Jul 24, 2024
Do you remember the cricket pitches we used to play on in the fifties, sixties, and seventies? Some of them were pretty horrible—even on a good day. I played a lot of my junior games at Lilac Hill
Jul 24, 2024
Do you remember how, in the Swan Valley, the Swan River would flood every winter? It seemed to happen every year. I remember seeing the river flood over the lower level of the paddocks opposite, w
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when the only air-conditioning in your family car was the window being down. Our car was a 1958 VW beetle so there wasn’t a lot of air coming in. There was a storage area or something
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when you parents had set routines that were not negotiable. Now my one to share may not be a popular topic but I am sure has been part of many households. My Dad’s Saturday routine of
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when you were lucky enough to order your lunch from the canteen or local shop? I Saw on social media the other day the old paper bag with a lunch order written on it and brought back s
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when even in winter you still saw class mates with bare feet on a cold winter’s day. We must all have had the dirtiest feet on the planet but that simply was the way it was, you couldn
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when, as a kid, your parents were involved in a local sporting club? My parents were involved in the Swan Bowling Club in Guildford, where both Dad and Mum bowled, as did my Pop, an au
Jul 16, 2024
Do you remember when as a kid you got something either for your birthday or Christmas, a gift that you needed someone else to play with? An example of that was one Christmas for me, I got my first cr