We’ve wandered down Norton St many times as it was a popular go-to place for us when the kids were little and we were looking for a well-priced Italian restaurant.
But we’d never walked the area with a view to looking at anything else but menus!
We found this walk, produced by the Inner West Council and others, here.
What did we learn? Among other things, over the course of about an hour, we learnt that…
- there used to be a rocking horse factory on Norton St – right up to 1972. It also made seats for Cyclops dinkies.
- Pasticceria Mezzapica has been making cakes and cannoli since 1952.
Lots of other interesting stuff too. A good walk, really well done – youtube videos, audio etc. Sadly, the southern end of the street is hardly the bustling area it was 20 years ago.