Margaret talks about her extended family - from the past aand extending into the future.
Pat spent the first three years of her life in the norsery of the orphange where she had been put by her mother - Nazareth House, Plymouth, Devon. Pat shares this story with the Life Story Circle.....
Helen's extended family lived in UK when she was young. She became penfriends with two cousins during her childhood and one of their father's work mates became their adopted Uncle and Aunty - Clarrie and Fay Maynard. Eventually one of her father's brothers emigrated to Australia and settled in Wollongong. Helen...
Jill talks about her mother - Ivy Mary Tilbrook (Left) - seen here with her sister, Jean Tahmindis in 1980
Joyce talks about her childhood and her younger sister Janet and her arrival in Joyce's life.
Judith talks about her siblings. She begins with the story of her walking out when her mother brought home her baby brother. The fuss over the first born son annoyed her so much that she staged her first protest!
Bill recalls his parents. His father was a butcher by trade and Bill was born in Riverton South Australia before moving the short distance to Tarlee where he lived in the house that is now the Grasshopper Roadhouse.
Continuing her story of her parents, Ruth recalls her mother.
Graham recalls elder sister Joy who baked great rock buns and looked after her younger brother.
Alice recalls her childhood growing up in an extended family. Her father had been married before so Alice inherited other siblings.
Margaret recalls her brothers and sister and her happy childhood.
Pat recalls the trauma and joy of discovering her extended family after so many years of knowing only that she was an orphan.
Helen tells us about her relationship with her four siblings - Geraldine, David, Susan and Jo-anne. Geraldine was tragically killed in a horse riding accident when she was a teenager.
With her real extended family in the United Kingdom Helen's family adopted friends and neighbours in Whyalla as their extended family - like so many migrants from abroad.
Grandparents. In this audio Jill Sayner recalls her maternal grandparents.
Growing up in Adelaide in the 1940's and 50's was an interesting time for Graham. Here he talks about his parents.
Annette talks about her grandparents - who she never knew. This excerpt is taken from a history of all South Australians who fought in the First World War.
Helen shares the stories of her parents with the Campbelltown Life Story Circle... Both came from the United Kingdom - her father from Devon and her mother from Staveley, Derbyshire.
Continuing the story of her family Judith talks about her parents ...............
Parents mould our lives; in this story of her life Joyce talks about her parents and the stories of their lives.
