Helen talks about her siblings including the tragic death of her sister in a riding accident.
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.
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...
This week's prompt is about Nicknames, so I thought I'd write about my family's given names and nicknames. My given name is Sandra Jean Smith. Jean was my mother's middle name. When I got married, I became Sandra Jones . How common and boring can you get.? I should have at...
Jill talks about her mother - Ivy Mary Tilbrook (Left) - seen here with her sister, Jean Tahmindis in 1980
Prompt: What nicknames have you had? Who knew you that way? How did the nickname come about? Which nicknames do you like or dislike? As I look back over my lifetime, my earliest nickname was "little sammy". Some of my father's friends called him "Sam" and I don't know who or...
A family in flux. In the last year my family has been in flux. Through this time family history has been a recurring thread. On my Mothers side there is a tapestry being created. On my Dads side that same tapestry is unraveling. With my daughter, the tapestry is weaving a...
On Getting The Right Attitude... No one can make you happy, or unhappy. You may become that way, but trust me, 95% of the time, you will shape your happiness with your attitude. And it is only a matter of convenience just how offended you can be about some...
On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek A Very Strange Bird Is The Pelican Having a short name with only 6 letters didn’t limit the number of ways his family name was mispronounced or misspelled. In junk mail, in particular, it showed up as...
On the road …again!!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Under the WiliWili Tree Starting just as soon as it gets light, you can see one or two people stooping over to pick something up from the grass under the WiliWili Tree. Local residents, tourists, and visitors...
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.
