Where Was Your Local Corner Shop or Deli?
If you’re a baby boomer who grew up in an Australian city or country town, just the mere mention of the words ‘local corner shop’ […]
Articles by Bob Byrne
The Shaggin’ Wagon – Cars From Our Youth
The ‘Urban Dictionary’ defines the shaggin’ wagon as a “pimped out 60’s – 80’s van usually comes with a couch, waterbed, strobe lights, lava lamps. […]
When the Bread Came by Horse and Cart
I remember before supermarkets and sliced bread in plastic bags, hot, fresh bread was delivered, unsliced of course, by the baker in his horse and […]
Remember Free Milk at School
Back in the 1950s the Australian Government introduced a scheme for school children to receive free milk. I think the idea was that it would […]
Going to the Drive-In Pictures.
Ahhh…..those nights at the local drive-in! Remember how, as teenagers, there would be 6 of us crammed in the FJ or the Zephyr and one […]
Sweet Memories of my Childhood
I’m sitting here remembering some of the lollies we used to have as kids back in the 50s to the 70s. There were Fags of […]
Remember ‘Tuck’ Day at School?
Remember the brown paper bags for school lunch orders? When I was at school we never had anything quite as fancy as the printed paper […]
Games We Used to Play
What were some of the games we used to play, growing up as a kid in the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Long before the ‘age […]
Customer Service, (When the Customer was Always Right)
Whatever happened to the personal customer service that was provided by the local shops and businesses in the 1950s and the 1960s? Can you remember […]
Remember ‘Defrosting’ the Fridge?
Remember the first fridge your family ever bought? Prior to refrigerators we had ice chests. The ice man would come every second day and deliver […]