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  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Regrets   “To thine own self be true” is a dictum that has survived as a lesson in character building since biblical times. In being honest with oneself, most of us would admit to having a few regrets. ...

Early schooling was different in the 1920's compared with today. Bill tells how different it was - one room, mone teacher who had one arm (a war injury).  

In Australia Legacy means something very special. Legacy is a charity providing services to Australian families suffering financially and socially after the incapacitation or death of a spouse or parent, during or after their defence force service. Legacy currently (2013) cares for 100,000 widows and 1,900 children and disabled dependants throughout...

Graham was born in October 1939 and here he recalls his early childhood and schooling in Adelaide, South Australia.

Helen shares her memories of her pre school years in Whyalla before the days of kindegarten..  

Margaret recalls her early childhood and the fun gained from life's simple pleasures.

Pat continues her story about her childhood in the Nazareth House orphanage in Plymouth, Devon.  

Alice's looks back upon certain aspects of her life - her unhappy preschool days, the bullying at school, teachers who lacked grace and how all of this influenced her later life.  

Jill tells the stories of her Aunts and Uncles on the Tilbrook side of her family  

Joyce talks about the years before going to school, the pre school years when there were no kindegartens or play groups....

Helen had no formal pre-schooling and remembers well her first days at St Francis Xavier School in Whyalla in the Prep Calss.  She didn't like school and would run away.  After a couple of attempts the Nuns thwarted her plans.  But she later learned that her father also had run away...

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Sunshine Makes Me Happy   The Zugspitze, the tallest mountain in the Bavarian Alps was exciting to see and exciting to climb.  Warm sunny weather helped a lot and remains as one of the fondest of...

Images of my grandma cooking in this tiny kitchen for a family of 7 sometimes makes me squeamish. Yes you see it right. Those sections beside the sink are the ONLY counter space. I have a lovely remodeled kitchen that my handy husband put together and tonight as I was chopping veggies for...

The following article was taken from a conversation with my grandfather, Watson Roberts Watrous: Electrifying The Susquehanna Valley Old Onaquaga Historical Society, by Fran Bromley The 20th Century brought many new conveniences to the Susquehanna Valley, perhaps themost important being electricity and invention to make use of it. Life slowly became...

Written by Marva Twitchell Davis The building has the year 1901 on it and was built as the Town Hall.  It is made of light brick and red sandstone.  The red sandstone was hauled from Spanish Fork Canyon.  The outside walls are made of one brick and two adobe.  The divided...

.Duane "Dode" Montague has lived in Salem for 51 years.  He was born and raised in Payson.  His uncle gave him the nickname "Dode" and it has stuck ever since.  As a youth he worked on farms because that was about the only job to be found.  He met and married...

This is a picture of my father when he started school. It may look like he is already becoming a trouble maker with that cross-eyed look on his face that so many of our kids today show when they are trying to shake things up a bit. But the real story...

Alice remembers how difficult it was to plan a family in the 1950's in rural South Australia.

In this story Bill talks about his brothers and sisters, their education and their closeness as a family and community.  

Judith talks about her extended family beginning with her childhood and expanding outwards....until the family rings the world.