This week's topic is Childhood Routines and Graham, like many others, chose to focus on bathtime which was usually a weekly occurence.
Household routines are part of growing up and they change with each passing decade. From times when washing was done by hand in the copper and squeezed through a mangle to the autmated washing machine sof today. Ruth talks about the routines of her childhood.
This week Ruth talks about her childhood and, in particular, her pets from that time.
Bill has always had friends and in this story he talks about the important people in his life, his friends. A schoolteacher - George Williams - and the two friends he went sailing with every Saturday in summer for 25 years.
Growing up in the 1940's meant that your friends came from your street and you played outdoors with them. In this story Graham recalls his friebds and the games they played as children.
Graham was born in October 1939 and here he recalls his early childhood and schooling in Adelaide, South Australia.
In this story Bill talks about his brothers and sisters, their education and their closeness as a family and community.
Graham tells the Life Story Circle about his extended family - on both sides...
Ruth recalls growing up in Adelaide in the 1950's, in particular her preschool years.
Joyce talks about visiting family in Adelaide while they were living in Peterborough when she wasyoung - before the fmily moved to Adelaide in 1948.
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.
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.
Ruth shares her memories of her father - John Payne.
Graham talks about his grandparents in Adelaide, South Australia.
Annette tells the story of one of her ancestors linked to the famous Coutts banking family and who was, at her time, the richest woman in Britain - Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts.
Judith tells the stories about her grandparents....
Ruth recalls her Christmas in 1974.
Annette recalls childhood Christmases and her 18 months in an orphanage
