Madge Bumstead
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I remember my poor mom bent over the bathtub scrubbing clothes on laundry day on her washboard when the washing machine broke down.
Name a chore you did when you were little that kids nowadays have never done...
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Milly Robertson
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Running a carpet sweeper around to clean carpet.
Kate Ellery
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Cleaning the cars Venetian blinds
This was a Aussie built car …..built right here in Adelaide
This was a Aussie built car …..built right here in Adelaide
Milly Robertson
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Making kites.
Madge Bumstead
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When I was a young child, neighbourhood boys up the street used to make homemade kites, some known as box kites that were as large as refrigerators, and they flew, too!
Madge Bumstead
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Name a chore (or something) you did when you were little that kids nowadays have never done...
Rode in the backs of cars, on the backseat window ledge!
Rode in the backs of cars, on the backseat window ledge!
Milly Robertson
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Thank goodness that doesn't happen anymore.
Sleeping in a station wagon at the drive in movies.
Sleeping in a station wagon at the drive in movies.
Madge Bumstead
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Yes, so true, Milly. I often think of the little ones that didn't get to reminisce of the days due to untimely endings related to. Same for when kids rode in the backs of pickup truck boxes.
Drinking out of the garden hose, us kids did that all the time!
Drinking out of the garden hose, us kids did that all the time!
Milly Robertson
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I would still do it if thirsty enough.
Mixed lollies where there were so many for a penny etc at the corner store.
Mixed lollies where there were so many for a penny etc at the corner store.
Madge Bumstead
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Oh yes, hubby and I have been working outside many times on a hot day and have quenched our thirst by way of the garden hose.
Yes, and the tiny little brown paper bags that were used to penny candy, too!
Pedal cars!
Yes, and the tiny little brown paper bags that were used to penny candy, too!
Pedal cars!
Milly Robertson
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I think we have been a bit lost - it is jobs that are no longer done.
Milk a house cow.
Milk a house cow.
Jacqueline Lindt
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Mall a letter !
Madge Bumstead
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Reel mowers!
Jacqueline Lindt
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Milly Robertson
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Work in a coal mine as a youngster. Thank goodness that doesn't happen now.
Madge Bumstead
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I'm with you on that, Milly
Swung on homemade wooden swings!
Swung on homemade wooden swings!
Kate Ellery
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Kids worked in Copper mines ….as well ….they were not paid thier 10 cents a day ….. if they didn’t attend school at night
they didn’t get paid
They were called …..Pickey Boys - Boys as young as 10 years of age, were expected to sort a ton of ore each shift. For this they received just 1 shilling (10 cents) per day, with deductions. They worked under the stern eye of a Captain, who would 'spale' (fine) them for wasting time. The Boys worked until about the age of 14, and then they could work underground. They were required to attend night school and produce tokens to prove attendance,
they didn’t get paid
They were called …..Pickey Boys - Boys as young as 10 years of age, were expected to sort a ton of ore each shift. For this they received just 1 shilling (10 cents) per day, with deductions. They worked under the stern eye of a Captain, who would 'spale' (fine) them for wasting time. The Boys worked until about the age of 14, and then they could work underground. They were required to attend night school and produce tokens to prove attendance,
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Jacqueline Lindt
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Madge Bumstead
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Changed baby siblings cloth diapers and rubber pants, complete with diaper pins!
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Milly Robertson
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Riding a horse to school.