Iron-on T-Shirts at Shopping Centres in the 1970s
I remember iron-on t-shirts were quite popular in the 1970s.
I used to hang out at the one we had at Highpoint West (Maribyrnong, inner NW Melbourne) whenever Mum took us shopping.
The smell of the vinyl getting toasted onto the fresh cotton t-shirts.
The many t-shirts stuck on the wall with crazy designs.
The books full of designs to choose from.
There was always the Holden and Ford caricatures of Toranas and Falcons.
Old Holdens Never Die:
Faces with eyes bulging out. Volkswagens with huge wheels.
They would also do the big white numbers for duffel coats with the players name in smaller letters. I had a Keith 27 Greig one.
I remember the tranfers were vinyl and so thick that they would stick to your stomach in summer.
There were so many great designs, I used to check them all out for ages while my Mum and sister would do their thing. I used to draw a lot, so was interested in art.
I tried searching online for the designs sometimes but there's not many original ones that I can find. There's a lot of USA ones, I guess many of them came from there.
There's some Australian ones, mostly the car ones.
Some here if you are interested:
