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boodieTonight I am profoundly grieving over this, Massive fire guts historic Myer dept store in Hobart. I was stunned at first when the news flash came through and then later on through the night and further updates as the full extent of the damage was known, I was shocked and saddened, I didn't realise at first how upset I was until they showed a picture of the sillhouette of the facade, with the empty shell behind and lit up with fire, and then I realised I was crying.
I don't care if anyone thinks I am stupid to cry over a building, Myer has always been there, there has never been a time when Myer have not been in that building, for a very long time Myer was the only dept store in Hobart, whole generations starting from the 1830's have shopped at Myers. Shopping at Myer is inextricably linked to my childhood, every christmas school holidays Mum would take us to town, we'd take the car to the train station, catch the train into town and then Mum would buy our back to school stuff, new shoes from Burrells, uniforms from Connors, and if we had been really bad, lunch would be at Coles, middling to ok, lunch woiuld be at Fitzgeralds and if we'd been REALLY good, we would have lunch at the posh cafe on the basement level of Myer.
Toasted ham sandwiches and a milkshake, nothing tasted better than the lunch from Myer.
My heart goes out to all the workers and shop owners, this is nothing short of a disaster, a cultural and financial disaster.
I don't care if anyone thinks I am stupid to cry over a building, Myer has always been there, there has never been a time when Myer have not been in that building, for a very long time Myer was the only dept store in Hobart, whole generations starting from the 1830's have shopped at Myers. Shopping at Myer is inextricably linked to my childhood, every christmas school holidays Mum would take us to town, we'd take the car to the train station, catch the train into town and then Mum would buy our back to school stuff, new shoes from Burrells, uniforms from Connors, and if we had been really bad, lunch would be at Coles, middling to ok, lunch woiuld be at Fitzgeralds and if we'd been REALLY good, we would have lunch at the posh cafe on the basement level of Myer.
Toasted ham sandwiches and a milkshake, nothing tasted better than the lunch from Myer.
My heart goes out to all the workers and shop owners, this is nothing short of a disaster, a cultural and financial disaster.
