The Old Milk Bar

RIP Peter's Ice-cream sign

Once upon a time in Australia every suburb had a little Milk  Bar, often with a luscious looking Peter's ice-cream neon sign out front. Customers went in to buy milk and bread and maybe a newspaper and sundry grocery items...or even a milkshake and a four and twenty pie. They were a focal point for the neighbourhood...a hangout and a place where customers developed a relationship with the shopkeepers.