“You’re Not Touching the Kingswood”!
Remember Kingswood Country, the Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on Channel 7? The show featured real Aussie humour and although it was […]
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Your First Job. Does It Still Exist?
Is the first job you ever had still in existence today? Telegram boys, lift operators, milkmen, comptometrists, typists, tea ladies, linotype operators, petrol pump attendants, […]
From the Radiogram to the Walkman.
Vinyl records, radiograms, transistors and cassette recorders … what fun we had before computers! Vinyl record sales in Australia have increased by almost 100 per […]
Childhood Memories of The Neighbourhood.
When fences were lower, fruit and veg was currency and kids just roamed free How different to today was your neighbourhood and the neighbours as […]
Why Is It So?
“How do you do, ladies and gentlemen, and boys and girls. I am Julius Sumner Miller, and physics is my business”. Remember the TV show […]
When Fish and Chips Were Wrapped in Newspaper.
Is it just my imagination or did fish and chips taste better when they were wrapped in yesterday’s newspaper? I’m not exactly sure when it […]
Sweet Memories, Jaffas (in a box) and Polly Waffles
After my last blog post about going to the pictures on Saturday afternoon and rolling Jaffas down the aisle, I thought today we’d wander down […]
Saturday Arvo at the Pictures
An important tradition of growing up in Australia from the 50s and 60s was the Saturday afternoon pictures at the local picture theatre, town hall or […]
Remember Some of These!
Posted from the internet. I am not sure who the author is but this was sent to me a few days ago; Someone asked me […]
Remember When No. 96 Was On The Telly?
Remember when Number 96 was the biggest show on Australian television and every night we would tune in to Channel 10 for the adventures of […]