents were mostly treated with respect, so I can understand MF, that your grandparents would be known, & I am sure you would have been very safe, as it would have been known whose grandchid you were. Sleazy lives, but some of those people had hearts of gold, because they had to, to survive.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-86462933200018647992007-09-24T09:55:00.000+10:002007-09-24T09:55:00.000+10:00The whole time I was reading this, I was rememberi...The whole time I was reading this, I was remembering my trip to Las Vegas. I see someone already pointed that out. <BR/><BR/>It was a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to do it again.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-18610900896232532092007-09-24T08:18:00.000+10:002007-09-24T08:18:00.000+10:00Wow! You certainly have seen both sides of life i...Wow! You certainly have seen both sides of life in you days! I guess I'm glad I don't know so much! But I admire you for not being daunted by the difficult things you see. They make you think.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858446371419879296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-43168422183612275472007-09-24T06:27:00.000+10:002007-09-24T06:27:00.000+10:00My grandmother lived in Kings Cross. To think of i...My grandmother lived in Kings Cross. To think of it! Here was this little old Greek woman, living in the pit of Sydney sin!! She lived there because that's all she and my grandfather and dad could afford when they came to Sydney as immigrants. Who knows what she thought of it all! But as she walked down the street, people said hello to her, I remember that. <BR/><BR/>When I was little, I even stayed with her from time to time, and I can't remember really feeling scared. I think I was even allowed to go and buy myself lollies from the newsagency. I remember the flashing Les Girls sign, the people standing in doorways. It was probably really seedy, but as a child I don't think I ever noticed that element of it. I do remember there were loads of pigeons!!! (By the way, this isn't a metaphor for anything - I really mean pigeons!)<BR/><BR/>These days, I still like the Cross, though I haven't been for a couple of years. I feel safe, perhaps because there are so many accessible targets, they're hardly going to go for me. <BR/><BR/>But to see the drugs and the women, things I never noticed as a child...it's extremely tragic. Such waste of potential...My floathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002186548335132157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-71224432713946914762007-09-24T06:03:00.000+10:002007-09-24T06:03:00.000+10:00Hi All, I forgot to say, Les Girls was an all male...Hi All, I forgot to say, Les Girls was an all male cabaret show. They stressed that there had been 'no surgery'. I forget there are overseas readers now & then. Some of the girls were breathtakingly beautiful, & their acts were funny & well done. The 'lady', Carlotta, who was the lead, did a complete strip, & she looked fabulous. She is still a well known identity about Sydney, & seems a very nice person, on TV.<BR/>Les Girls has closed now, but it was a 'must see' in Sydney for years, for tourists.<BR/>We came for another holiday, with another couple, the following year, & went to visit Les Girls again. Our friend F was terrified to find the girls used the womens toilets. She seemed to think they might stab her if she went there. I tried to explain to her, that it was their life, & living, & why would they jeopardise that. Her husband D thought the girls were beautiful!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-49793986062158122182007-09-24T05:55:00.000+10:002007-09-24T05:55:00.000+10:00I have led such a sheltered life..!They say it tak...I have led such a sheltered life..!<BR/>They say it takes all sorts and obviously most of them were to be found at King's Cross.<BR/>I believe in live and let live, but I wonder how many of those people had other options..<BR/>You were brave to take the 'tour', I don't know if I would have..<BR/>xxSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-4701235156635936932007-09-24T04:38:00.000+10:002007-09-24T04:38:00.000+10:00Have been trying to catch up! I seem to have miss...Have been trying to catch up! I seem to have missed loads .... now if only it were in book form, I could take it to bed with me ....<BR/><BR/>Great stories Meggie ... hope the bruised (blue/black) phase is passing ....riseoutofmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900369522350465257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-40403710804012934142007-09-24T03:25:00.000+10:002007-09-24T03:25:00.000+10:00Thank you for the slice of life, Meggie. You do ha...Thank you for the slice of life, Meggie. You do have quite a gift!<BR/><BR/>You've reminded me of being out and about with my husband and seeing a place called "Les Girls". "Ah, one of them Frenchy things," my husband quipped. Later I screwed up my courage to ask whether he'd ever been in such a place, and if so, what was it like. "Sad," he said succinctly. "Not arousing?" "No."<BR/><BR/>That sounds pretty consistent with your description.Tanya Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919250829858831002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-60282393571857258102007-09-24T01:42:00.000+10:002007-09-24T01:42:00.000+10:00Another fascinating story, Meggie... Your vivid d...Another fascinating story, Meggie... Your vivid description of Kings Cross makes me think that it's a lot like Las Vegas,,,Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-69054042555526572892007-09-23T22:50:00.000+10:002007-09-23T22:50:00.000+10:00Your story makes me think we won't stay in King's ...Your story makes me think we won't stay in King's Cross with our 17 yr old granddaughter when we go to Australia. Well written.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083924435653058457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-31389112494272745042007-09-23T22:36:00.000+10:002007-09-23T22:36:00.000+10:00Meggie readind your story about Kings Cross it see...Meggie readind your story about Kings Cross it seems to see you in that adventure.<BR/>I can imagine your face when you came back in the room without finding your luggage......<BR/>It should have been so bad but now it funny to read about it.<BR/>ciao, ciaoTeodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207665876205538041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-11102422768377225072007-09-23T20:20:00.000+10:002007-09-23T20:20:00.000+10:00I love your writing. What you describe there sound...I love your writing. What you describe there sounds a lot like Amsterdam. I didn't go into the strip clubs but we walked down the streets were the ladies of the night display themselves in kindylike shopwindows. A dark world.Marjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-42603686507108066332007-09-23T18:48:00.000+10:002007-09-23T18:48:00.000+10:00I haven't been to the Cross in years. I am a bit ...I haven't been to the Cross in years. I am a bit of a scaredy cat and seeing people careening out of control whether through drink or drugs disturbs me. Pubs never bothered me but the Cross did with its undertones and overtones. I believe it has been cleaned up to a certain degree. But Sydney is such a big city with so many diverse suburbs that I don't feel that I am missing out by not venturing there.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-62112956319536561822007-09-23T11:33:00.000+10:002007-09-23T11:33:00.000+10:00Meggie, you really must write a book of these shor...Meggie, you really must write a book of these short stories. They are so interesting and you make them that way. Only someone who has seen that sort of thing could write about it so well.<BR/>Thank you for sharing your stories they are great.<BR/>JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-19085016183552230282007-09-23T11:10:00.000+10:002007-09-23T11:10:00.000+10:00You really paint a picture with your words. You've...You really paint a picture with your words. You've had some interesting adventures.ancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.com