Lessons & Teachers at Primary School


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We all had favourite lessons and teachers at school. Here Joyce recalls some of her favourites at her primary school in Peterborough, in the outback of South Australia during the Secind World War.

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Games We Played


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Joyce talks about the childhood games she played with her family and friends.

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Family Meals


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Joyce talks about family meals when she was a child. A striking thing was that during the Second World War red meat was reserved for the "man of the house" who was working at the railway workshops and therefore the main breadwinner.  

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After School


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Joyce recalls what she did after school when she lived in Peterborough,South Australia as a child in the 1940's

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My Favourite Room


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Joyce talks about her favourite room when she was a child growing up in Peterborough, South Australia.

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My Dad, my best family friend


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Joyce grew up in Peterborough, South Australia during the Second World War when Peterborough was a busy railway junction. Joyce talks about her Dad, her best friend.

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Early School Days


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Joyce talks about her early school days in Peterborough, South Australia towards the end of WWII.

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My Childhood Home - Peterborough, South Australia


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I grew up in a railway town called Peterborough in the outback of South Australia. Times were far different then and this story testifies to that.  

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