ex-staff Harris Scarfe Unicorn Social Club

10/04/2025

Happy 🥳 176th birthday Harris Scarfe on this day, 10 April 2025!

13/01/2025

Hey Unicorners!🙂

This is a gentle reminder to everyone that traditional word of mouth is still the most powerful tool in human communication to alert people about our Harry’s staff community.

Please 🙏 if you haven’t done so already: spread the good word, and get new folks to join our special group.

Yes, reunions and storytelling is absolutely crucial to ensure the new Unicorn Club stays alive, relevant and vibrant.

Be proud 🥲☝️of your time at Harris Scarfe.

Let’s really ‘own’ our heritage, and get the good word out there!🙏

Society doesn’t make people; people make a society!🧐💭

You are way MORE IMPORTANT than you currently realise.🥰

It’s YOUR club; so make YOUR contributions count.🥰

05/01/2025

From , published 4 January 2025.

Harris Scarfe, the iconic South Australian brand, marks 175 years of retail heritage, offering quality products and exceptional service.

25/12/2024

https://youtu.be/ppc0iBTMxnU?si=Gu4WeGEvCvQmKvT4

Not quite a news report, but here’s a brief take on all things the “Harry’s Way” on Adelaidean airwaves: Sunday, 1 July 1990.🙂‍↕️

Staff are encouraged to upload Harris Scarfe media, and the like, up here.🙏

Time to celebrate our heritage in the green and white.🙂‍↕️

Please, it is up to YOU to make your contributions count.🙏

Why? Because they mean something.🧐💭

23/12/2024

I got 7 as the final answer.

Let me explain:
7 x [7-7=0] = 0
/ 7 = 0 + 7 = 7

Therefore:

If you ‘were’ to multiply 7 by 7 equaling 49 minus 7; you get 41. But there’s NO whole number 41 can divide into without decimalising.

It has nothing to do with anything Harry’s related; it just popped on here.🤷🏻‍♂️

Okay people! What do you think?😎 I need some customer service here!🛎️🛎️🛎️🤣🤣🤣

Solve it!!

21/12/2024

https://youtu.be/AYk8RxC5iPo?si=FnHwB2TaGVMMJTlY

McMahon Services is a demolition and site remediation firm.

They specialise in “reverse-building” technologies and site dilapidation remedial services.

Upon Harris Scarfe Australia Pty Ltd’s exit from the venerable, and historic, 81 Rundle Mall site [c. May 2011], McMahon’s were contracted by the developer for “Rundle Place” to commence demolition, and site preparation around neighbouring Adelaide CBD properties.

Cleverly, and poignantly, McMahon’s stationed two motion delay cameras:
[1] one prominently positioned from above the former ES Wigg & Son Building on Grenfell Street, overlooking the dual-ornate gabled G.P. Harris, Scarfe & Co. Ltd’s warehouse structures by Eric McMichael [famed for designing the first skyscraper, Verco House [1912] on North Terrace as part of now-Remm Myer development],
[2] whereas the other camera was stationed northeast-looking-southwest from atop of Adelaide Central Plaza [formally John Martin & Co. Ltd.]

The result: time elapsed, and severely compressed, to 5:07 in total length of night-day/day-night recordings.

This shows the complete breadth of the city property, including the famous “arcade block” [completed: 1922] in 81 Rundle Mall, and takedown of all surrounding [and condemned] lean-to structures in 2011.

This information ℹ️ is only intended for public record. All copyright is owned by the filmmakers tasked to record this fascinating event.

A lot of good, and honourable people worked throughout this site over many decades.

Yours faithfully,

Sandro S Romano [Admin]
Founder: ex-staff Harris Scarfe Unicorn Social Club

Produced by Logic Films Adelaide - logicfilms.com - Time lapse video of the Demolition of the Harris Scarfe Precinct Adelaide in 2011 by Logic Films. This Ti...

20/12/2024

In the days when retail advertising was targeted by price points.

Calling out to all Harris Scarfe Buyers who were great at mastering the art of the deal.🧐☝️

If not for them, customers wouldn’t have gotten solid value for their hard earned dosh!🙂‍↕️

During Channel 9 Adelaide's Nightly Movie Windrier.

20/12/2024

Craftily voiced-over by the late John Blackman [1947 - 2024] of the radio 📻 and television 📺 industries; John was selected by Harris Scarfe in the Trescowthick Era to propel ad campaigns of great influence and comical effectiveness cheekily borrowed from his stint at GTV9’s “Hey, Hey! It’s Saturday!” hosted by Daryl Somers.

They were celebrated days… Harris Scarfe: I like it!👍

Ad for the Australian Department store Harris Scarfe form the year 2000

17/12/2024

Harris Scarfe TV advertisement, July 1989

During Channel 9 Adelaide's Nightly Movie Windrier.

15/12/2024

Please 🙏 spread the word to all current and former ex-staff Harris Scarfe Unicorn Social Club members. Whether you’re from Adelaide to Dubbo; Launceston to Fremantle; please 🙏 join and show your support!🙂