Margaret recalls her brothers and sister and her happy childhood.
Pat recalls the trauma and joy of discovering her extended family after so many years of knowing only that she was an orphan.
Helen tells us about her relationship with her four siblings - Geraldine, David, Susan and Jo-anne. Geraldine was tragically killed in a horse riding accident when she was a teenager.
With her real extended family in the United Kingdom Helen's family adopted friends and neighbours in Whyalla as their extended family - like so many migrants from abroad.
(image-Daily Herald, Provo, Utah 20 Feb 2013) This morning, 19 February 2013, after I finished a few things around the house, I had a job to finish in Provo, Utah. Over the past week, I have been working on repairing a wall in the Jolley Apartments, a rental owned by my...
This article appeared in the Sun Sentinel (serving Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville since 1990) on Thursday, September 6, 2012 My first job was working in the concession stand at the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Civic Auditorium. I was in high school in the late 50’s and it was fun...
Eunice Naomi Gransbury Wayment BIRTH FAMILY: Eunice "Naomi" (pronounced Naoma) was born on 28 March 1904 at Albion, Cassia, Idaho to Charles Wesley Gransbury and Jennie Louise Parrot. She was the only daughter in a family with five brothers: Orval Howard born 20 Nov 1901; Walter Charles...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Anecdotes About Flying- Part II The Terminals and the Tarmac With more than 700 flights under his belt, the Footloose Forester didn’t need to think too hard about some of the quirks of flying. The airport grounds,...
Some of my earliest memories, throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, are of sitting around the dinner table with my mom, dad, and sister. Dinner was at 5 o’clock prompt. Mom cooked every night. It was just something we did. Didn’t everyone? When I began working in NYC and not getting off...
It's 7pm and my nanna has now been in hospital for one week. She has been brilliant staying in her own home 97 years but as 98 approached she took to her bed, prefering to sleep the day away. Concerned, my father called in the carers. Just prior to her stay...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Anecdotes About Flying Part I – Booking and Boarding Bits and pieces, flashes of the past, a jogged memory or two….all amount to mere snippets of a story. So, instead of one continuous story, this chronicle...
The White Whale was my first car. I bought it brand new from York Gary, who was the salesman at Ball Chevrolet in Nashville, AR, my hometown. York was the father of my best friend Gloria. It was not such a special car in the beginning. It took...
Home The memory comforts me Home, a house set in a garden, abounding in seasonal colors and fragrances A mixture of old and new- wood, glass and trim The back yard-tall pines Fresh fallen pine needles Its essence, the purring of the attic fan On a hot summer night...
My first memory of Valentine's Day is Fourth Grade. My mother was a homeroom mother and that meant she was responsible for the Valentine Party in my class at school. She took a hat box and decorated it for all the Valentines of all my classmates. It was...
My WishI wish I have the heartto heal those who cryI wish I have the giftto unwrap their painI wish I have the knowledgeto know what they needI wish I have the courageto tell them I'm not always rightI wish I have the eyes to seethe path they need to takeI...
Grandparents. In this audio Jill Sayner recalls her maternal grandparents.
Growing up in Adelaide in the 1940's and 50's was an interesting time for Graham. Here he talks about his parents.
Alice recalls her grandparents. As she was reading her speech one of the other members of the Story Circle suddenly realised that she and Alice were second cousins - something neither of them knew!
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.
Helen shares the stories of her parents with the Campbelltown Life Story Circle... Both came from the United Kingdom - her father from Devon and her mother from Staveley, Derbyshire.
