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[StinkyPete]

Who remembers these?   

[Biggles]

The "Flying Fox" transaction device was common in the 1950s department stores.  There's one still set up in Laidley, QLD, as a historical item.
The idea was there was only one cash register, and dockets and cash travelled to the cashier in a cylinder on the wire and change and receipts went back.

[Williamson]

Who remembers these?   

Who's been to the Great Northern Emporium at Quorn?

[Kev Murphy]

Who remembers these?   

Ka-CHING!... whirr whirr whirr ... kaplonk! (if you were close enough to hear it reach its destination)

... and then wait for the return trip with your change.

[Streak]

There is one in Winton QLD still functional, grew up watching it work

[StinkyPete]

When the SA Motor Registration was in the old building at the railway station, they had vacuum tubes for moving documents around between offices.   Documents were put inside a cylinder, and the cylinder would be placed in a tube to shoot it off to it's destination.   See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube

[Gadget]

Junor's General Store in Kyogle had one in the 1960s & 1970s (and probably well before that).   The cashier was upstairs 1 floor so some of the springs were quite strong for the sales points close to the cashier's point.

Cheers,
Gary

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[alans1100]

When the SA Motor Registration was in the old building at the railway station, they had vacuum tubes for moving documents around between offices.   Documents were put inside a cylinder, and the cylinder would be placed in a tube to shoot it off to it's destination.   See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube

I think most Coles Stores still use that system for excess cash in the till as it's the safest way to get the money (notes) to the store's safe.

[Skip]

Yep. Pressed metal ceilings. 

[Gadget]

Yep. Pressed metal ceilings. 

Hahaha.

Cheers,
Gary

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