It's The 1970's... What Are You Doing?

[Madge Bumstead]

Preparing a baby bottle for baby brother!

 

[Milly Robertson]

Saying yes to marry my now husband.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

1974, getting ready to sit down and watch The Price is Right!

Just me and baby brother today.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

1976, sitting with mom at the kitchen table.

Mom has her cup of coffee off to the left, her cigarette in the ashtray off to the right, and she's got the Sears catalog out. Sears has a baby sale on.

Cloth diapers are on for $6.99 a dozen, and rubber pants (6 pairs) for $1.99!

Mom is ordering 2 dozen diapers and 2 packages of rubber pants! She says the price can't be beat!

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Halloween party

 

[Milly Robertson]

Baking a sponge birthday cake for my sister.

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Baking Halloween cookies

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Helping a next door neighbour organize her basement.

 

[Milly Robertson]

Preparing the nursery for our first child.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Trying to watch TV while baby brother engages in his antics!

 

[Milly Robertson]

Babysitting my two nieces.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

1976, it's Wednesday, and that means Bingo night!

My Aunt never misses going to Bingo, so every Wednesday evening I babysit for her.

 

[Milly Robertson]

Will I buy myself a new coat for winter? Decisions.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Finishing up babysitting for the next door neighbour and getting paid...

 

[Milly Robertson]

Watching our savings grow to carpet the bedrooms.

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Mom and dad just put down new linoleum on the kitchen floor!

 

[Milly Robertson]

I asked a friend to sew up my going away dress from our wedding.

 

[Liz Adams]

In the 70's I was getting used to the new decimal currency ( nightmare ). We just couldn't accept that we were NOT getting conned.
In the old pound there were 240 pennies.
In the new pound there were only 100.
I was never good at maths but even I could figure this just didn't add up .

I also went through puberty and fell in love every 2 seconds with lads at school who would never look at me twice by the way , so I was in perpetual heartbreak.

I babysat for the neighbours to earn a bit of pocket money and helped look after my younger siblings.

Got my first boyfriend in the 70's . My first love ( you can't count the little lad down the road who I hid in bushes with age 7 saying to each other "I'll show you mine if you show me yours " lololol )..

 

[Madge Bumstead]

In the 70's I was getting used to the new decimal currency ( nightmare ). We just couldn't accept that we were NOT getting conned.
In the old pound there were 240 pennies.
In the new pound there were only 100.
I was never good at maths but even I could figure this just didn't add up .

I also went through puberty and fell in love every 2 seconds with lads at school who would never look at me twice by the way , so I was in perpetual heartbreak.

I babysat for the neighbours to earn a bit of pocket money and helped look after my younger siblings.

Got my first boyfriend in the 70's . My first love ( you can't count the little lad down the road who I hid in bushes with age 7 saying to each other "I'll show you mine if you show me yours " lololol )..

We could pass for sisters, Liz, having grown up in the same home together!

I babysat for neighbourhood moms all though the 70's, and also helped my mom care for my baby siblings, including babysitting them, too.

 

[Milly Robertson]

I received a huge pay rise at work when the Whitlam government bought in equal pay for women.