User:Cnwb/melway

I've been cross-referencing the Melway first edition (1966) with the current edition. Of course, Melbourne has grown a lot since 1966, but I'm more interested in the things that have disappeared; railway lines and stations, drive-ins, schools, government facilities etc. I'm interested in the streets which have disappeared to make room for freeways or shopping centres - ghost-streets, I've decided to call them.

I've also been cross-referencing the 8th edition of Gregory's Street Directory (1973) with the current Melway. This generally covers things not in the 1966 Melway. As the Melway is generally more comprehensive than the Gregory's, I'm presuming these are things built between 1966 and 1973, but now gone or changed.

Other curios

 * A thread on the aus.rail newsgroup regarding Hoffman's Sidings, a railway siding that ran from Jewell Station, into the Hoffman Brickworks . Includes link to aerial photo of sidings . Although dismantled in 1972, it does not appear in the 1966 Melway.
 * Campbellfield Station is listed in the 1966 Melway, even though it was closed in 1956.
 * A post on Railpage states that more copies of the Melbourne UBD are sold outside Victoria than inside.