Honky-Tonk Colour:Black later trading as Purnell Shoe

later trading as Purnell Shoe Company

Peeling paint and cracked tiles mark the room's slow retreat

Part of the Balmain Leagues Club series

Sulphite Tank at Rozelle

A lone chair sits in the middle distance

Honky-Tonk Colour:Black later trading as Purnell ShoeSunlight cuts through broken windows into the Honky Tonk saloon at Western Village, one of the frontier town false front buildings that formed the heart of the park's Western Land zone. Operated by taka Enterprises Co., Ltd. from 1982 until closure in December 2006, the timber framed saloon now wears its decay openly: peeling paint and softening wood where the crowds once were. Part of the Western Village series.