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FORGOTTEN FORGES & FARRIERS OF FLEMINGTON - Extended Audio Version
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FORGOTTEN FORGES & FARRIERS OF FLEMINGTON - Extended Audio Version

Ascot Vale Road, Flemington
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You’ve probably passed it a hundred times.

Bright orange typography clinging to the sagging skin of a building on Ascot Vale Road, screaming out a promise from another era:

“TYRES — SAVE UP TO 60% OFF.”

Late 1960s advertisement for Marzella Motors discount tyres, 2025

Painted in the bold, vibrating style of a 1960s discount frenzy, it’s a relic from the days when fuel prices were jumping by 25% and drivers scrambled to k…

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