Whenever I hear of Forbes, I think of 'FORBES PARK N SHOP' shopping centre, 531 Marion Rd South Plympton between Thomas and William Streets. What a friendly place this is. Everything one wants is there, and parking is easy, as is coming and and leaving the parking areas.
From William Street - Hairdresser, Fish Chips Chicken, Post Office, Chemist, The Front Page cafe , fresh meat store next to fruit and veg shop,bakery then IGI store and Asian Deli. This shopping complex is often very busy, and opens very early. The new cafe is open at 6.30am for breakfast and has both inside and outside eating/coffee areas.
The bakery is small but great bread, and cakes etc - it is all there. A very popular place with the public. The whole centre has a good feeling, and people shopping or stopping there are always happy and friendly. Don't forget the IGI open seven days, and deli has a lottery section for those inclined.
In my opinion the only negative here is the cafe and how the outside area blocks off so much of the footpath, especially when cyclists and others park their bikes etc against the glass windows.
Across Thomas street on Marion Rd corner is Alfred James, while next door, down Thomas St is the Forbes Primary School which now includes, what used to be Harcourt Gardens Kindergarten.
Forbes Primary School was opened at the beginning of the school year in 1952, as people began to build and live out in suburbs, so new schools, especially with the baby boom, were built to accommodate the children. Ascot Park Primary was very overcrowded and so Forbes was built to take in the children who were living in the newly built suburbs around - many in the new State Bank houses. In Raglan Avenue, from the bowling alley to Marion Rd the houses are/were State Bank housing for families with young children - for returned soldiers. On the first day of school, more than 50+ children who had turned up, were asked to go home, or go back to the school they had attended in 1951. Children were asked to come back in about 6 weeks when extra rooms would be made available.
To get to Forbes by bus - take the M44 from Golden Grove, Adelaide city or Marion shopping centre. The bus travels from the city via Anzac Highway and Marion Road. The shopping centre is at bus stop 14.
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From William Street - Hairdresser, Fish Chips Chicken, Post Office, Chemist, The Front Page cafe , fresh meat store next to fruit and veg shop,bakery then IGI store and Asian Deli. This shopping complex is often very busy, and opens very early. The new cafe is open at 6.30am for breakfast and has both inside and outside eating/coffee areas.
The bakery is small but great bread, and cakes etc - it is all there. A very popular place with the public. The whole centre has a good feeling, and people shopping or stopping there are always happy and friendly. Don't forget the IGI open seven days, and deli has a lottery section for those inclined.
In my opinion the only negative here is the cafe and how the outside area blocks off so much of the footpath, especially when cyclists and others park their bikes etc against the glass windows.
Across Thomas street on Marion Rd corner is Alfred James, while next door, down Thomas St is the Forbes Primary School which now includes, what used to be Harcourt Gardens Kindergarten.
Forbes Primary School was opened at the beginning of the school year in 1952, as people began to build and live out in suburbs, so new schools, especially with the baby boom, were built to accommodate the children. Ascot Park Primary was very overcrowded and so Forbes was built to take in the children who were living in the newly built suburbs around - many in the new State Bank houses. In Raglan Avenue, from the bowling alley to Marion Rd the houses are/were State Bank housing for families with young children - for returned soldiers. On the first day of school, more than 50+ children who had turned up, were asked to go home, or go back to the school they had attended in 1951. Children were asked to come back in about 6 weeks when extra rooms would be made available.
To get to Forbes by bus - take the M44 from Golden Grove, Adelaide city or Marion shopping centre. The bus travels from the city via Anzac Highway and Marion Road. The shopping centre is at bus stop 14.
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