A Chookhouse, the Dunny and a Hills Hoist.
There was a time when almost every backyard in Australia had a chook house, an outdoor dunny, a vegetable garden and either a Hills Hoist […]
Month: March 2017
Monday Was Always Wash Day
Remember how Monday was always wash day as we were growing up in the boomer years. My own recollections of the mammoth effort that went […]
It Was Sunday Best When ‘Going to Town’
There was a time when people always dressed in their ‘Sunday best’ whenever they ‘went to town’. This photo of the Adelaide Town Hall, taken in 1962, […]
Simple Fun and Games At School.
Before iPads, iPhones, tablets and Wii, kids could make up a game with almost anything, including knuckle bones collected from the Sunday roast! Growing up […]
Are We There Yet?
Do you remember childhood holidays with the family in the 50s and 60s? They generally included long road trips by car, sometimes with a caravan […]
Your First Car, A Rite of Passage
I came across a fascinating newspaper article recently which asked the question: “Do young people of today still think of a car the way we […]
School Savings for that Rainy Day.
When Mort Hansen shared a photo and some memories last year of the old school bank days, he created quite a deal of discussion on the Australia […]