My first job in the late 1960's

Ruth tells us about her first job with the Olumpic Tyre and Rubbger Co. at the top of Anzac Highway in Adelaide. She travelled to work by bus which was 3/4 hour journey. She was hired as a mail clerk and was required to sort mail into pigeon holes, frank the...

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My First Crush

Bill talks about his first crush and how it got crushed by sailing......  

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My First Job As A Handicraft Instructor

Margaret talks about her first job as a handicraft instructor......

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Secondary School Child Evacuee, Torpedoed in mid Atlantic...

This is a story worth hearing. Margaret tells of her experience as a secondary student in Lincoln, UK during WWII and how her parents decided that it would be safer if she and her sister were evacuated to Canada....

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Sailing was my passion

Bill loved sailing, it was his passion and when he was not working as a butcher in Adelaide he was usually in a boatoff the coast. Sailing was Bill's hobby, his passion and his life outside work.  

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Embroidery - a lifelong interest

Margaret talks about embroidery which has been a lifelong hobby..

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My best subject at school

Margaret recalls her school days and talks about her best subject at school...

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One Goat Too Many!

  This is not the best way to get rid of a goat!

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Henry James and the gun

Cousin Charlie remembered a time when Henry James came in from the field with a loaded  and with the trigger cocked 3? 5?  gaged shotgun on his shoulder.  Charlie took it from him and remarked "that\'s how kids get killed".  Henry, when told of Charlie\'s account, filled in the rest of...

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