In the 60s& 70s Scarborough Beach was a fun place for surfers to hang out. Back then you could see the beach from West Coast Highway and surf uncrowded waves (mid-week, off peak). And there were lamp posts with lights on the beach, so nocturnal beach goers could enjoy the beach on hot summer nights. The lamp posts are long gone!
Beach lamp post images
1963 Brighton beach with beach shelters and night lights looking north towards Scarborough & Trigg. Brighton drain is in the foreground. Photo Murray D’Arcy.
1966 Bruce King & Gayle Franks spectators at Winter Surfing Championships north Scarborough Beach. Lamp posts, limestone retaining wall and White/Blue Building in the background. Photo Steve Cockburn.
Bill Gibson. “You can see the lamp post and spray tan tent on the left. The newest car I can see is a Holden EK, and it really shows how popular the beach was, when the population of Perth was probably a quarter of what it is today!”
1960s Busy Scarborough beach front with lamp posts in the background. Photo courtesy Bill Gibson.
1969 Lamp posts and night lights on an empty Scarborough Beach. Photo Jim Breadsell.
1969 Lamp post overlooking winter wave at Scarborough Beach. Photo Jim Breadsell.
1969 Beach goers and lamp posts on Scarborough Beach (looking south towards City Beach/Cottesloe). Photo Jim Breadsell
1969 Girl sun baking with lamp post Scarborough Beach. Photo Ric Chan
1976 Scarborough beachscape. Girls, waves & lamp post. Photo Ric Chan.
Many thanks, photo contributors for sharing your vintage beach pics.
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