It shows how time can change our consept of places and times,...
The castaways Club, was about half way UP on the left, it was a building that had three floors, next to Foster brothers warehouse, on the ground floor was a company that bought and sold items from companies that had gone bust, it was bulk buying, it was a large building which was own by the bulk buying company, the boss always wore a suit, and he had two guys working for him, one was badly hurt when a RSJ roled on to a forklift truck ( which the guy was driving at that time,.above was the club, the club was built by a small company called Wreckers-Reckers,? and as you know John Reeves was the owner who later went to the States to sail his Cataman on charter....
All the bamboo was made of plaster of Paris, the guy Ian Horner, later had a work shop on the corner of Balfore St and Mary St, ( before he had it, it was a polishing shop,)
Ian Horner went on to make the props for the film industry in England and Australia and the States. and TV props, I think he was still doing the same kind of work in the 90's I worked on that project from start to finish, the ceiling was painted in UV paint, ( only problem was the painters where not fussy where they sprayed, so most of us went home glowing in the dark.)
all the ceder timbers that went on the side of the boat was bought from Shipways, it was one of the best paying jobs I've ever had at that time,...J2