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Louise Talbot

A ‘hallmark of suburban life’ is almost gone but not forgotten in Back in Time for the Corner Shop

Carol Ferrone says she and her husband and kids ‘lived and breathed’ every era of the corner store turned TV set in Sydney. Photo: ABC

Long live the humble corner shop!

Once the hallmark of suburban life, where you could grab milk, bread, the paper or a bag of lollies after school, the corner shop – colloquially known as a milk bar from the 1950s – has been re-imagined in the ABC’s third Back in Time series.

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