There was a time when jobs were easy to get. Pat recalls those days in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
Pat talks about her first paid job....
Bill recalls his first job as a butcher - something that was a tradition in his family as his father and grandfather had been butchers before him....
Pat recalls her early married life in the late 1950's in Adelaide...
Pat recalls her courting days....
Graham reflects upon the friends he has had in his life...
Ruth recalls some of the lessons from her schooldays....
Graham recalls his first part time job in December 1954 at the soon to be opened Blueline Drive In in Adelaide...
Ruth talks about the teachers she remembers from her school days in Adelaide during the 1950's and early 60's.
Pat describes her jouney to Australia in 1948 on the SS Ormonde. On the voyage she was befriended by a kindly man and his family Mr. Fallong, that helped make her journey much more enjoyable.
Graham continues his recollection of his schooldays and afterwards. In this story he tals about leaving school and joining the work force.
Graham went to Adelaide Technical High School and he recalls just how hard he worked and how good the school was..
Graham recalls travelling to and from school in Adelaide, South Australia.
This week's topic was Sports and Hobbies and Bill shared his remembrances about sport in his life - football, swimming and, above all, sailing. This was the start of a 50 years sailing. Adelaide is a great place for sailing and Bill belonged to the South Australian Yacht Squadron.
Graham talks about his love of tennis, a sport he played for most of his life.
Annette remembers celebrating her 21st birthday with her close family.
Ruth recalls the Moo Moo, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and Mia Farrow's hairstyle not to mention the Twist and the Stomp!
Graham recalls the battles with his father over what a well dressed teenager in the 1950's should be wearing. This is well worth the listening....
Graham recalls growing up in Adelaide in the 1950's.
The Life Story Circle topic this week is My Youth and Teenage Years. Ruth recalls her teenage years and the changes she went through.
