Rewind 44 years to 1970. In the US, Richard Nixon was president, while in Australia John Gorton headed the Liberal Party and our nation.
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Overseas, the Concord made its first supersonic flight and the hottest toys were electric organs and portable cassette players.
In Maitland, a modest timber home cost $10,500. You could buy a loaf of bread for 21 cents and a quart of milk for 19 cents. Sugar set you back 42 cents and a pound of potatoes was 45 cents and pound of tea 30 cents. The average weekly wage was $69.40.
Pictorial editor Cath Bowen has combed through the Mercury’s archives to compile this photo essay of life in Maitland in the year 1970.
Each week Cath will take a trip down memory lane and explore a different time, place or event in our community’s rich history.
From today the Mercury will run a photo gallery online each Friday at www.maitlandmercury.com.au.
If you have photographs to contribute, or would like to suggest a topic, please email cath.bowen@fairfaxmedia.com.au
